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ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has reached a critical balance of payments predicament and will need another package from the International Monetary Fund before the end of the year to avert a crisis, one of the country s biggest lenders to the country said on Wednesday.The Asian Development Bank s country director, Werner Liepach, also told Reuters in an interview Pakistan will need up to $9 billion from the IMF to cushion the economy.Pakistan currently has enough hard currenc
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airmaxplus cover about two months of imports. Asked if Pakistan, a key US ally, was in a balance of payments crisis, Liepach said: It depends how you define a crisis. Maybe we are alread
air max 96 y in a crisis. In 2008, Pakistan averted a balance of payments problem by securing an $11 billion IMF loan package. The IMF suspended the programme in 2011 after economic and reform targets were missed. Some analysts have since warned about the prospect of a new balance of payments crisis.Werner predicted Pakistan would have to go back to the IMF for KARACHI:The trading of BankIslami Ehad Sukuk Certificates began at Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Friday.BankIslami CEO and President Syed Amir Ali commenced the listing of the Sukuk worth Rs2 billion, which was inclusive of the green shoe option of Rs500 million. The IPO and listing was concluded by Next Capital.Speaking on the occasion, Ali mentioned that these certificates were country s first-ever listed Addit
nb balance ional Tier (ADT-1) Modaraba Sukuk.He stressed that its popularity among potential investors could be gauged from the fact that the initial pu
nike 97 blic offering (IPO) was oversubscribed by 1.07 times despite the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in most parts of the world. The Ehad Sukuk IPO witnessed a remarkable response from online subscription channels with more than 80% applicati
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BANGALORE:India s first mission to Mars left Earth s orbit Sunday, successfully entering the second phase of its journey that could see New Delhi win Asia s race to the Red Planet, scientists said.The spacecraft, called Mangalyaan, now embarks on a 10-month journey around the sun before reaching Mars in September next year, the state-run Indian Space Res
nike dunk high earch Organisation (ISRO) said. The spacecraft is on course to encounter Mars af
air max 1 ter a 10-month journey around the sun, ISRO said in a statement. Following the completion of the latest manoeuvre, the Earth orbiting phase of the spacecraft has ended, it said.But Mangalyaan, which is travelling at a speed of 32 kilometres per second, could still face hurdles before India joins an elite club of countries to have reached Mars.India has never before attempted to travel to Mars and more than half of all missions to the planet have ended in failure, including China s in 2011 and Japan s in 2003.So far, only the United States, European Spac
yeezy e A What the Moody s Investors Service says in its latest assessment of Pakistan s economy sounds pretty heartening. According to the top US credit rating agency, Pakistan s economic growth will 鈥?under the impact of the coronavirus pandemic 鈥?shrink much lesser than what the State Bank of Pakistan, the Inte
nb 530 rnational Monetary Fund and the World Bank anticipate. Moody s says it expects Pakistan s real GDP to contract only modestly 鈥?by 0.1-0.5% in the ongoing fiscal year 鈥?as against extremely worrying predictions made by the mentioned financial institutions, including the World Bank that sees Pakistan s economic growth rate falling into a negative zone.The Moody s encouraging forecast is based on a few steps taken by the federal government to offset the impact of a month-long coronavirus lockdown
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PESHAWAR:A vehicle of Nasir Bagh police station escaped undamaged in a roadside bomb attack near Juma Khan village on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.Police said the vehi
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nike air max passengers. A search operation was launched in the area during which several suspects were arrested and shifted to the police station.Published in The Express Tribune, September 2nd, 2013. ISLAMABAD:Without interpreting any constitutional provision, the Supreme Court has been successful in evolving a consensus among all relevant stakeholders regarding holding the general elections on February 8.When he took oath on September 17, Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa was facing three big challenges:
