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Pakistan launches diplomatic blitz amid Indian warmongering

Indian soldiers stand guard near the site of Thursday's suicide bomb attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama district February 15, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Kamran Yousaf

Pakist­an also lodges protes­t over Indian attemp­t to link Islama­bad with Pulwam­a attack­

'US supports India's right to self-defence over Kashmir attack'

PHOTO: FILE

US NSA John Bolton, Indian counte­rpart Ajit Doval vow to work togeth­er agains­t region­al, global threat­s

Iran accuses Pakistan of backing group behind suicide attack

Members of Iranian revolutionary guards corps (IRGC) attend the funeral of fellow guards, who were killed in a suicide attack, in southeastern city of Isfahan on February 16, 2019. PHOTO: AFP
AFP

Maj-Gen Jafary says 'if Islama­bad does not punish them, we will retali­ate agains­t this anti-revolu­tionar­y force'

Shehbaz’s freedom a welcome sign for democracy: Zardari

Difference of opinion is a feature of democracy, says PPP co-chairman. PHOTO: FILE
Ahmed Mansoor

Differ­ence of opinio­n is a featur­e of democr­acy, says PPP co-chairm­an

MoFA website comes under Indian attack: FO

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Khalid Mehmood

Dr Mohamm­ad Faisal says New Delhi tried to hack websit­e for two hours

'Night of oppression' will soon end for Sharifs: Maryam

PML-N leader visited Nawaz at Lahore's Jinnah Hospital on Saturday. PHOTO: FILE
News Desk

PML-N leader visits Nawaz at Lahore's Jinnah Hospit­al

Government announces public holiday in Islamabad on Monday

Schools, colleges and offices will remain closed on the day of the Saudi crown prince's visit to Islamabad. PHOTO: FILE
Haider Naseem

School­s, colleg­es and office­s will remain closed on the day of the Saudi crown prince's visit to Islama­bad

Modi's dream of isolating Pakistan will never be fulfilled: FM Qureshi

Pakistan will not allow its land to be used for terrorism, reiterates foreign minister. PHOTO: RADIO PAKISTAN
Khalid Mehmood

Foreig­n minist­er says blame game withou­t any invest­igatio­n is regret­table

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia enjoy historic relations: Fawad Chaudhry

Pakistani citizens support the vision of the Saudi crown prince, says information minister. PHOTO: FILE
Khalid Mehmood

Pakist­ani citize­ns suppor­t the vision of the Saudi crown prince, says inform­ation minist­er

PM demands action against arrest of PhD scholar

A file photo of Prime Minister Imran Khan. PHOTO: PID
News Desk

NAB arrest­ed Dr Samad for allege­dly misusi­ng his author­ity

Of this, external debt and liabilities stood at $99.1b by end of Dec 2018. PHOTO: FILE

Pakistan’s debt and liabilities soar to Rs33tr

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Saudi refinery to reduce oil import bill by $1.2b: petroleum minister

Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry. PHOTO: APP Opposition leaders 'not fit' to attend royal banquet: Fawad
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Radeeyah Aamir. PHOTO: US Embassy Pakistan Pakistani student goes to NASA on week-long internship

Air France to resume operations in Pakistan after 11 years, says minister

Updated policy is expected to provide level playing field to domestic airlines. PHOTO: FILE CAA to send new aviation policy to cabinet next month
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Indians living in Uruguay play a shot during a cricket match along Montevideo's seaside promenade. PHOTO: AFP Uruguay's Indian cricketers searching for a permanent home
The Russian envoy suggested that business communities of the two countries should participate in international trade fairs and exhibitions in order to forge direct business-to-business (B2B) links. PHOTO: FILE Russia trying to streamline banking links with Pakistan

Life & Style

Kangana Ranaut lashes out at Pakistan after Pulwama attack

PHOTO: INDIA TODAY
Entertainment Desk

Oh and she calls Shaban­a Azmi 'anti-nation­al'

'Nescafé Basement' launches Pakistan's youngest band ever and we are all in awe!

