LAHORE: Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that it won’t be easy to bring back Nawaz Sharif to Pakistan. “We are trying to bring him [Nawaz] back so he could face trial,” Rasheed told a media briefing on Saturday. The statement from the senior minister came a day after the government vowed to bring […]
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KARCHI: Pakistan Army troops helped the city administration in rescue operations as the heavy rain lashed parts of Karachi on the second consecutive day Saturday. Roads were inundated with low lying areas of the city flooded with rainwater after another strong spell of monsoon hit the metropolis. The city’s power supply was also disrupted as […]
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar has said South Korean tech giant Samsung is looking forward to setting up a smartphone assembly plant in Pakistan “Smartphone production in Pakistan is multiplying following Device Identification, Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS) implementation and Mobile Policy launched recently,” Azhar said in a tweet. He added that […]
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Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s departure to London for medical treatment caused a great setback to the narrative of the ruling PTI, as well as the process of accountability. The federal minister took to Twitter, saying that approaching the British government for the […]
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BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries, Xinhua reported. The Chinese president made these remarks in a verbal message to President Arif Alvi. Xi said he appreciates the fact that Alvi […]
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ISLAMABAD: China and Pakistan on Friday vowed to “further strengthen cooperation” for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a joint statement released by the Foreign Office, after the two countries’ foreign ministers held a meeting in the Hainan province. FM Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, in Hainan […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREThe BCCI announced Tuesday that fantasy gaming sports platform Dream11 has replaced Vivo as the title sponsor for the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL), which is to be held in the UAE from September to November. Dream11 was already among the many sponsors of the IPL, and won the title sponsorship rights with a bid […]
CLICK HERE TO READ MOREISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has removed Management Director Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB) Rai Manzoor Nasir, who recently banned 100 textbooks after finding glaring mistakes and material that was declared anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan by committee of experts. The Punjab chief minister ordered his transfer without hearing him and following pressure from influential groups. Talking […]
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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has voiced approval of Oracle Corp’s reported bid for TikTok, the Chinese video-sharing sensation that could also be bought by Microsoft. Reports said Oracle — whose chairman Larry Ellison has raised millions in campaign funds for Trump — was weighing a bid for TikTok’s operations in the US, Canada, Australia and […]
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