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nb 530 rd to the internal working of the apex court, trials of civilians in military courts, and holding general elections within 90 days.Firstly, a full-court on Oct 11 upheld the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023, and a committee of the SC 39;s three senior-most judges started forming
stanley benches after mutual consultation.Later, on October 23, a five-member larger bench led by Justice Ijazul Ahsan declared the trial of civilians in military courts as unconstitutional.And on Thursday, November 2, a three-member bench led by CJP Isa managed to push the relevant stakeholders to evolve consensus on the announcement of the date for the next general elect
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QUETTA:Gunmen shot dead two shopkeepers on
yeezys slide Masjid Road in Quetta. Police said investigation is at its infancy stage but it seems that the twin killing was the result of a personal enmity. Unknown persons opened fire at them when they were sitting inside their
air max 1 shop. Slain people belonged to Khetran tribe, said Abid Bukhari, station house officer (S
yeezy 700 HO) of the city police station. Separately, in another incident, two bullet-riddled bodies were found from Surnan area of Panjgur district on Friday morning. According to local police, the bodies were lying near a destroyed vehicle. The bodies were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital for autopsies. Bodies bore multiple marks of bullet wounds, hospital sources said. The motive behind the murder could not be ascertained, however. The police are investigating both the cases.Published in The Express Tribune, October 26th, 2013. LAHORE:The Lahore police operati
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KARACHI:Sindh Information Minister Noorul-Huda Shah has directed the authorities to establish election and media facilitation centres at the information department headquarters and all div
nike dunk isional directorates in Mirpurkhas, Hyderabad, Larkana and Sukkur.The centres will be functional round-the-clock from April 25 until May 13 to monitor and facilitate issues in the upcoming elections.The telephone num
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yeezys 350 d 0233 9290144, Larkana 074 9410393 and 074 9410284 and Sukkur 071 5627750 and 071 5627752.Published in The Express Tribune, April 27th, 2013. ISLAMA
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LAHORE:Supporters of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) expressed solidarity with the Pakistan Army and condemned Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Munawar Hassan s statement about martyrdom in protes
stanley cups ts across the country on Tuesday.The ST held rallies in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad, Quetta and Lahore to observe Solidarity Day with the Pakistan Army .Addressing a group of chanting protesters at the Lahore Press Club, ST divisional president Mujahid Abdul Rasool said that the JI chief should be tried for treason over his statement suggesting that those who died fighting the Taliban alongside the Americans did not deserve to be called martyrs. He said that Hassan s remarks had plunged the country into a new and unhelpful debate. They had also exposed the JI s true face to the n
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ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Medical and Dental
adidas campus herren Council (Amendment) Bill 2014 was unanimously approved by the National Assembly Standing Committee on Health on Wednesday and will be tabled in the NA soon.If approved by parliament, the bill will authorise the ministry of national health services, regulation and coordinat
yeezy 350 ion (NHSRC) to look after the council s administrative issues.Foll
air max 720 owing the passage of the bill, the ministry of NHSRC will be responsible for constituting the PMDC management committee, and will hold free and fair elections at the council within 120 days.Meanwhile, members of the committee expressed displeasure over the ministry s inability to repatriate the registrar to his parent department. He should have been terminated by now 鈥?instead, he was sent on forced leave, the committee stated.聽 If the ministry continues to show such a non-serious attitude, many of the committee members will resign, they said.Moreover, members of the committee including Dr Nisar Ahmed Jatt, Dr ISLAMABAD:Amid the telecom industry rsquo;s struggles to survive
stanleycup various challenges, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed to the prime minister that the industry made noteworthy progress and achievements i
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converse schuhe man, met with Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, to present PTA rsquo;s Annual Report for 2023.
