Babar Dogar
LAHORE: PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has promised to knock on every door from where he can get help to overcome the electricity shortage in Pakistan. He claimed that they were adopting a comprehensive strategy which would be implemented on a war ...
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Myra Imran
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang says his country recognises the positive contribution Pakistan has made to maintain peace and stability, combat terrorism and promote development in South Asia and has urged the international community ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The Accountant General of Pakistan Revenue (AGPR) told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had threatened its officials to release funds.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of China Li Keqiang will be paying an official visit to Pakistan from May 22-23, his first since he took office.
“High-level visits are the hallmark of Pak-China bilateral relations. The visit takes place immediately ...
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Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Hazar Khan Khoso has placed a ban from May 25 on the use of CNG gas by 1000cc or bigger vehicles. However, the All Pakistan CNG Association has rejected the decision and vowed to defy the orders of the chief ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Sui Northern has closed down the CNG stations in the Punjab for the next seven days on account of reduced gas supply. Following the decision, over 2,500 CNG stations across the Punjab will remain non-operational till May 27.
The step ...
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Amir Mir
ISLAMABAD: The incoming Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani are not seen on the same page on the issue of talking to the Pakistani Taliban, as indicated by their May 20 speeches, which were delivered in ...
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News Desk
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has dissolved MQM’s Karachi Tanzeemi Committee. The decision was made following observations and recommendations made by the public and party workers during the general workers’ to the party’s ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The next PML-N government will undertake an immediate surgery of the power sector to check corruption and bad governance, which contributed to an estimated annual loss of Rs90 billion due to electricity theft and line losses.
An ...
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News Desk
LAHORE: Rising temperatures, scorching heat and long loadshedding hours claimed at least 11 lives in various cities and towns of Punjab on Tuesday.
The power outages affected normal life badly and people had to spend hours without water in ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that the energy-starved people of the country want their problems resolved and they have no interest in the politics of sit-ins and protests.
“It is time to resolve people’s problems instead of ...
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HYDERABAD: Police recovered six NATO vehicles, stolen by the transporters who were responsible for transporting them from Afghanistan to Karachi here on Tuesday.
SHO Hatri police station Muneer Abbassi told APP that they raided a location near ...
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NEW DELHI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai held talks with Indian leaders on Tuesday, hoping to secure more military aid as he looks to beef up his security forces after international troops pull out next year.
An Indian foreign ministry source ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has approved an amount of Rs90 million for the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) for the purchase of software and hardware for verification of thumb ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: Members of the Senate belonging to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) have decided to form a separate parliamentary group in the House and it has unanimously elected former federal minister Senator Abbas Khan Afridi as its ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday (today) but he will need to wear back support for complete healing of his injuries.
“On the advice of the doctors, Imran Khan will ...
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our correspondent
WANA: Two paramilitary Frontier Corps personnel were killed and seven others sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on their vehicle at Dargai area of South Waziristan Agency on Tuesday, government and security officials ...
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Over 100 survivors pulled from Oklahoma storm debris
MOORE, Oklahoma: Emergency workers pulled more than 100 survivors from the rubble of homes, schools and a hospital in an Oklahoma town hit by a powerful tornado, and officials lowered the ...
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ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Raja Zafar-ul-Haq on Tuesday said that his party and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl had not yet made any breakthrough to form a coalition government at the centre.The PML-N leader told APP that the ...
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LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday telephoned Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan and inquired about his health. Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said the president also prayed for the early recovery of the ...
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