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Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the electoral victory in general election ."I congratulate Prime Minister Modi on the electoral victory of BJP and allies," he tweeted as results showed the BJP was on course to win the election for the moment consecutive
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday directed the Employees feeble Age Benefits Institution (EOBI) to supply maximum facilities to the old-aged pensioners by ensuring payment of pension through banks and other cash transfer mediums.Chairing a briefing on EOBI, the prime minister instructed to table the pending things among the center and
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Karachi: Federal Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Control has taken over the administrative control of three major Karachi hospitals that include National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and National Institute of Kid Health Karachi.According to a muchification issued by Ministry of
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday removed Secretary Finance Younus Dagha, a day after Board of Investment Chairman Haroon Sharif resigned from his post.According to Geo freshs, Dhaga has developed differences with Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Dr Hafeez Shaikh during IMF negotiations.The TV channel further added that the
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ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa seemed irritateed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as apex court heard the anti-graft body's plea against acquittal of a suspect accused of corruption.According to Geo freshs, Attaullah was accused of indulging in corruption while working as cashier at the National
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LONDON: Visual Pakistani artist Sara Shakeel has said that her latest crystal installation for London exhibition is inspired by the memories of childhood which were filled with family get-togethers which are fitting non-existent these days.Speaking to this correplyent at the exhibition of her work at the Now Gallery in Stratford, East London, Sara
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There is good news for Pakistan Hiba Jannat the child who was kidnapped from a road in Lahore has been reunited with her family. She was left at a mosque3-year-old Hiba was kidnapped from a busy road in Lahore, while she was walking with her 4-year-old brother. It is heartening to see unlike Farishta and other cases, this one had a happy ending.
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ISLAMABAD: Medico-legal Officer at Polyclinic Hospital has been removed for delaying the postmortem of 10-year old Farishta, whose body was found days after she went lost.Postmortem report later revealed that the deceased was subjected to rape before being murdered, sparking social media outrage.Cop were also accused of adopting delaying tactics
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FAISALABAD: An anti-terrorismism court (ATC) on Thursday sentenced a lawyer to 18 years and six months in prison for attacking a judge .Advocate Manj had thrown a chair at a senior civil judge Khalid Mahmood Waraich on April 25 during the hearing of a case in Jaranwala.The judge had getd head injury in the attack.Advocate Imran Manj was arrested
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ISLAMABAD: A scorridorow westerly wave is affecting western parts of the country and likely to persist till Friday.Weather Forecast for Thursday:Dust-thunderstorm/rain (with few hailstorm) is expected at scattered places in Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Lahore divisions, Islamabad, Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir, while at loney
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Pakistan Army has successfully concluded the training launch on surface to surface ballistic missile Shaheen-II, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor tweeted on Thursday.The ingenious missile Shaheen-II is capable of carrying both conferenceal and nuclear warheads up to a range of 1500
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Pakistan: Today's Sehar and Iftar timingsToday is the 17th day of Ramzan 2019 in Pakistan. Muslims abstain from eating and drinking between Sehar and Iftar time (dawn till dusk) during the holy month.Under are Sehar and Iftar timings for two major school of thoughts: Fiqa Hanafia (Sunni) and Jafaria (Shia) living in six major cities of Pakistan
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Here are the prayers timings for Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta on May 23, Thursday, 17th Ramadan. (Starting time)KarachiFajr: 4:19 am, Zohar: 12:29 pm, Asr: 3:53pm, Maghreb: 7:13pm, Isha: 8:39pmSunrise: 5:44LahoreFajr: 3:27am, Zohar: 12:00 pm, Asr: 3:39 pm, Maghreb: 6:57 pm, Isha: 8:32 pmSunrise: 5:02IslamabadFajr: 3:24am, Zohar:
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kazakhstan have decided to enhance the volume of their bilateral trade to $1 billion, according to a Foreign Office press release issued on Wednesday.The agreement was reached at a assembly between Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Kazakh counterpart Beibut Atamkulov in Bishkek on the sidelines of the the SCO
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ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Imran Khan has taken muchice of an incident of a ten-year-old girl Farishtarape and murder in Islamabad. The girl was raped before being murdered in an incident that sparked protest in Islamabad and triggered outrage on the social media.The police said the suspect was arrested after being identified by other
