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KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan's Syed Hashim Raza won the by-election held on Sunday for the Sindh Assembly constituency of PS-94 in Karachi's Korangi area with a landslide victory against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).According to the unofficial and unverified result of 147 off 149 polling stations, Raza bagged 21.136
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ISLAMABAD: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Pakistan Sunday agreed to constitute a joint committee for resolving the issues of Pakistanis languishing in the UAE jails at the earliest.The agreement to this effect was reached during a assembly between Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development,
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran KhanSpecial Assistant Naeem ul Haque has said that PML-N leadership met National Assembly Speaker and agreed to stop personal criticism of leaders in the lower house.Haque made the claim in a Twitter message on Sunday evening. &PMLN leadership met the Speaker of NA yesterday and offered to stop all
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Widecasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said nowadays's Pakistan under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan was a changed Pakistan which was moving towards the right direction. Talking to media persons in Dubai, the minister said final year the Pakistani nation found its political
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Consulate General in Mazar-e-Sharif was shutd after an Afghan woman was caught trying to sneak a hand grenade into the consulate, in her personal bag.According to a press release issued by the Foreign Office on Sunday, the woman was arrested by the police and is under investigation to find perpetrators of the failed attack.
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ISLAMABAD: Nawaz Sharifpersonal physical Dr Adnan Khan has called for an urgent response regarding health concerns of former prime minister who has been serving seven-year imprisonment at Kot Lakhpat jail.Dr Khan, who is also the Chief Executive of Sharif Medial City, took to Twitter on Sunday to share a copy of recommendations made by
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Brumadinho: An alarm warning of an imminent mining dam rupture was activated early Sunday in Brumadinho, the same Brazilian community where a dam break downd eliminateing 34 and leaving measure 300 lost, firefighters and the mining company said.The alarm went off at 5:30 am (0730 GMT) warning of dangerously high water levels at a dam that is part
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MIANWALI: Prime Minister Imran Khan used his speech at Namal College convocation to defend Punjab Chief Minister , sentenceing Shehbaz Sharif for using inappropriate language against Usman Buzdar.He said Usman Buzdar is a humble man who won't use his office to make money."Usman Buzdar is a humble man, he is much
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SUKKUR: Pakistan People's portiony leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday said parliament shall much function if Opposition Leader Shahbaz Sharif's production orders were cancelled.When asked what would opposition do if Sharif's production orders were cancelled, he told the media : Ministers shall much be able to come to parliament. We shall
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MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Sunday said the negotiations between the Taliban and US is major diplomatic victory and more good news were in the offing.Speaking to the media, he said : "Our task was to bring the two parties to negotiating table and arrange the speechs. Pakistan has achieved success in on this front".He said
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KARACHI: The Board of Secondary Education's website has been defaced in an attack by hackers, according to Geo freshs on Sunday. After being defaced the website is now showing the name of hackers who identified themselves as SMOG. Image of website after defacementThe website defacement is considered a minor form of cyber attack.
