The death toll from an Indian passenger aircraft accident has risen to 18, while 16 people have been severely injured, a senior government official said on Saturday. The Air India Express plane, which was repatriating Indians stranded in Dubai due to the coronavirus pandemic, overshot the runway of the Calicut International Airport in heavy rain […]
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s president on Friday rejected any international probe into the catastrophic port blast, saying a missile or negligence could have been responsible as rescuers desperately combed the rubble for survivors. The entrenched ruling class has come under fire once again since Tuesday’s explosion, which killed at least 154 people and devastated swathes of the capital. […]
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KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani urged thousands of prominent citizens gathered in Kabul on Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in attacks that killed scores of Afghans and foreigners. The prisoners’ fate is a crucial hurdle in launching peace talks between the two warring sides, which have committed […]
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LAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has again asked the civil and police bureaucracy to improve governance and root out corruption as it is damaging the country’s economy beyond repair. “Corruption begins from elite segment of a society,” he said while speaking to the civil and police bureaucracy at the CM secretariat through video link. Reiterating […]
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A man shot and killed his sister for “honour” in the Clifton area of Karachi on Saturday, police officials said. They said the suspect, Hasnain Qamar, shot his 19-year-old sister, Noorul Huda Shah, in the city’s Marine Drive area, located in Clifton Block 2. The girl was shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday issued a stay order against new membership of the Navy Sailing Club and asked the naval authorities to file replies till Aug 19. IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the restraining order while hearing a petition seeking contempt of court proceedings against Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman […]
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday appointed retired Brig Shujah Hassan as new chief executive officer of the Pakistan Steel Mills. A notification issued by the Establishment Division says the appointment of Shujah Hassan will be for one year with immediate effect and until further orders. However, the appointment is subject to termination on one […]
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A Rawalpindi district and sessions judge on Friday extended the interim bail of two men accused of sexual assault, committing “inappropriate acts”, and filming a girl. A third man, who is accused of filming the incident, was arrested on Thursday but was also granted interim bail by the court on Friday. The case was registered […]
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Mohammad Abbas removed Rory Burns after Yasir Shah added valuable late-order runs for Pakistan on the fourth day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford on Saturday. England were 55-1 at lunch, still needing a further 222 runs to reach a challenging victory target of 277. Dom Sibley was 26 not out and […]
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MANCHESTER: Yasir Shah took three wickets after lunch as Pakistan dismissed England for 219 to tighten their control of the first Test on the third day at Old Trafford on Friday. The wily leg-spinner ripped through England’s middle and lower order with a burst of three wickets for four runs in 27 balls on his […]
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