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Pakistan successfully test-fires enhanced range version of Babur cruise missile
Pakistan successfully test-fires enhanced range version of Babur cruise missile

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan on Saturday conducted a successful test of an enhanced range version of the indigenously developed Babur Cruise Missile, said a statement issued here by Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Babur Weapon System-1 (B)...

Saturday, 14 April 2018 14:24

Transgender news anchor challenges barriers in Pakistan

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Transgender news anchor challenges barriers in Pakistan
Transgender news anchor challenges barriers in Pakistan

LAHORE: Marvia Malik made headlines when she debuted last month on a private television channel in Pakistan, becoming the country´s first transgender news anchor.

Opinions are mixed about the slim 21-year-old who appears regularly on the Kohenoor News channel in...

Saturday, 14 April 2018 14:24

PEMRA issues fresh warning to TV channels

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PEMRA issues fresh warning to TV channels
PEMRA issues fresh warning to TV channels

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronics Media Regulatory Authority  (PEMRA) on Saturday warned TV channels against airing live speeches, media conferences and media talks of difference politicians wherein hate speech and aspersions against the judiciary and armed forces of Pakistan...

Saturday, 14 April 2018 07:57

Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Karachi

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Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Karachi

KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday arrived in Karachi where he would address workers convention of the party.

PMLN Senator Mushidullah Khan received the chief minister at the Jinnah International Airport from...

SC's verdict to disqualify Nawaz will not last for good: Maryam
SC's verdict to disqualify Nawaz will not last for good: Maryam

SIALKOT: Hours after The Supreme Court's judgment, declaring Nawaz Sharif and other lawmakers in the case disquieted for life, the daughter of ousted prime minister Maryam said that the court’s verdict will only last until the retirement of the five s...

Afridi demands exemplary punishment for culprits behind rape, murder of Asifa Bano, Zainab
Afridi demands exemplary punishment for culprits behind rape, murder of Asifa Bano, Zainab

Lahore: Condemning barbaric inhuman acts of rape and murder of minor girls Zainab of Kasur and Asifa Bano of occupied Kashmir, former Pakistan skipper Shahid Khan Afridi has demanded exemplary punishment for the culprits.

In a...

PM Inaugurates much-awaited 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Power project
PM Inaugurates much-awaited 969MW Neelum-Jhelum Power project

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Friday inaugurated the much-awaited Neelum-Jhelum Hydropower Project to inject 969 megawatt of electricity to national grid as a historic milestone to meet country’s growing power needs.

After unveiling the...

PTI, PML-N forced judicialization of our politics: Bilawal
PTI, PML-N forced judicialization of our politics: Bilawal

Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has stated that PTI and PML-N have forced the judicialization of politics.

Bilawal said this in a reaction following Supreme Court verdict in which the apex court on Friday ruled that...

China&s PLAAF Commander witnesses graduation ceremony at PAF
China&s PLAAF Commander witnesses graduation ceremony at PAF
China’s PLAAF Commander witnesses graduation ceremony at PAF

RISALPUR: “You are the pillars of PAF' s future and your excellence will forge a world class air force”, said Lieutenant General Ding Laihang, Commander People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), China while addressing the Graduation Parade at PAF Academy, Asg...

Honour killing of girl on efforts for marriage of choice in Jhelum
Honour killing of girl on efforts for marriage of choice in Jhelum

JHELUM: An unmarried girl on Thursday was killed by her family on her audacity to marry the man of her choice in Pind Dadan Khan, a city in Jhelum district.

According to Police, a resident of Jalalpur Sharif, Shagufta, had fled from home and landed at her...