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Mon, 29 Mar 21 04:22:01 +0500
‘Larger bench’s order binding on smaller one’
SC says only a bench of co-equal strength can ask CJ to form larger bench to revisit verdict

Mon, 29 Mar 21 05:06:18 +0500
Sikh pilgrims to attend Vaisakhi and Khalsa commemorations
India allows member of the community to visit Pakistan after a year of tough restrictions

Mon, 29 Mar 21 05:36:25 +0500
Smart lockdown to be imposed in eight areas of Peshawar
Positivity ratio of COVID-19 cases in Islamabad reaches 15.9%; 4,525 new cases reported in the past 24 hours

Mon, 29 Mar 21 07:51:40 +0500
SC commutes sentence of convict on death row for 23 years
Sentence of death is converted to imprisonment of life, the apex judgment states

Mon, 29 Mar 21 05:22:14 +0500
Economy ‘resilient’ in the time of Covid
Experts say Pakistan fared much better than many other emerging markets

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 Mar 21 16:31:02 +0500
Speculation rises of Qureshi meeting Indian counterpart
Speaks to Saudi and UAE FMs in the run-up to Dushanbe moot

Sun, 28 Mar 21 16:58:17 +0500
PEMRA directive violates liberties of expression and information: CPNE
Corrupt elements conspiring to overturn PM-approved payment system, says council of newspaper editors

Sun, 28 Mar 21 13:01:31 +0500
Third Covid-19 wave has potential to be worse than first, warns Dr Faisal
No time for complacency or visiting crowded places of any kind, says PM’s aide on health

Sat, 27 Mar 21 20:08:55 +0500
Of Sadiq and Ameen
The judicial fraternity have long talked about the ‘nightmares of interpretation’ when it comes to terms so obscure

Sat, 27 Mar 21 18:39:55 +0500
Beyond killer robots
The Express Tribune explores the security and ethical challenges such technologies may pose

Sat, 27 Mar 21 19:44:00 +0500
Supersonic flight, from the comfort of home
Pakistan’s growing DCS community explains why the flight simulator is the closest virtual experience to the real thing

Sat, 27 Mar 21 19:24:32 +0500
A life’s journey on two wheels
One octogenarian from Swat having cycled from the valley to Karachi, dreams of riding his bike around the world

Sat, 27 Mar 21 19:55:03 +0500
Holding off a dead-letter fate
With it no longer vogue, the architectural heritage of Karachi’s GPO appears condemned to perpetual neglect

Sat, 27 Mar 21 19:08:34 +0500
Cash is still king in Pakistan
Covid-19 may have highlighted benefits of cashlessness, a preference for banknotes still thrives in our own country

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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