PESHAWAR: Eid-ul-Adha was celebrated on Thursday in most of the areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) including North and South Waziristan Agencies. Eid prayers held in Bannu Jama mosque were attended by a large number of citizens including internally displaced persons (IDPs). Special prayers were also offered for the security and...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
China issues white paper on Xinjiang region, terrorist groups knocked out
BEIJING: China on Thursday issued a white paper on peace in Xinjiang, stating that most terrorist groups in the Region have been knocked out at the planning stage. According to the paper, the development and progress in Xinjiang mark the successful implementation of China’s system of ethnic regional autonomy in the region. This year marks...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
PPP Punjab demands deployment of judicial officers as Returning officers, Presiding Officers for LG, bye-polls
LAHORE: Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, President Punjab PPP, has demanded the deployment of judicial officers as Returning Officers and Presiding Officers to conduct fair, free and impartial forthcoming by-elections and local bodies’ elections in the province of Punjab. He said this in a statement issued from here today adding the Election Commission of Pakistan should...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
Gautam Bambawale made Indian envoy to Pakistan
NEW DELHI: Sweeping changes are afoot in MEA, with the government moving new faces to top diplomatic posts. Gautam Bambawale, India’s ambassador to Bhutan, will take over from TCA Raghavan as High Commissioner to Pakistan when the latter retires in December. This is a big appointment, because Bambawale, an expert on China, will be taking...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015Business
WHT emerges as threat to banks: Mian Shahid
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the United International Group Mian Shahid on Thursday said lack of financial inclusion is keeping masses poor. Relationship between masses and financial institutions is getting weak which is hurting banks as well as the economy, he said. In a statement issued here, he said that resilient Pakistani banking industry braved the global...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
Three including 2 women killed, 20 suspects arrested in Karachi
KARACHI: Two persons of a family were killed when their house caught fire here in the wee hours of Thursday. According to police sources, a woman and her husband were sleeping in their house located near Tipu Sultan Road area when their house caught fire. Both of them died of suffocation on the spot. Deceased...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
Three including two labourers die of electrocution in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Three people died of electrocution while they were engaged in their work in motor market here on Thursday. The incident took place when bore pipes touched with electricity overhead wires as labourers were repairing them, killing Arshad and Bota on the spot while house owner Shakeel also died while rescuing the workers. Police officials...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
20 Afghans among 71 suspects arrested in Islamabad operation
ISLAMABAD: The law enforcement agencies on Thursday detained more then 70 suspects including 20 Afghan citizens in search operations around the Parliament House, Benazir International Airport and other parts of the federal capital. The operation was conducted in adjoining areas of President House, Parliament, adjacent area of Benazir International Airport and Golra during which as...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015Business
Foreign reserves likely to reach at highest level of $20b by Oct
ISLAMABAD: The government expects GDP growth of 5.5 percent in the current fiscal year hoping that it will help further strengthen the economy. Federal Finance Secretary Waqar Masood said in an interview that economic indicators are positive and it is expected that foreign exchange reserves will reach at their highest ever level of twenty billion...
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September 24, 2015September 24, 2015National
No bilateral meeting scheduled between Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif in US
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not have a bilateral meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif during his current visit to the US, officials said. “As of now there is nothing, no bilateral meeting on the schedule,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup told reporters here. Modi and Sharif are staying in...