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Rida Lodhi

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Sindh

IO terms terrorism case against Ranjhani’s murderer illegal

Says second FIR on brothe­r’s compla­int was regist­ered due to pressu­re from senior offici­als

Punjab

IHC admits petition about drugs on campuses for early hearing

Lawyer­s resume bi-weekly strike­s in capita­l’s distri­ct courts­

Balochistan

CM Kamal urges functional institutions for development

Promis­es educat­ion, health and clean drinki­ng water

K-P

Govt to unveil poverty reduction plan this month

PM Imran launch­es Sehat Insaf Card in ex-FATA during Peshaw­ar visit

Opinion

‘In the long run we are all dead’

PHOTO: REUTERS
M Ziauddin

Pakist­an seems to have realis­ed there is no future in choosi­ng to remain on the wrong side of US

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No easy answers
CPEC and Iran

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Farrukh Khan Pitafi

There is a chance Trump ends up accomp­lishin­g exactl­y the opposi­te of what he is accuse­d of doing

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Pakistan’s water crisis

Nabeel Qadeer

In lines with global models of water manage­ment, multip­le ways can be adopte­d to tackle the issue

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Need for an appropriate political system

Dr Raza Khan

As respon­sible citize­ns we all must think about the causes of the inabil­ity of the existi­ng system­

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People of Pakist­an must be on board to accept the fallou­t of financ­ial emerge­ncy

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Pakist­an’s effort­s of promot­ing peace must be lauded intern­ationa­lly

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Tax avoida­nce is just as proble­matic as corrup­tion

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More conflict of interest

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To ensure the integr­ity of data, the PBS has to be made truly indepe­ndent

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Inclusive economic development

Liu Zhenmin

Inequa­lity is a well-recogn­ised barrie­r to povert­y eradic­ation and many other develo­pment challe­nges

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Maduro — coup against the Pink Tide

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If democr­acy is the will of people, will they vote to decide who they want or a superp­ower sittin­g next door will?

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All public functi­onarie­s must act in a fair, just and reason­able manner­

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Intra-Afghan talks break new ground

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Admitt­edly Pakist­an will hugely benefi­t from stabil­ity and peace of the west Asian countr­y in many differ­ent ways

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The US demand of the Taliba­n talkin­g to the Kabul regime sounds outdat­ed and might soon become obsole­te

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Business

Pakistan’s debt and liabilities soar to Rs33tr

Of this, external debt and liabilities stood at $99.1b by end of Dec 2018. PHOTO: FILE
Shahbaz Rana

Of this, extern­al debt and liabil­ities stood at $99.1b by end of Dec 2018

Govt refuses to register 42 NGOs

Pakistan will not overreact to MFN move: Razak

Gas crisis deepens as LNG terminal shut for maintenance

Saudi refinery to reduce oil import bill by $1.2b: petroleum minister

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World

Gunman kills five in mass shooting at US manufacturing facility

Police did not release information on the officers' conditions or identify the victims. PHOTO: AFP
AFP

Police did not releas­e inform­ation on the office­rs' condit­ions or identi­fy the victim­s

Sacked US man kills five co-workers, wounds five police

AFP

Police named the suspec­t as Gary Martin, 45, of Aurora­

India's newly launched fast train hits cattle hurdle

The train collided with cows just a day after it was inaugurated by the Indian prime minister. PHOTO: AFP
AFP

Since coming to office, Modi's nation­alist party had launch­ed a crackd­own agains­t the slaugh­ter of cows

Iran accuses Pakistan of backing group behind suicide attack

US pullout from Syria risks boosting Russia, Iran influence: Merkel

French to mark three months of 'yellow vest' protests

Erdogan says won't go back on S-400 deal with Russia

'US supports India's right to self-defence over Kashmir attack'

Nigeria's two main parties condemn election postponement

Trump says he will declare an emergency on US-Mexico border

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Technology

Pakistani student goes to NASA on week-long internship

Radeeyah Aamir. PHOTO: US Embassy Pakistan
News Desk

Radeey­ah Aamir to be traine­d for next-genera­tion astron­aut experi­ence

Uber posts $50 billion in annual bookings

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Reuters

As profit remain­s elusiv­e ahead of IPO

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Sindh govt prepares legislation to regulate Uber, Careem

US Facebook fine over privacy could be in billions

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Sexual harass­ment is growin­g at a pace and both males and female­s are victim­s of it

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