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adidas samba og mic and human development. Education for all The MQM promised to upgrade the government institutes to the level of private schools. We do not wish to end the private school system but we need to decrease the disparity between the two [government and private] systems, Sattar said.Enrollment聽drives, learn and earn schemes, teacher training, communit
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SIMFEROPOL:Pro-Russian activists barged into Crimea on Friday, swarming government buildings after Kalashnikov-toting men in fatigues descended on two key airports, as tensions mounted over the strategic Ukrainian peninsula.Hundreds of pro-M
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ISLAMABAD:The poll body s nomination paper question asking politicians about their single most important contribution in constituencies during the last tenure was handled in interesting, and sometimes, a tell-tale manner, The Express Tribune has discovered.聽 Not much, wrote PML-N s Abdul Qadir Baloch. Because I was in Opposition, he justified.JUI-F s Maulana Fazlur Rahman, who contested from three constituencies, left the space blank, as did PTI s Javed Hashmi and Shah Mahmood Quershi. But PTI Chief Imran Khan, contesting from Lahore, Mianwali, Peshawar and Rawalpindi had to attach an additional sheet to finish his re
adidas yeezys sponse.Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, chief of
stanley Awami Muslim League, claimed that he set a world record by establishing 60 schools in h
adidas yeezy is constituency NA-55.On the other hand, two-time former premier Nawaz Sharif wrote that he had served the people of the Punjab as chief minister and served the people of Pakistan as prime minister. His younger brother,聽 Shahbaz Sharif, who is WASHINGTON DC:A White House military aide -- reportedly part of a unit working closely alongside President Donald Trump -- has tested positive for coronavirus, but Trump has not been infected, a spokesman said Thursday. We were recentl
nb y notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Milita
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MIRAMSHAH/DI KHAN:Waliur Rehman Mehsud, 40, was a member of Malkhel tribe, a sub-clan of the Mehsuds inhibiting Sar
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KARACHI:It is very important for the youth of different countries聽 to co
airmax nnect as they are our future leaders. Recently, there was an impalpable buzz in the air as the youth of Afghanistan, India, Pakistan and USA came together at the International Young Alumni Conference (IYAC) 2013, The Faces of Change, the Changes we Face , wher
adidas samba og e they discussed intellectual, democratic and cultural values.Representing Pakistan s art and culture were four young ambassadors from the music and entertainment industry who displayed their unique skills to the international and local guests. These included multi-talented jazz musician Asif Sinan, Waderai Ka Beta famed artist Ali Gul Pir, versatile guitarist, keyboardist and singer Usman Riaz, and noted comedian Danish Ali.The Express Tribune caught up with these four attendees in a quick-fire chat regarding their experience at the conference, its impact on the youth, US-PAK relations and much more.Tell us about the event, how did it happe
yeezy slide n Asif Sinan: I ha LAHORE:Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Shehbaz Sharif went into self-quarantine shortly after he arrived in Islamabad late Saturday.The PML-N chief decided to return to Pakistan after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government s decision to suspend international flights into the country till April 4 as part of sweeping measures to contain the novel coronavirus ou
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LAHORE:An additional district and sessions judge has adjourned till July 25 a private complaint against a couple for allegedly threatening, assaulting and defaming
yeezys 350 their neighbour in Phase 5 of the Defence Housing Authority.Tahir Naeem, the petitioner, has asked the court to punish Naveed A Khan, his wife, and their employee Manzoor under Sections 351 (assault), 352 (punishment for assault), 454 (trespass) and 500 (defamation) of the Pakistan Penal Code.According to the complainant, the trouble began on July 7 when his driver parked his car under a tree at a vacant plot in front of his house. The respondents came out of their house, accompanied by their dogs, and rang his doorbell. They abused the driver and started shouting at him to move the car immediately, as the space he had parked it in was reserved for their dogs to urinate in, he said. The
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ISLAMABAD:From what seems to be one of Pakistan s biggest challenges, corruption secures the top slot with
yeezy 700 31 per cent cases reported at the Supreme Court in the last five years.Lack of political will and flawed legal framework are the root causes of the rise in corruption, pointed out with unanimity by lawyers, academics, researchers and human rights activists at a consultation session, raising serious concerns about the existing legal practices covering the issue.The national consultation on Accountability laws and policies: the way forward was org
