‘They have burnt Mummy and Papa’: What happened to the children of Shama and Shahzad Masih?
Couple who was lynched over blasphemy accusations left behind three young children — one of whom witnessed the horror. Xari
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Pakistan
PTI operating 18 undeclared bank accounts: SBP report
Iftikhar A. Khan ISLAMABAD: A report submitted by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to the Election Commission of Pakistan
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Pakistan bans ‘bed scenes’ and ‘intimate moments’ from TV
Pakistani dramas and soap operas, many of which seek to challenge the deeply patriarchal country’s conservative taboos, are immensely popular.
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PM sacks heads of gas utilities over energy crisis
REUTERS Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday sacked the chiefs of Sui Natural Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and Sui
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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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PIA abolishes protocols for govt officers
Muhammad Asghar RAWALPINDI: In order to put an end to the VIP culture, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) scrapped all protocols
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Afghan Taliban call off peace talks with US over ‘agenda differences’
Reuters PESHAWAR The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they had called off peace talks with US officials in Qatar this
Read MorePakistan in 2019: Recommendations for navigating change
To mark the New Year, we asked a group of senior and emerging thought leaders and policy practitioners to list
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Over 500 child sexual abuse cases surfaced in Islamabad in 5 years
News Desk Child sexual abuse cases are on the rise in Pakistan. In Islamabad only, 300 cases of child sexual
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Welfare state: Easier said than done
WILL the PTI’s model of a welfare state serve as a catalyst to laying the foundation of an egalitarian society
Read MoreAre jokes dangerous?
Zahid Ali The new man in town told Mullah Nasrudin, “I have come out there to make an honest living.”
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Punjab, not army, owns Okara military farms, officials tell NCHR
For the first time, army has admitted that they do not own Okara Military Farms agriculture land. Farooq Tariq In
Read MoreGood thieves vs bad thieves
Amir Hussain The notion of binary opposition has worked well in our politics and it continues to shape our political
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