News Desk
KARACHI: Kamran Khan, the host of Geo News programme “Aaj Kamran Khan Kay Sath” said on Tuesday that all are waiting to see how opposition is formed. He said that according to an estimate the total seats of all the opposition parties are 80. He ...
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Tariq Butt
ISLAMABAD: The constitutionally mandated strict anti-defection law will equally apply to around 80 independent winners if they join any political party within three days after they are notified.
They will be formally treated as MPs of those ...
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Waseem Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: A massive increase in drug prices has been averted as the Senate standing committee on national regulations and services refused to approve a controversial drug pricing formula presented by a member of the committee.
According to ...
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Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: The criticism during election campaign that the UK funded Benazir Income Support Scheme (BISP) bankrolled Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was unfair because the scheme is actually the brainchild of Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Ishaq Dar, ...
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KARACHI: Pfizer which manufactures Ponstan has clarified a story that the price of its drug was going to rise by 200 per cent.
“We are writing to you with regard to an article printed on May 21, 2013 titled “200 percent rise in some medicine ...
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LAHORE: The Governor’s House spokesman has rejected the story “Punjab Governor’s go-slow delays important media freedom law” as distortion of facts, stating that the governor did not sign the summary as he adopted a principled position that ...
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News Desk
RAWALPINDI: Secretary Information Awami National Party (ANP) Zahid Khan has said that being Chairman of Water and Power Committee, I know well that load shedding will persist in the country for another two years. I can say with certitude that those ...
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Waseem Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: As the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has started probe into massive irregularities and registration of fake doctors and medical colleges by officials of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), while the main suspect Dr ...
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Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: The central political committee of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has demanded that the coming federal and provincial governments should ensure holding of local bodies elections within three months.
The political committee of JI met here ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The Transparency International Pakistan hoped that the new federal and provincial governments emerging from the May 11 elections would show zero tolerance towards corruption, and demanded of the in-waiting Nawaz Sharif’s government to ...
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Samar Gul Marwat
LAKKI MARWAT: Four young doctors went missing while traveling to Dera Ismail Khan from Peshawar in the jurisdiction of Ghaznikhel Police Station on Wednesday, sources said.
Dr Rahim Gul, Dr Asadullah Khan, Dr Farman Khan and Dr Khalid Mahmood, ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: THERE is dire need of ending trust deficit between Pakistan and India while the newly elected PML-N government must take necessary steps to improve bilateral trade while Pakistan is beneficiary of trade with India but Pakistani agriculture ...
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our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Long hours of loadshedding created shortage of drinking water in various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province forcing people to take to the streets in the sweltering heat.
Severe water shortage was reported in Gulberg, Kohat road and ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Ministry of Religious Affairs to submit report about scrutiny of ineligible Haj tour operators within one week. The court passed the directions on the petitions moved by various Haj tour ...
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our correspondent
HANGU: An alleged criminal was killed and two cops sustained injuries in a shootout in the limits of Doaba Police Station, police said on Wednesday.
Talking to reporters, District Police Officer (DPO) Sajjad Khan said that the cops spotted a ...
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our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The supporters of losing candidate on NA-37 Parachinar staged protest against the alleged rigging and asked the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to conduct re-election.Led by Dr Mujahid, the supporters of Syed Qaiser Hussain chanted ...
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our correspondent
KOHAT: Two suspected militants were arrested and a cache of explosives recovered during a raid in Kharmato area here on Wednesday, official sources said.
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SWAT: A contingent of 50 policemen belonging to Swat, Buner, Upper and Lower Dir have successfully completed a month-long special anti-terrorism training organised by Pakistan Army here on Wednesday.Speaking in the concluding ceremony at Papapanr, ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Ahmed Al-Barak, the head of renowned trade group of Turkey “Al-Barak” called on former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif and congratulated him on winning the polls 2013 with significant margin.He claimed that the victory of the PML-N in ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Three more children died of measles in Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, raising the death toll to 62 in Lahore and 85 in Punjab so far.Two-year-old Haris, a resident of Chungi Amar Sadhu, two-year-old Zoya, a resident of Ferozepur Road and ...
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Shakeel Anjum
ISLAMABAD: Beefing up the security thousands of personnel including army, paramilitary and police were deployed for the protection of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on his arrival in Islamabad on Wednesday. Special squads of Rangers were called ...
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KARACHI: Minister for Law Mehmood Mandviwalla Wednesday said that he was pleased to announce that the Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ibad Khan has promulgated The Sindh HIV/AIDS Control, Treatment and Protection Ordinance, 2013.
The minister said ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: The visiting Chinese prime minister and his Pakistani counterpart have spoken of sharing common principles and perspectives on peace and stability within the region and beyond by their two countries.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang ...
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Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Wednesday said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) miserably failed in fulfilling its responsibilities to hold free, fair and transparent elections in Karachi and Hyderabad.
“The ECP did not accept ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Punjab University’s Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology’s Virologist Dr Muhammad Idrees has said that on the basis of data collected from different parts of the city, it can be predicted that there is no chance of dengue outbreak this ...
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our correspondent
LARKANA: Partial strike was observed in Larkana and other areas in Sindh on Wednesday on the call of ten-party alliance against the alleged rigging in the general election 2013.
All the main and business and commercial areas of Larkana and ...
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ISLAMABAD: Chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rahman called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday and discussed overall situation in the country. The meeting took place after the luncheon banquet ...
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our correspondent
MIRPURKHAS: Strike was observed at Mirpurkhas on Wednesday on the call of ten-party alliance, including PML-F and nationalist parties, against alleged rigging in election. All shopping centres and markets remain closed whereas public transport from ...
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our correspondent
SUKKUR: Mercury shot to 51 Centigrade in Sukkur and to 48 in Larkana and Khairpur on Wednesday. It is for the last four days that there is heat spell in Sukkur, Larkana, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Kandhkot, Rohri, Naushehro Feroze and other parts of the ...
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our correspondent
PESHAWAR: A man was killed during a search operation launched by the police and security forces in Matani and adjacent areas, police official said on Wednesday.An official said the police and security forces carried out a search operation in ...
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