air max270 anized by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), here on Tuesday.The participants asked the government to devise a proper legal framework which could effectively tackle the issue and hold perpetrators of corrupt practices accountable.Ranked 134th out of a total of 176 countries on the
air max 96 Corruption Perception Index 2012, prepared by Transparency International (TI), experts were of the view that no serious effort has been made to rev PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE:In a country where half the populace consists of women, the issues pertaining to women are often swept under the rug or classified as a family matter, which has resulted in women not only feeling unsafe in the country but also distrusting its criminal justice system.For instance, despite the rise of social media and various feminist and human rights movements highlighting the plight of women in Pakistan, cases pertaining to revenge porn
nb mujer , are often ignored and many a time the victim rsquo;s dignity is compromised in the investigative process.For Samreen rsquo;s family, a student of a private school in Peshawar, whose name
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airmax changed to protect her identity, the ignorance vis-a-vis revenge porn hits too close to home. ldquo;A school fellow of my sister posted doctored pictures of her on social media, which resulted in great harm to our family and also led to her fiance leaving her, rdquo; recounted Samreen rsquo;s brother while talking to the Express Tri
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dunk te, where one of the first controversies after independence arose on the question of language. There were considerable pre
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adidas samba schuhe language be given the same status. Unfortunately, their voices were silenced by force, which lead to a bloody episode in history that all of us are all too familiar with.It is indeed a fact that Urdu, which is the official language of the state, is not the language of any of the nationalities that dwell within the state. Simply because of the state s patronage, Urdu is now the most widely-spoken language in Pakistan. But the preponderance of one language over all others eats upon the sphere of influence of other, smaller languages, which alienates the respective nationalities and fuels aversion towards the central leadership.Not only is the state or the state s policy OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA:Alphabet rsquo;s Google aims to power its data centers and offices solely with renewable energy by 2030, its chief executive told Reuters, becoming the biggest company in the world to commit to ditching coal and natural gas power.The ldquo;stretch goal, rdquo; as CEO Sundar Pichai described it, will force Google to move beyond the tech industry norm of offsetting carbon emissions from electricity use and require technological and political breakthroughs to achieve. ldquo;The problem is so immense, many of
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SWABI/MANSEHRA/DI KHAN:A man and woman were shot dead in Bekara, Tank district on Saturday for being allegedly involved in an illicit relationship, a Gomal police official told The Express Tri
adidas samba schuhe bune.Banaras Khan shot dead his wife, Mehrunnisa, and her alleged lover, Qismat Khan. The woman belonged to the Mehsud tribe of South Waziristan while the man was from Bannu, but both families were presently settled in Bekara.Man strangles daughter聽to deathIn a separa
stanleycup te incident, a man strangled his daughter to death in Bat Dariyan village of Mansehra district, police sources said on Saturday.City police reported that Yasmin, 17, daughter of Noor Khan, died on Friday. Noor had told his neighbours that his daughter had died due to an unspecified chest problem because of which she used to cough frequently.However, they contested his claim and informed th
air max95 e police, after which Noor was apprehended and the body was taken for an autopsy. Before the autopsy report could be released, the victim s mother d TORONTO:Toronto, Canada s biggest city a
stanley store nd its financial capital, will allow businesses to reopen starting Friday, as it joins other regions in the province of Ontario in ending a three-month pandemic lockdown, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday.Restaurants in Toronto, along with Peel Health Re
airmax gion which encapsulates the city s densely populated suburbs, will be able to open their patios, Ford said. Ontario, Canada s most populous province, started gradually reopening its economy th
nike air max is month, but Toronto was left out of the initial list.Lack of global leadership is greatest threat in fighting pandemic, says WHOCanadian provinces imposed lockdowns in March to contain the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed 8,430 people in Canada and infected 101,337, according to latest government data.The only health region still in phase one of three reopening phases is Windsor-Essex, where an outbreak is hitting migrant workers on farms.