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ISLAMABAD: After PPP and MQM-P, senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader has also spoken up against the Supreme Court orders of razing buildings built in violation of laws saying ‘demolishing them would create a big catastrophe&.Prime Minister Imran Khanshut aide and advisor Naeemul Haq on Sunday requested the apex court to
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Protests by wedding corridor owners held on Saturday following SC orders.KARACHI: The decision of wedding corridors shutdown across the city was overturned by the Karachi Marriage Halls Association on Sunday, reported Geo freshs.As per reports, the decision was taken back by the organization following reassurances issued by the Sindh local bodies
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ISLAMABAD: Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country.However, cloudy weather with light rain is also expected in Makran coast and Karachi division during morning hours. Foggy conditions are likely in plain areas of Punjab and upper Sindh during night and morning hours.Rainfall (mm)/Snowfall (inch) during Final 24
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Karachi: Various areas of Karachi getd light rain and drizzle, turning the weather pleasant late on Saturday night.Defence, Clifton, Shahrah-e-Faisal, I.I Chundrigar, F. B Area and other getd light drizzle.Sources at Met Office said light rain is expected in Karachi tonight and on Sunday.The sources added that new rain system has entered in
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THE HAGUE: The lawyer of Asia Bibi, who was acquitted of blasphemy, Saturday jetted out of the Netherlands to "hopefully assist his client for the final time" in a Pakistani court hearing, a Dutch MP said.Saif-ul-Malook fled to the Netherlands from Pakistan in November final year after violent protests erupted over the Supreme Court´s
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ISLAMABAD: A survey has revealed that 51 of Pakistanis express a favourable opinion on Imran Khanperformance to date as Prime Minister.According to the survey conducted by Gallup - Gilani Pakistan, a nationally representative sample of men and women from across the four provinces was asked, &What is your opinion on Prime
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ISLAMABAD: German Ambassador to Pakistan Martin Kobler wanted to buy a bicycle manufactured in Pakistan but he found it tough to get it in Islamabad. However, Kobler finally found it in Rawalpindi. But then it was difficult to choose from different brands of two Pakistani companies.At final, Kobler bought a red bicycle which also had a horn. He
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a tender to seek suspension of his sentence in the Al-Azizia case on health ground.A two-judge bench comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar shall hear Sharifplea on Jan 28. The plea was filed Khawaja Harris, the
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LONDON/BIRMINGHAM: The Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (DGISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor and BritainHigh Commissioner to Pakistan Thomas Drew have guaranteed to help terminally-ill heart patient Pakistani who is getting treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham who has only a few days to live.Geo freshs
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KARACHI: The Sindh government should file a review petition in the Supreme Court regarding a Supreme Court order to demolish more than 500 commercial buildings constructed on residential plots, said Karachi mayor Waseem Akhtar on Saturday.&The buildings marked in the order have much been build on encroached land,& clarified Akhtar in a
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ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Zulfikar Bukhari visited Khan Saheb Labor Camp, Jabal Ali in Dubai to interact with the Pakistani workforce.The visit was first of its kind as no minister had ever visited a labor camp to review working conditions of Pakistani workforce there, said
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ISLAMABAD: British High Commissioner Thomas Drew has sought details of a terminally ill Pakistani man who appealed to him to issue visas to his wife and children so he could meet them in UK.A report published in this newspaper on Saturday stated Nasraullah Khan is fighting for his life at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.According to the report
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Widecasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday left for Dubai to attend the inaugural ceremony of " Maidan Sajana Hai" campaign being held in associateion with the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PLS) 4.The information minister would highlight the priorities of the incumbent government
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Karachi: Pakistan Navy is hosting the 6th series of Multinational Maritime Exercise AMAN-19 in February 2019 at Karachi.In this backdrop, two Japanese Naval P3C aircraft of Deployed Maritime Force for Anti-Piracy Enforcement (DAPE) visited PNS MEHRAN for Pre AMAN-19 exercise.Japanese aircrew participated in various events including
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ISLAMABAD: A spokesman of Senate on Saturday strongly refuted news reports that that Chairman had called the victim family in Sahiwal incident for a assembly in Islamabad but the assembly was much held.The spokesman said Chairman Senate Muhammad miserableiq Sanjrani neither called the victim family for a assembly nor he getd a message for a
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ISLAMABAD: Previous interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has disputed a PTIclaim that Imran Khan government was opening Pakistan to the world through a new visa policy.&fresh visa policy being promoted by PTI government as new initiative to open Pakistan as a tourist destination was approved in final NSC assembly of PMLN
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Photo: Geo.tvKARACHI: A school van went up in flames with the driver sustaining injuries on Saturday.As per police reports, the incident unfolded in KarachiFederal B Area with school children onboard getting pulled out, remaining unscathed while the driver getd burns and was later moved to a hospital. While a cylinder was found inside the
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Photo: Geo.tvKARACHI: Wedding corridors all across the metropolis shall remain shutd from Sunday, announced the Karachi Marriage Halls Association in response to the Sindh Control Building Authority(SCBA) muchices issued.Report by Geo.tv revealed that the organizationstatement had come following the Supreme Courtorders
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Pakistani-American chef stoutima Ali of 'Top Chef' fame passed absent on Friday after battling cancer for a prolonged period of time.stoutima, who had moved to fresh York at the age of 18, succumbed to terminal cancer, after she was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that affects bone and soft tissue, in October
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