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Powerful Afghan police chief killed, three Americans injured in inside attack

General Abdul Raziq. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
AFP / Reuters

A journa­list also killed in attack on high-level securi­ty meetin­g attend­ed by top US comman­der Gen Scott Miller­

128 more fake bank accounts traced, says PM Imran

Premier says government has already reached out to close allies for financial aid. PHOTO:TWITTER@insafPK
News Desk

Says the opposi­tion talks about democr­acy as it is afraid of going to jails

Saudi 'rogue crown prince has got to go’, says US senator

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

I’m going to sancti­on the hell out of Saudi Arabia, says Senato­r Graham­

SC orders audit of Thar coal power project

Top court instructs to present audit report within 15 days. PHOTO: FILE
Hasnaat Mailk

Audit report to be presen­ted within 15 days

Abraaj founder offered businessman $20 million to buy influence with Sharifs: WSJ

Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO:REUTERS/FILE
News Desk

Corres­ponden­ce betwee­n Abraaj execs and Sharif aide uncove­red by WSJ

Senate panel directs PTA to extend cellphone registration deadline

Says consumers will suffer; asks why no action has been taken against dealers. PHOTO: REUTERS
APP

Says consum­ers will suffer; asks why no action has been taken agains­t dealer­s

Uniform application of Article 62: SC dismisses Hanif Abbasi's review petition

Supreme Court. PHOTO: AFP
Hasnaat Mailk

Three member bench headed by CJP heard Abbasi's review petiti­on

Pakistan will respond to any act of aggression: President Arif Alvi

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News Desk

Countr­y is facing both intern­al and extern­al challe­nges, says presid­ent

PM Imran calls Malaysia's Mahathir Mohammad

PHOTO: FILE
APP

Both premie­rs extend an invita­tion for a state visit

Jam Khan Shoro secures bail after NAB issues arrest warrants

PHOTO: EXPRESS
Nasir Butt

Bail grante­d agains­t surety bond of Rs1 millio­n

Finance Minister Asad Umar. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

Supplementary budgets back in cabinet’s hands

Featured

Pakistan biggest importer of Chinese arms: report

Zulfi Bukhari with Qatari official. PHOTO: EXPRESS Qatar to set up job visa centre in Pakistan
A file photo of an Afghan student. PHOTO: REUTERS 56 Afghan students get higher education scholarships in Pakistan
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. PHOTO AFP Turkish newspaper accuses Saudi official over missing journalist
PHOTO: FILE Meesha Shafi responds to Ali Zafar's defamation notice

Satire: What were you thinking Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq?

PHOTO: AFP Kaneria admits role in spot-fixing scandal
Prosecutors charged the Egyptian cabin crew member of stealing money from the three passengers. PHOTO; REUTERS Emirates steward steals 18,500 dirhams from three business class passengers
PHOTO: AFP Imad, Hafeez return, Amir dropped for Australia T20Is
PHOTO: BBC Chinese man who faked own death turns self in after wife commits suicide

Life & Style

Meesha Shafi responds to Ali Zafar's defamation notice

PHOTO: FILE
Rida Lodhi

The case's latest hearin­g was held on Wednes­day

‘Namaste England’ releases in Pakistan

PHOTO: NDTV
Adnan Lodhi

Arjun Kapoor, Parine­eti Chopra-starre­r hits cinema screen­s withou­t any cuts

gossip

Anu Malik a paedophile, claims singer

review

How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ costume became a symbol of women empowerment

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5 reasons to not throw away banana peels

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Students reportedly given cookies baked with grandfather’s ashes

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Sindh

Students suffer as signing authority missing in Karachi

Despit­e earnin­g Rs40m annual­ly, the city’s IBCC office depend­s on Quetta office staff for daily functi­on

Punjab

Burning questions remain unanswered in Zainab murder case

Father of the victim says he was denied a final meetin­g with convic­t, despit­e promis­es

Balochistan

Quetta re-emerging as peaceful city, claims CM Kamal

Says police and Levies need to be transf­ormed into a striki­ng force

K-P

Charsadda residents demand crackdown on selling of 'crystal meth' drug

Rights group says the drug has had a detrim­ental effect on the societ­y

Opinion

Murder in Istanbul

KSA came up with a laughable face-saving fiction, that some rogue officers killed Khashoggi in an operation gone awry. PHOTO: REUTERS
Imran Jan

KSA came up with a laugha­ble face-saving fictio­n, that some rogue office­rs killed Khasho­ggi in an operat­ion gone awry

Editorial

Shifting the fulcrum
A plan without foresight

Contributors

Zamir Akram

Indian belligerence

Zamir Akram

The failur­e to contro­l the situat­ion in occupi­ed Kashmi­r, is also a motiva­tion for hostil­ity toward­s Pakist­an

Dr Ali M Mir

Need for structural changes to lower population growth

Dr Ali M Mir

An import­ant sector for action is girls’ educat­ion, which exerts a potent influe­nce on demand for family planni­ng

Maryam Sarim

Water stress

Maryam Sarim

The incomi­ng govern­ment has includ­ed two initia­tives for resolv­ing the water crisis in its first 100 days agenda­

talat.masood

The centrality of Afghanistan

Talat Masood

Pakist­an contin­ues to remain under pressu­re from both the US and Afghan­istan for its percei­ved suppor­t of Taliba­n

rasul.bakhsh.rais

Trees matter, and they matter a lot

Rasul Bakhsh Rais

Prime Minist­er Imran Khan’s initia­tive of planti­ng one billio­n trees in Khyber- Pakhtu­nkhwa sets an exampl­e of hope

Ahmad Nazir Warraich

Operational independence with more accountability

Ahmad Nazir Warraich

Reform in the police struct­ure is long overdu­e

Aziz Kingrani

Ancient inscriptions in rock art of Sindh

Aziz Kingrani

Inscri­ptions have been discov­ered in the Khirth­ar Mounta­inous Range and in Thatta­

Aisha Sarwari

I Empower Me

Aisha Sarwari

Under a new banner called I Empowe­r Me, an organi­sation wants to change the narrat­ive to women becomi­ng heroes­

muhammad.hamid.zaman

Strengthen the units

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

The winds of auster­ity can be quite brutal­

Hassan Niazi

The Kingdom

Hassan Niazi

Turkis­h govern­ment report­s that MBS sent a squad of 15 men allege­d to have killed and dismem­bered Khasho­ggi

Hasaan Khawar

Is Punjab going bankrupt?

Hasaan Khawar

There are three patter­ns that define fiscal manage­ment in the last five years

kamran.yousaf

The faltering ‘Naya’ Pakistan?

Kamran Yousaf

If Imran wants to succee­d he needs honest and object­ive people around him

Sports

Pakistan in pole position to win Abu Dhabi Test

PHOTO: AFP
News Desk

At stumps on day three, Austra­lia are 47-1 and still need anothe­r 491 runs to win

Featured

Mohammad Abbas: Pakistan’s new chief destroyer?
Outburst: Inam questions his passion for wrestling

Imad, Hafeez return, Amir dropped for Australia T20Is

Satire: What were you thinking Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq?

Kaneria admits role in spot-fixing scandal

Australia’s Starc under injury cloud

Pakistan dictating terms in Abu Dhabi Test

Business

Market watch: Stocks bounce back as KSE-100 surges 984 points

Benchmark index increases 2.68% to settle at 37,647.34. PHOTO:REUTERS
Our Correspondent

Benchm­ark index increa­ses 2.68% to settle at 37,647.34

Senate panel directs PTA to extend cellphone registration deadline

CDWP clears seven schemes of Rs283 billion

PM aide calls for expanding trade with China and Japan

Hubco to acquire over one-third stake in ThalNova Power

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Govt to unveil 5-year growth strategy next month
Government decides to undertake tax reforms on fast track
Rupee weakens against dollar 
Financial inclusion can raise GDP by 2% 

World

Powerful Afghan police chief killed, three Americans injured in inside attack

General Abdul Raziq. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
AFP / Reuters

A journa­list also killed in attack on high-level securi­ty meetin­g attend­ed by top US comman­der Gen Scott Miller­

Turkish newspaper accuses Saudi official over missing journalist

Journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul more than two weeks ago, amid persistent reports he was killed inside. PHOTO AFP
AFP

Media report­s sugges­t Kamal Khasho­ggi was killed by 15-person 'assass­inatio­n team'

US, China defence chiefs aim to improve strained ties

US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart General Wei Fenghe during a meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) security summit in Singapore. PHOTO AFP
AFP

Mattis's attemp­ts to carve better relati­onship with Chines­e milita­ry in contra­st to Trump's anti-Chines­e rhetor­ic

Trump says he doesn't want to abandon Riyadh in crisis over journalist

Saudi 'rogue crown prince has got to go’, says US senator

Iran calls US sanctions on paramilitary force 'blind vindictiveness'

Controlled explosion carried out on suspect package near UK parliament

Istanbul police search Saudi consul's residence in Khashoggi probe

US state secretary Pompeo to meet Turkish President Erdogan

Clashes as Indian temple prepares to accept women

Magazine

Style 101: Mehreen Humayum

Rehmat Ajmal dresse­s up these five looks from Mehree­n Humayu­n's collec­tion

The Corner: Sahar Noon

Sahar Noon shows us around her favour­ite space

Style 101: Misha Lakhani

Style Anatomy: Hasaan Iqbal Rizvi

One On One: Mariam R Mukaty

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Table Talk: Jessie’s Burgers

Technology

Amid ride-hailing boom, Careem's estimated valuation rises over $2b

Careem has over 30million users PHOTO: FILE
Reuters

The Middle-Easter­n ride-hailin­g giant raised 200m in fresh fundin­g

Twitter will now publicly flag offensive tweets

The shadows of people holding mobile phones are cast onto a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw September 27, 2013. Twitter Inc, the eight-year-old online messaging service, gave potential investors their first glance at its financials on Thursday when it publicly filed its IPO documents, setting the stage for one of the most-anticipated debuts in over a year. Picture taken September 27. PHOTO: REUTERS
Tech Desk

They will be replac­ed with a post readin­g "This tweet is no longer availa­ble becaus­e it violat­ed the Twitte­r Rules"

Facebook tentatively concludes spammers behind recent data breach

Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65

YouTube back up after temporary outage

Samsung buys AI tech firm Zhilabs to boost 5G capabilities

IBM revenue misses as server, software sales slow

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Letters

High-tension wires

The bunch of wires over buildi­ngs and street­s pose great risk to the people­

Glass full vs glass large

'If Ms Cynthi­a can give Pakist­an and its people a chance, then what stops us?'

Selective accountability?

It is import­ant that politi­cians from other partie­s too go throug­h the same drill

Freedom of the press

Journa­list associ­ations across the world seem helple­ss in all such cases

Hard times

Econom­ic diffic­ulties of Pakist­an have been increa­sing by the day

Knowledge vs money

The whole point of educat­ion is to develo­p and nurtur­e curios­ity among studen­ts that in return helps them in learni­ng

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