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QUETTA:An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Quetta on Monday ordered beleaguered former president Pervez Musharraf to appear before court on April 21 or face arrest in the Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case.Issuing a stern warning, Judge Tariq Anwar Kasi said that he would cancel bail and issue Musharraf s arrest warrants if the former military r
air max uomo uler failed to appear in person.Musharraf, who faces a myriad of legal troubles, was recently indicted in the treason trial and has been on bail in three other major cases dating to his time in office, including the 2006 assassination of Bugti d
yeezy 700 uring a military operation.During Monday s hearing, Sohail Rajput, the petitioner s legal counsel contended that, The accused is using delaying tactics from the very first
yeezys day. We hope that justice is served in this case because the assassination changed the dynamics of Balochistan s politics, he added.Rajput added that Musharraf had never been attacked in Balochistan which is why there is no valid reason to exe PESHAWAR:Pakistan has updated details of more than 500,000 registered Afghan refugees as part of a countrywide campaign to issue renewed Proof of Registration (PoR) cards.The 1.4 million already registered Afghan refugees are being re-verified and issued new biometric cards through 35 sites and four mobile units. The last large-scal
nike 95 e verification of refugees in the country was undertaken ten years ago.Known as the Documentation Renewal and Information Verification Exercise (DRIVE), the gov
air max 1 ernment-led campaign is run by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Commissionerate for Afghan Refugees (CAR), with the support of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), and is expected to be completed withi
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WASHINGTON:President Barack Obama said Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.Condemning the prison as a legal no man s land, Obama told
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yeezy slide ews conference that it was time Congress agreed to shut the jail and said the military was trying to keep detainees alive in the face of the
yeezy hunger strike. I continue to believe we have to close Guantanamo. I think it is critical for us to understand that Guantanamo is not necessary to keep America safe, he told reporters. It is expensive. It is inefficient. It hurts us in terms of our international standing. It lessens cooperation with our allies on counterterrorism efforts. It is a recruiting tool for extremists. It needs to be closed, he said.The tough words were the most extensive the president has delivered on Guantanamo for months and reflected his frustration with Congress, which he blamed for blockin WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that quot;five or six quot; more Arab countries were poi
air max 98 sed to agree to normalize relations with Israel, in line with the landmark accords struck between the Jewish state and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. quot;We 39;re very far down the road with about five countries, five additional countries, quot; Trump said as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, ahead of a signing ceremony with both Arab states for the US-brokered peace deal. quot;We 39;ll hav
nb e at least five or six countries coming along very quickly, we 39;re already talking to them, quot; Trump
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LAHORE:The district jail superintendent on Tuesday was intimated, through a robkar (judicial order), to complete arrangements for Sawan Masih s jail trial from May 29 (today).Sawan Masih was accused of blasphemy
yeezys by a resident of Joseph Colony. The incident had led to a riot in the area and 150 houses there were torched.Charges are likely to be framed against Sawan Masih at the first day s proceedings.The Home Department gave its consent for a jail
stanley trial after Police Headquarters Superintendent Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera wrote to Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Murtaza.Sukhera had said that the considering the sensitivity of the case, special measures needed to be taken to keep Sawan Masih safe. Sawan Masih was previously being tried at Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Ghulam Murtaza s court. He would be brought in amidst tight secu
yeezys rity. Sukhera s request was forwarded to District and Session Judge Nazir Ahmed Gajana who wrote to the Home Department on Conspiracy theorists are not the only ones who are coming up with some really creative stuff. They no longer have a monopoly on imagining what most people a
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Pop sensation Lady Gaga, who has made millions go gaga over her eccentric persona and music, has been accused of spending her charity foundation s millions聽 on expenses instead of philant
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KARACHI:The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed Pakistan Cricket Board s (PCB) acting chairperson Najam Sethi on Tuesday to exercise his powers a
