Siachen, the world’s highest militarized glacier
Runyu Liang This Photo Friday highlights Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield, located on the India and Pakistan border in
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Pakistan
Protest against disappearance of a paramedic & murder of two students
Herald Report ISLAMABAD Political and youth activists hailing from Gilgit-Baltistan staged a protest rally outside the National Press Club, Islamabad
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German court rejects case of deadly Pakistan factory fire
A German court has rejected a lawsuit from Pakistanis against German retailer KiK over responsibility for a factory fire in
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Figo, Kaka seek ‘promise’ of football in cricket-mad Pakistan
AFP KARACHI: Portuguese great Luis Figo and Brazilian star Kaka on Thursday (Jan 10) vowed to help develop the “great
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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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120 days on, Port Qasim dock workers continue protest
Over 1,000, workers hold protest rally in Karachi to press their demands; Workers union threatens to shift the protest camp
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Minorities’ long wait I.A. Rehman
I.A. Rehman INDICATIONS that the government is planning to act proactively in addressing the grievances of the minority communities
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Pakistani passport remains fifth-worst globally: Henley index
Pakistani passport has moved up two spots on the 2019 Henley Passport Index but continues to remain the fifth-worst passport
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‘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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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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