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Naeemul Haq&s behavior was pre-planned: Daniyal Aziz
Naeemul Haq’s behavior was pre-planned: Daniyal Aziz

ISLAMABAD: Privatization Minister Daniyal Aziz on Wednesday said behavior of PTI leader Naeemul Haq was pre-planned.

Speaking to media a day after being slapped at a TV show by Naeemul Haq, the minister said there was nothing that could have promoted Naeeumul Haq to...

Three Balochistan Levies officials suspended for misbehaving with Pakora seller
Three Balochistan Levies officials suspended for misbehaving with Pakora seller

BARKHAN: Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti has taken notice of the video circulating on social media which shows Levies men misbehaving with a Pakora seller.

According to Geo News, Deputy Commissioner Barkhan Munir Ahmed Kakar has...

A moving letter from a soldier's wife
A moving letter from a soldier's wife

The threat of extremism appeared on the horizon about a decade and a half ago, plunging Pakistan into a different kind of war. The armed forces until then, had been concerned with tackling and keeping malicious forces in check at the borders, but now they had a new enemy much closer...

US shooting victim Sabika Sheikh laid to rest in Karachi
US shooting victim Sabika Sheikh laid to rest in Karachi

KARACHI: The 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student Sabika Sheikh, who was killed in a mass shooting at Texas high school, was laid to rest in Karachi on Wednesday.

He funeral prayers  were offered  at the Hakim Saeed Ground in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal locality where a...

PTI's Naeemul Haq slaps Daniyal Aziz in Geo News programme

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Naeemul Haq slapped Minister for Privatisation Daniyal Aziz following heated debate in Geo News programme “Aapas Ki Baat”.

The programme was aired on Tuesday.

According to details, the heated debate started after Danial...

PPP paid $100,000 to Washington lobbyist for Bilawal meetings
PPP paid $100,000 to Washington lobbyist for Bilawal meetings

LONDON: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) hired a lobbying firm in Washington for one month in February this year and paid $100,000 fees for setting up meetings and media interviews for Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.

Papers available with The News – and filed with t...

US General Joseph calls COAS General Bajwa, condoles death of Sabika Sheikh
US General Joseph calls COAS General Bajwa, condoles death of Sabika Sheikh

RAWALPINDI: US Army General Joseph Votel, commander of the US Central Command USCENTCOM, called Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and condoled unfortunate death of Pakistani student Sabika Sheikh in Texas school firing.

According to...

Qureshi, Tareen trade barbs in PTI&s core group meeting
Qureshi, Tareen trade barbs in PTI’s core group meeting

ISLAMABAD: Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Jehangir Tareen, two senior leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), exchanged harsh words at party’s core group meeting here Tuesday.

Sources said the cause of the barbs between two senior leaders was Rai Hassan Nawaz, another...

Help animals beat the heat during heat wave
Help animals beat the heat during heat wave

With Karachi and other parts of Pakistan being hit with the severest kind of heat wave, the animals inhabited in the country, similar to humans, are also exposed to the perils of the sweltering sun.

Here are all the ways you can help keep animals safe in the blazing weather.

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Cabinet approves placement of draft amendment for FATA s merger before Parliament
Cabinet approves placement of draft amendment for FATA s merger before Parliament

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved the placement of draft constitutional amendment before the Parliament for the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi...