Praetorian penury: Pakistan’s army is to blame for the poverty of the country’s 208m citizens
IT HAS FOR so long been a country of such unmet potential that the scale of Pakistan’s dereliction towards its
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As Lahore chokes on winter smog, Pakistan moves to cut air pollution
Rina Saeed Khan LAHORE At his house on busy Mall Road in Lahore, environmental lawyer Rafay Alam runs three air
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Licences of 16 pilots revoked over fake degrees
Civil Aviation Authority officials told Supreme Court of Pakistan that the licences of 16 pilots and 65 crew members have
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2pc of students regularly using drugs, QAU survey finds
ISLAMABAD: Contrary to the claims of the minister of state for interior about excessive drug use by students in the
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Deadline for registration of mobile phones extended
Ikram Junaidi ISLAMABAD: As per a directive given by the federal government, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has extended the
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Bank deposits record slowest growth in decade
KARACHI: Deposit growth of the banking system stalled in 2018 despite one of the largest interest hikes of 4.25 per
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Twenty Chinese school children wounded in hammer attack
Reuters BEIJING: A Chinese man attacked at least 20 young children at a Beijing primary school with a hammer on
Read MoreIndia win first ever Test series in Australia
AFP SYDNEY: Virat Kohli´s dominant India reinforced their status as the world´s number one team by winning a historic first-ever
Read MoreBritish PM May faces uphill battle as MPs gather for debate
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The year in patriarchy: from Kavanaugh’s fury to Serena Williams’s catsuit
Arwa Mahdawi From pop culture to politics, 2018 was a year of extraordinary firsts for women. But the past year
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Scientists are trying to alter memories to treat drug addiction
Environmental cues can trigger powerful memories of substance use. What happens when those memories are disrupted? Lauren Aguirre This fall,
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Mrinal Sen: The director who believed that viewers must be ‘moved to action’
The legendary Bengali filmmaker has died in Kolkata at the age of 95. He was a winner of the Dada
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Australia v India: Tourists win by 137 runs in Melbourne to take 2-1 lead into final Test
BBC India saw off Australia by 137 runs in the third Test in Melbourne to take a 2-1 lead in
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North Korea’s Kim vows more summits with South next year: Seoul
AFP North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to meet the South’s President Moon Jae-in “frequently” next year to discuss denuclearisation
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Centuries-old Mayfang festival kept alive in Baltistan
By Farman Baltistani Artists of Tibet Arts Council present a traditional dance with burning sticks in their hands during
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