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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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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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
Read MoreTerrorism bogey
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar IT has been almost two decades since the ‘war on terror’ exploded into the public consciousness. Today,
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Pakistan defeat South Africa by 19 runs under Duckworth-Lewis method
AFP Pakistan put their miserable hammering by arch-rivals India behind them with a shock 19-run win over South Africa
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Pakistan set to issue ‘Panda bond’ in Chinese currency
By Shahbaz Rana ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet on Thursday approved the issuance of Pakistan’s first renminbi-denominated bonds to raise loans
Read MoreGB status: Provisional province mantra — facts and fallacies
By Anayat Baig A new mantra of “provisional constitutional provincial status for Gilgit-Baltistan is being floated by the ‘Naya Pakistan‘
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