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Mon, 22 Feb 21 04:08:54 +0500
Pakistan backs Russian bid for Afghan peace
Will participate in a meeting later this month in Moscow which will be attended by US, China and Iran

Mon, 22 Feb 21 05:11:05 +0500
SC bench refers Justice Isa’s case regarding inclusion of minority judges in hearing to CJP
Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik disagreed with the verdict and will write his dissenting note

Mon, 22 Feb 21 04:16:41 +0500
Justice Isa questions CJP’s discretionary powers
Says excluding senior judges from benches neither serves the institution nor the people

Mon, 22 Feb 21 08:40:29 +0500
Those wanting to hijack Senate elections are stain on democracy: PM Imran
Open voting is the only way to stop horse-trading, the premier adds

Mon, 22 Feb 21 04:24:57 +0500
PPP retains NA-221 Tharparkar constituency
Violent incidents were reported from three out of 318 polling stations in the constituency

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Sat, 20 Feb 21 09:10:13 +0500
Division, denial and genocide
President, founder of Genocide Watch discusses how Modi’s India is treading a dangerous path towards mass persecution

Sat, 20 Feb 21 08:57:11 +0500
The Great Education Experiment
Covid-19 closures pushed schools in Pakistan and the rest of the world towards distance learning

Sat, 20 Feb 21 09:29:11 +0500
A mountaineer’s challenge begins at sea level
With five of the world’s highest peaks, Pakistan markets itself as a mountaineering destination for adventure-seekers

Sat, 20 Feb 21 09:39:27 +0500
The convergent evolution of fiction
As incredulous as it seems, a curious set of coincidences tie Terminator, Doraemon and Umro Ayyar together

Sun, 21 Feb 21 19:16:58 +0500
British lawmakers hail UN report on human rights abuses in IIOJK
Parliamentarians observe revocation of occupied region’s autonomy aimed at changing demography of the disputed valley

Sat, 20 Feb 21 10:21:55 +0500
The politics of garbage
The larger problem for Karachi is not how their waste is being handled but rather what happens with it afterwards

Sat, 20 Feb 21 09:54:36 +0500
Demystifying the GameStop saga
Last month, the US saw what could be an act of proto-economic unrest in the wake of the storming of the Capitol

Sat, 20 Feb 21 10:10:39 +0500
The art and the artist
A Netflix documentary surrounding the life and work of a long-lost sculptor raises an age old question

Thu, 18 Feb 21 18:58:01 +0500
Fireworks expected over 26th amendment bill today
The NA speaker had issued notices to three MNAs under Rule 21 (suspension of member) of the Rules of Procedure

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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