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NSA urges world to shun ‘double standards& in terror right
NSA urges world to shun ‘double standards’ in terror right

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. (Retd) Nasser Khan Janjua said that the fight against terrorism should be waged on the basis of norms and principles of international law; terrorism should not be associated with any religion, nationality or...

Minor girl dies in Karachi shack fire
Minor girl dies in Karachi shack fire

KARACHI: One girl was killed when shacks caught fire in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal town on Tuesday.

The fire broke out due to explosion of a gas cylinder which burnt about 200 tents there, the fire department informed Geo News.

Sources add that six fire trucks were tasked to cool down...

Bilawal condoles with family of martyred colonel Sohail Abid
Bilawal condoles with family of martyred colonel Sohail Abid

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the residence of Shaheed Colonel Sohail Abid in Islamabad and condoled with his family including father and children in Islamabad on Tuesday.

PPP Chairman offered fateha for the...

Two Pakistani brothers killed in South Africa robbery
Two Pakistani brothers killed in South Africa robbery

JOHANNESBURG: Two Pakistani brothers were killed for resisting an armed robbery in South African city of Johannesburg on Monday, family said.

Farooq, son of one of the two victims, said that his father Raza Al-Mustafa and his two brothers Raza Al-Atta and Raza...

Climate Change minister says provinces warned of heatwave
Climate Change minister says provinces warned of heatwave

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Mushahidullah said on Tuesday that loss of precious lives due to heatwave in Karachi was a very tragic and unfortunate incident.

In a statement here, he said that Ministry of Climate Change took a proactive...

Pakistan needs 1.3 million additional jobs every year: UNDP
Pakistan needs 1.3 million additional jobs every year: UNDP

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan needs to generate 1.3 million additional jobs on average every year as the plethora of people attaining the working age most likely to rise from the current 4 million to around 5 million by 2035. 

According to United Nations Development...

Green Line train collides with freight cars at Lahore railway station
Green Line train collides with freight cars at Lahore railway station

LAHORE: A passenger train traveling from Karachi to Islamabad collided with a freight carriage in Lahore on Tuesday, Geo reported.

The Green Line Train was on its way to Islamabad before it hit freight cars at Lahore Railway Station, causing damage to...

Ahsan Iqbal calls Imran Khan a ‘No Action Talk Only& commander, flays PTI&s 100-day plan
Ahsan Iqbal calls Imran Khan a ‘No Action Talk Only’ commander, flays PTI’s 100-day plan

ISLAMABAD: Calling Imran Khan a "NATO" (no action talk only) commander, Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal described PTI’s 100-day plan as an incomplete, incoherent, unrealistic and imaginative document.

““In our politics, there is...

PML-N, PPP, PTI apply for election symbol
PML-N, PPP, PTI apply for election symbol

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has received 50 applications from various political parties for allotment of symbol for the next general elections.

According to ECP, all political parties which have representation in the parliament, have already applied for...

Imran to implement 100-day plan with 100 turncoats: PPP
Imran to implement 100-day plan with 100 turncoats: PPP

ISLAMABAD: PPP leaders on Tuesday took a jibe at PTI, saying Imran Khan’s party wanted to implement the so-called 100-day plan with 100 turncoats.

“PTI cannot enforce its 100-day plan even in 420 days. Yes, Imran Khan has gathered 100 turncoats in 50 days,” PPP MNA...