nike 95 s defined in PCB governing body s constitution for caretaker chief.Headed by Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai, the bench also issued a notice to the federal inter-provincial coor
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adidas samba he PCB and Najam Sethi to court.Umair Qazi, the lawyer representing the petitioner, told the court that Sethi had been appointed as caretaker chairperson of the country s highest cricket regulatory body in compliance with the directions issued by the Islamabad high court.However, the petition alleged that Sethi was exercising powers as the acting chairperson that had not been vested in him by virtue of the constitution of the cricket board adopted earlier in the year.The petition stated that under the arti KARACHI:The water supply
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stanley cup factor in development. Economic historian Niall Ferguson tends to agree with North and notes that institutions 鈥?in the broadest sense of the term 鈥?determine modern historical outcomes, more than natural forces like weather, geography or even the incidence of disease . Thus, if good and strong institutions are not built, economic, nay any kind of sustained development and growth cannot take place.In their recent work, Jim Robinson and Daron Acemoglu, further distinguish between two different types of institutions, extractive and inclusive , with the former inhibiting growth and the latter fostering it. They give the example of England and Egypt Caretaker Federal Information Minister Murtaza Solangi on Sunday maintained that the law and order situation in Gilgit-Baltistan was ldquo;calm rdquo; and there was ldquo;peace and st
new balance damen ability rdquo; in the region.Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the minister quoted a news statement issued by the G-B rsquo;s home department a day earlier that described the media reports about army deployment in the region to quell the unrest there for around a week as ldquo;baseless rdquo;.In a statement released by the Home Department of Gilgit-Bal
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stanley cup situation in Gilgit-Baltistan is completely peaceful and the news and speculations circulating in media regarding the deployment of Pakistan Army are completely baseless.All roads, hellip; mdash; Murtaza Solangi (@murtazasolangi) September 3, 2023The statement read that the G-B government had requisitioned the services of the Pakistan Army and civil armed forces to maintain law and order only for the chehlum of Imam Hus
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QUETTA:Three coalminers died on Tuesday when a trolley loaded with coal fell upon them as they
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The weather is warming up, the flowers are blooming and the trees are turning green. It is a time to rejoice before the hot summer months take over and leave us confined to our air-conditioned rooms. So put away your winter attire and prepare to get messy with your children. Here are some spring activities to not only have fun with the tiny tots but also give them some much need outdoor exercise聽The Rainbow Snake:聽This idea not only keeps children occupied for hours but the different colours are also fascinating and fun to play with.You will need鈥?聽An empty plastic water bottle鈥?聽Tape or a rubber band鈥?聽A sock鈥?聽Dish soap鈥?聽Food colourHow toCut off the bottom of the empty bot
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adidas yeezys boost s fitted Badgley Mischa gown. Sho ISLAMABAD:The federal government has allowed the export of flour with the condition that it should be produced from imported wheat, it emerged on Thursday.A notification issued by the commerce ministry read that Export Policy Order 2022 had been amended for this purpose.Commerce ministry so
nike air max 1 urces said there were satisfactory and abundant reserves of wheat in the country.This year, the wheat cultivation has exceeded the set target by 1.8%.The sources added that this year rsquo;s wheat production target of 32.1 million tonnes would be achieved.In recent days, the imported wheat market crashed after the flour mills of Punjab r
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air max95 grain grown in Sindh became cheaper.The price of imported wheat went down by Rs160 and the domestic produce by Rs400 per maund.Farmers 39; organisations demanded that the federal government should not extend for the third time the deadline of March 31 for ships arriving with imported wheat.They said the lenience would cause irrepar
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ISLAMABAD:The government on Saturday shuffled the administrative heads of two ministries and office of Princip
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yeezys bureaucrat in the country. He replaced Seerat Asghar who was appointed Secretary Ministry of Narcotics Control.Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2013. LONDON:Four-time world snooker champion Mark Selby is considering his future because the sport has adversely impacted h
