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Sunday, 20 May 2018 12:11

‘Best moment’: Sabika’s touchy video statement on selection for YES programme

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KARACHI: Sabika Aziz, a 17-year-old Pakistani exchange student who was killed in Santa Fe High School shooting, in a touchy video has described her selection for the programme as an ‘unbelievable’ and ‘overwhelming’ experience.

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Sunday, 20 May 2018 12:11

Pakistan to take up controversial Kishanganga Dam with World Bank

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Pakistan to take up controversial Kishanganga Dam with World Bank
Pakistan to take up controversial Kishanganga Dam with World Bank

WASHINGTON: A four-member delegation from Pakistan headed by Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali is due to visit Washington next week to apprise the top World Bank officials about Pakistan’s serious concern over the Kishanganga hydro power project that was i...

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Sunday, 20 May 2018 06:14

NSC endorses FATA’s merger with KPK

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NSC endorses FATA’s merger with KPK

ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee on Saturday while weighing all the pros and cons in detail endorsed that the merger of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where the administrative and judicial institutional structures and laws of the province...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:49

´Nightmare´: Pakistan family mourn daughter killed in Texas shooting

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´Nightmare´: Pakistan family mourn daughter killed in Texas shooting
´Nightmare´: Pakistan family mourn daughter killed in Texas shooting

Karachi, May 19-Abdul Aziz learned about the US school shooting in which his 17-year-old daughter was killed on CNN, with the story airing live as he broke his Ramadan fast thousands of miles away in Pakistan.

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:49

Fitrana fixed at Rs100 per head

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Fitrana fixed at Rs100 per head
Fitrana fixed at Rs100 per head
Fitrana fixed at Rs100 per head

KARACHI: The minimum amount of Fitrana and Roza Fidya has been fixed at Rs100 per person for the second consecutive year.

This was announced by the Central Ruet-i-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman in a statement on Saturday.

According to the chairman, the head of a family is...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:49

Bhikki Power Plant inaugurated

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Bhikki Power Plant inaugurated

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has inaugurated the combined cycle of 1180 MW Bhikki Power Plant in Mandi Bahauddin.

The Pakistan Muslim League-N President took to Twitter to term the completion of the project as a “milestone” before he headed to Bhikki to inaugurate the power...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 15:49

Govt, opposition finalize name of caretaker PM

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Govt, opposition finalize name of caretaker PM

ISLAMABAD: Government and opposition parties have reached a consensus on the nomination of caretaker Prime Minister, Geo reported on Saturday.

The name will be announced on Tuesday, May 22. 

The caretaker prime minister will take charge shortly after the government’s term c...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 11:49

Bilawal meets spiritual leader of Dargah Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari

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Bilawal meets spiritual leader of Dargah Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari
Bilawal meets spiritual leader of Dargah Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari
Bilawal meets spiritual leader of Dargah Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari

QAMBAR-SHAHDADKOT: PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari visited the Dargah Hussainabad and met spiritual leader and custodian of Dargah Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari.

According to a statement issued by the PPP on Saturday, Syed Hussain Shah Bukhari prayed for...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 11:49

Pakistan mourns death of Sabika Sheikh in Texas school shooting

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Pakistan mourns death of Sabika Sheikh in Texas school shooting
Pakistan mourns death of Sabika Sheikh in Texas school shooting

ISLAMABAD: Led by politicians, Pakistanis on Saturday mourned the death of Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistan student, who was among 10 people, killed in a shooting at a Texas high school in the United States yesterday.

Sabika Sheikh was studying in the US as part of...

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Saturday, 19 May 2018 11:49

PM Abbasi summons NSC to discuss border situation

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PM Abbasi summons NSC to discuss border situation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has summoned a meeting of National Security Committee to discuss the tense situation along the Line of Control (Lo C).

The meeting will be attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee General Zubair Mahmood Hayat...

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