Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday defended the government’s foreign policy performance under his watch, saying the world was no longer “blindly” buying the Indian narrative due to Islamabad’s successful efforts to counter negative perceptions. Addressing an event tiled ‘Vision FO’ in Islamabad, he said a Strategic Communications Division was set up at the […]
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Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani on Monday said security for slain seminary head, Maulana Dr Adil Khan, had been discussed multiple times but the provincial government was unable to provide the same because its hands were tied by a 2018 Supreme Court order by former chief justice Mian Saqib Nisar. Ghani’s statement comes two days […]
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Police have arrested the main suspect in the rape and murder of a minor girl in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda district, it emerged on Monday. The chief minister’s adviser on information, Kamran Bangash, and provincial Law Minister Sultan Muhammad Khad confirmed the development at a press conference in Peshawar. On Saturday, the body of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, Zainab, […]
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Weekly inflation for the combined group in the period ended on October 8 increased by 1.24 per cent on the back of an uptick in prices of essential food items, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Friday. The PBS calculates the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based on the prices of […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Tariff Policy Board (TPB) on Thursday agreed to work out a proposal for the removal of additional customs duty on 152 tariff lines to provide cheaper raw materials to domestic industries. The TPB meeting, led by Adviser to PM Minister on Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood asked the board to work out proposals […]
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ISLAMABAD: In a majority decision, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Thursday notified an increase of 84-paisa per unit increase in electricity rates for ex-Wapda distribution companies (Discos) to generate about Rs12 billion additional revenue. The increase was allowed on account of monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for electricity consumed in July and […]
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KARACHI: The stock market extended rally for the third straight day on Thursday with the benchmark KSE-100 index accumulating another 503.66 points (1.26 per cent) and close at 40,353.62. It opened positive and remained bullish for all of the day with the index hitting intraday high by 562 points. The benchmark roared past the 40,000-level […]
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TOKYO: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said competitors should be able to ‘take the knee’ on the podium at the postponed Tokyo Olympics, following an outcry over moves to ban protests. Coe, who was inspecting the national stadium where Olympic track and field will be contested next year, said any protests must be carried out […]
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KARACHI: Former hockey Captain and ex-Olympian Islahuddin Siddiqui has been asked to vacate the hockey academy premises in North Nazimabad by director culture, sports and recreation DMC (Central) who has described it as “illegal occupation” in a letter issued this week. The letter is dated 05.10.2020 and has been addressed to in-charge of the Islahuddin-Muhammad […]
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KARACHI: While the second leg of the star-studded First XI National T20 Cup begins in Rawalpindi, Central Punjab clinched the Second XI title after finishing at the top of the league standings in Lahore on Thursday. Central Punjab only needed to secure a victory in the final fixture of the second-tier competition at the Gaddafi […]
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