ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the concerned Federal Ministries and Divisions to arrange special events throughout the month to raise awareness about breast cancer disease and its timely treatment besides expanding health infrastructure for outreach to all parts of the country. In a message at the onset of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month...
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015News
Pak-ROK sign Framework Arrangement amounting to US$500 million
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Republic of Korea signed a Framework Arrangement amounting to US$500 million here on Friday. Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar who witnessed the signing ceremony appreciated the role and cooperation extended by Republic of Korea for development projects in Pakistan. He said that the economic relations between the two countries would be...
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015National
US announces more than $300,000 for Chitral flood repairs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 2 (INP) : In response to the July 2015 flash floods in the Chitral district, the United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing $326,000 this year to help repair the area’s drinking water infrastructure and agricultural economy. “We are working to restore the provision of food and...
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015Sports
Australia postpones BD tour due to concerns over player safety
CANBERRA: Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland confirmed on Thursday that the scheduled month-long tour of Bangladesh, which was set to get underway with a warm-up match in Fatullah on Saturday, will not go ahead as planned. Members of Australia’s Test squad were sent back to their respective state sides on Wednesday and will now take...
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015World
11 killed in U.S. C-130 plane crash in Afghanistan: Taliban claim responsibility
KABUL: U.S. military transport plane (C-130) crashed at an airfield in Afghanistan shortly after midnight on Friday killing all 11 people on board, the U.S. military said, describing the crash as an accident. The cause of the crash at Jalalabad airfield was under investigation, a spokesman said, refusing to rule out the possibility that there...
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015World
Strained ties between India, Pak affecting growth of South Asia: Manmohan Singh
CHANDIGARH: Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said strained ties between India and Pakistan have been coming in the way of development of South Asian region. He also said the 21st century will be the era of rise of China and India and during this period “cooperation and competition” will go hand in hand....
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October 2, 2015October 2, 2015National
Dossiers on Indian sponsored terror in Pakistan handed over to UN: Sartaj Aziz
NEW YORK: Pakistan on Friday submitted evidence of Indian involvement in terrorism to the United Nations (UN). Briefing the media men here, Sataj Aziz said three dossiers were handed over to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon by Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Maliha Lodhi. He said the dossiers contained evidence of Indian...
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October 1, 2015October 1, 2015News
UOL & SIL honour worldwide distinction holder Pakistani students
ISLAMABAD: The University of London (UOL) and School of International Law (SIL) Thursday honoured two Pakistani students who marked worldwide distinctions recently in UOL law graduate program here at SIL campus. Director of the Undergraduate Laws (LLB Hons) Program of the UOL, Mr. Simon Askey visited School of International Law (SIL) where he met with...
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October 1, 2015October 1, 2015National
Sindh govt to administer polio drops to 1,016,499 children of Karachi: Jam Mehtab
KARACHI: Minister for Health Sindh, Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar has said that the provincial government has set a target of administering polio drops to 1,016,499 children of Karachi aged under 5-year during the new phase of Polio drive to be launched from October 07. Presiding over a meeting in his office here on Thursday, the...
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October 1, 2015October 1, 2015News
Pakistan issue India a deadline, doesn’t rule out a boycott
KOLKATA: In spite of hostile political climate between the arch-rivals, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan is hopeful that a bilateral series with India is still a possibility in December. Khan, a former diplomat, told NDTV in Kolkata on Thursday that PCB and Board of Control for Cricket in India officials will discuss the future...