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Market watch: Index ends negative despite foreign buying
KARACHI: The index saw another day of lacklustre trading with interest restricted to across small-caps. Lack of meaningful triggers and select sectors under pressure meant the index remained...
View ArticleAssistance: World Bank agrees to finance Tarbela’s extension
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has affirmed its financial assistance for the 1,410-megawatt fifth extension of Tarbela hydroelectric power project that will be built on existing infrastructure in order to...
View ArticleIndonesia likely to ban import of Pakistani kinnows
ISLAMABAD: Indonesia is likely to impose a ban on the import of Pakistani Kinnows with effect from January 2016.According to sources, Indonesian importers have already informed Pakistani exporters...
View ArticleElectoral campaigning: Imran Khan to come to Karachi
KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairperson Imran Khan will visit Karachi next week to campaign for the upcoming third phase of the local government elections in the city scheduled for December...
View ArticleAdmissions: SALU extends forms submission date
SUKKUR: Shah Abdul Latif University (Salu), Khairpur, has extended the date for submission of admission forms in MPhil in education till November 30. This was announced by Salu teacher’s education...
View ArticleNo arrears: Villagers protest gas load-shedding
NAUNDERO: Villagers from Rahooja, Phulpota, Bhoonbhatpur, Izzat Ji Wandh and Naundero held a protest demonstration in front of a local Sui Gas office against gas load-shedding on Thursday.The...
View ArticleCurrent account deficit shrinks 72%
KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit in the first four months of 2015-16 remained $532 million, according to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday.The current account...
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Democracy in motion: More rural voters come out in lower Sindh
HYDERABAD/BADIN/SUKKUR: With confusion prevailing over holding of the local government (LG) elections on schedule after the Supreme Court order, a modest turnout was observed in the second leg of the...
View ArticleDelimitation dilemmas: SHC issues notices to provincial ECP on plea to...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to the provincial election commissioner and others on the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) petition against the delimitation of local government (LG)...
View ArticleThe people decide: A beautiful day for democracy
BADIN: It was a beautiful day for democracy in Badin. For Jannat bibi, the day was made even more special by the birth of a son. She delivered the child in Civil Hospital, Badin. He was named Zulfiqar....
View ArticleLower court judges: Court suspends 2-year experience criterion
PESHAWAR: A division bench of Peshawar High Court has suspended the requirement for judges of lower courts to have two years’ experience. The petition has been transferred to another bench. During the...
View ArticleBlasphemy allegations: Mob torches factory in Jhelum
LAHORE: An angry mob set ablaze a factory owned by members of the Ahmadiyya community in Jhelum on Friday.According to sources, the mob attacked the factory after accusing one person who worked there...
View ArticleCrippling virus: Second polio case surfaces in Karachi
KARACHI: A 34-month-old boy, Shahab, son of Arsalan, from union council 2 in Keamari, is the second polio case in Karachi this year.He was hit by the polio virus on November 1, and, according to the...
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Most sexual abuse cases reported from Landhi, Korangi, Gulshan
KARACHI: According to the annual report published by War Against Rape (WAR), most of the sexual violence cases reported in Karachi between 2011 and 2014 were of victims between the ages of six to 11...
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Badin didn’t vote for Mirza, they simply voted against PPP
BADIN: Contrary to popular belief, there is no feudal system in most parts of lower Sindh. The people are politically aware and support mainstream political parties or Sindhi nationalist parties....
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Cultural heritage: Hidden treasures of Balochistan unveiled at pottery...
KARACHI: The National Museum is hosting a collection of clay treasures from Balochistan that were confiscated by Customs officials from smugglers.Around 140 vessels were exhibited at the ‘Lost and...
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Final warning: NAB given last chance to file comments
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) gave a last chance to the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) investigation officer to file comments regarding alleged fraud in land acquired for the construction...
View ArticleIncomplete quorum: K-P Assembly adjourned after 10 minutes
PESHAWAR: Members of the opposition benches at the Friday sitting of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly lashed out at IGP Nasir Durrani for not taking action against an SHO as the house had requested.The...
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Sheltered: Zamung Kor inaugurated in city on Children’s Day
PESHAWAR: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has inaugurated Zamung Kor, a home for street children in the city.This was stated in a handout issued on Friday. According to the document, the home...
View ArticleSectarian violence: ANP VP from PK-2 gunned down
PESHAWAR: Imdad Hussain Jafari, vice president of Awami National Party in PK-2, Ganj Ward in Peshawar, was shot dead on Thursday afternoon by unidentified men in Tedi Gate area within the jurisdiction...
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