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RAWALPINDI: Military Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor has said that brutal murder of harmless Farishta is highly sentenceable.DG ISPR Major General Asif Ghafoor said &Those responsible must be brought to justice. Army is ready to supply any support in this regard.&He added &We must rise and join to protect our future
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ISLAMABAD: Announcing amnesty for industry, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Wednesday urged the industrialists and manufacturers to take advantage of the Asset Declaration Scheme and clear their past sales tax liabilities by paying just two percent tax till June 30, 2019 or the law would take its due course after the expiry of the data.&A
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BISHKEK: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj met casually during the multilateral assembly of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization.The SCO Council of Foreign Minister's Meeting (SCO-CFM) was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on 21-22 May 2019.Shah Mehmood Qureshi has confirmed
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday chaired assembly of the National Security Committee at PM Office.The NSC disstubborn geo-strategic environment with special reference to recent developments in the region. The forum reiterated that Pakistan scorridor continue all its efforts towards regional peace and stability. The assembly
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Leavement has announced that there is good chance of sighting the new moon of Shawwal, 1440 AH on the evening of June 4 (29th of Ramzan, 1440 AH), subsequently, Eid-ul-Fitr 2019, shall be celebrated on June 05.In a letter to the Director-General, Research and Reference Wing, Ministry of Religious Affairs the
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KARACHI: Advisor to chief minister Sindh for information, law and anticorruption Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that a new era of conspiracy has been launched against Thar Coal Project.He said Khursheed Jamali, chairman of a company associated with Thar Coal Project and two other investors were arrested by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)
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ISLAMABAD: Chairman Board of Investment (BoI) Haroon Sharif has tendered resignation, Geo freshs reported.Talking to Geo freshs, Haroon Sharif confirmed the resignation, saying he has stepped down on personal reasons and sent his resignation to Prime Minister Imran Khan. Haroon said, &I, in my resignation, have apprised prime minister that I
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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Widecasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday said the economy would utimately recover under the dynamic leadership of Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government would eventually steer the country out of current economic crisis.Firdous said opposition was trying to
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ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh from July 01, 2019 Saudi Arabia is activating the deferred payment for petroleum facility of $275 million per month to Pakistan.Dr Hafeez took to Twitter to share the news with the Pakistani nation.He said &Would like to Thank The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia His
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Pakistan and Russia signed a Joint Statement on ‘No First Putment of Weapons in Outer Space& on 22 May 2019 in Bishkek.The Joint Statement was signed by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Outer space is being used by an increasing number of States. Pakistan has been consistently highlighting the
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BISHKEK: Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sit next to each other during the multilateral assembly of Foreign Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organization.The SCO Council of Foreign Minister's Meeting (SCO-CFM) is being held in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, on 21-22 May 2019. Foreign
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KARACHI: Launching ceremony of 1500 Tons state of the art Maritime Patrol Vessel being built for Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA), was held at Karachi Shipyard - Engineering Works (KS-EW).Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Kaleem Shaukat graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The Maritime Patrol vessel is a multi-mission
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Islamabad: Government is working on a new petroleum policy offering incentives to foreign exploration and production companies and removing obstacles in way of smooth and profitable commerce ventures, Prime Minister Imran told a delegation led by Chief Executive Officer Kuwait Petroleum Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah in Islamabad on
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BAHAWALPUR: Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday demanded government take muchice of negligence shown by over rape and murder of 10-year old Faristha.Speaking to workers , the Vice President of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz extended her condolence to the family and relatives of the deceased.Farishta, a girl
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Previous interior minister Talal Chaudhry was snared in contention after his sexist comments on Special Assistant to PM Imran Khan on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan went viral on Tuesday.Footage of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader has been making rounds on the internet where he was asked to comment on the countrypresent
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