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Mon, 01 Mar 21 04:53:23 +0500
Senate elections to be held through secret ballot under Article 226: SC
Justice Yahya Afridi dissented with the majority opinion

Mon, 01 Mar 21 08:59:10 +0500
PPP hails SC's opinion on Senate polls presidential reference
Farhatullah Babar says decision vindicates party's position taken in top court

Mon, 01 Mar 21 05:58:08 +0500
Shibli terms SC’s opinion on Senate polls ‘historic’
Says ECP must take every step to ensure transparency in elections

Mon, 01 Mar 21 08:14:07 +0500
Justice Isa requests SC bench for early decision on review petition
Apex bench issues notice to AGP Khalid Jawed Khan and adjourned the hearing till Tuesday

Mon, 01 Mar 21 04:21:32 +0500
Govt moves to woo disgruntled lawmakers ahead of Senate polls
PM Imran decides to spend remaining days leading to Senate polls in capital

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Sun, 28 Feb 21 16:48:18 +0500
PM Imran hails China for achieving 'complete victory' over poverty
For developing countries like Pakistan there are lessons to be learnt, says the premier

Sun, 28 Feb 21 15:38:34 +0500
‘Redline’: Over 1,000 religious scholars regret propaganda against Saudi leadership
Pakistani clerics endorse edict on coronavirus vaccine, say no baseless propaganda should be made against it

Sat, 27 Feb 21 05:51:19 +0500
Missing out on the crypto revolution
As handful of big-ticket firms have signalled wider acceptance for digital currency, Pakistan may seem to lag behind

Sun, 28 Feb 21 18:28:48 +0500
'Negotiations resolve issues, not operations', says Kamal
PSP chief denounces politics over ethnicity, calls for 'grand national charter between state & its disgruntled sons'

Sat, 27 Feb 21 06:43:13 +0500
The fault in our DNA tests
From gathering of samples to transport & processing, countless flaws plague Pakistan’s DNA evidence collection system

Sat, 27 Feb 21 10:09:29 +0500
Pakistan’s higher education dilemma: is there a way out?
Developing nations’ prosperity is tied directly to higher education and the latter is dependent upon good policymaking

Mon, 22 Feb 21 14:46:18 +0500
PM’s aide urges masses not to pay heed to vaccine misinformation
Citizens over the age of 60 will be given AstraZeneca vaccine which will arrive in March, says Dr Faisal

Sat, 27 Feb 21 10:18:03 +0500
Highs and lows of the Covid-19 fitness craze
Isolated at home, many Pakistanis in big cities turned to health and exercise at the peak of the pandemic

Sat, 27 Feb 21 10:53:09 +0500
Digital policies, where art thou?
Out-of-touch policies and low ease-of-business hold back a total digital revolution in Pakistan

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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