stanley store is mental health, he said after his 10-6 first-round defeat by Joe O rsquo;Connor on Monday.Selby, who won the world title in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2021 and was runner-up last year, was disappointed with his performance against Crucible debutant O 39;Connor as he suffered his first opening round
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ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court has accepted the plea submitted by the Karachi West district and sessions judge, Ghulam Mustafa Memon, seeking one month s time to
yeezy 700 conclude the investigations into the murder of social activist and former director of the Orangi Pilot Project, Parween Rahman.Earlier on February 3, the apex court had ordered the judge to probe the murder case and submit a report within 15 days. The inquiry, however, could not be completed. Judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon, therefore, sought one month s time to c
adidas samba adidas onclude the probe.A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard the petition on Tuesday. The plea was filed by 12 petitioners, including the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) and members of civil society groups, requesting to constitute a judicial commission to probe Rehman s murder.On March 13, 2013, Rahman, the director of the Orangi Pilot Project in Karachi, was
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ISLAMABAD:In the new tax measures proposed in the Budget 2013-14, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has provided an opportunit
air max 720 y to the banks to avoid billions of rupees in taxes by reducing the rate of dividend income earned by investing in treasury bills and the stock market through asset management companies from 35% to 25%.The top five banks of the co
yeezys slide untry have grown their bottom-line over the years by making risk-free lending to the government through bonds and T-bills and earning double-digit returns. The federal government had become a despe
adidas samba damen rate borrower and that allowed the banks to pile up big fortunes.The move by the government is contrary to the claims of taxing the rich to overcome the economic crisis as it has increased the tax burden on the salaried class by a third, while the tax burden on the non-corporate business class 鈥?also known as association of persons 鈥?has grown three-fold.The new tax measures are likely to fuel speculation that the PML-N government do
nb 530 ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday reiterated Pakistan rsquo;s strong commitment and eagerness to enter the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) at the earliest.Chairing a progress-review meeting on preparations ahead of the 13th Joint Cooperation Committee (CPEC-JCC) meeting and the expected visit of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to China, Ahsan Iqbal emphasized that CPEC had proven to be a milestone in further strengthening the unbreakable bond of friendship between t
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HYDERABAD:The World Food Programme (WFP) handed over medical and information technology equipment worth Rs4.3 million to the health department in S
dunk femme indh on Thursday.During the ceremony, Dr Durre Shahwar and Dr Saleem Ahmed of the health department received the equipment on behalf of health secretary Inamullah Dharejo. The equipment includes weighing scales, height boards, MUAC tapes, hemocues, stethoscope and blood pressure apparatus. The d
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adidas yeezy med at boosting the quality of nutrition and healthcare services in 10 key districts of Sindh, said WFP country director Lola Castro. We have to address the root cause of the problem, she said. We know that malnutrition levels in Sindh are alarming. Together with the help of the government, the WFP has been providing support through the supply of non-food items and food products. These equipments, she said, would be distributed among 254 rural health centres by the provincial health department.They will improve monitoring, reporting and ISLAMABAD:The caretaker federal government conveyed to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) its commitment to assist it in holding free and fair elections in the country, Information Minister Murtaza Solangi said on Friday.Briefing the media about the maiden cabinet meeting, the minister said that the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja had been assured
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newbalance 9060 cessary postings of officials would be implemented.Solangi said that holding elections was the responsibility of the ECP and the government would fulfil its duty of assisting it in this regard, and discharge its responsibilities in accordance with the law and the Constitution. ldquo;The first cabinet meeting was held today under the chairmanship of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, rdquo; the minister told reporters. ldquo;The prime minister received briefings from the ministers about their respective ministries. rdquo;The minister said that the prime m
Hgrd CJP turns to Punjab s problems at SC Lahore registry
COLOMBO:Sri Lanka s Kumar Sangakkara will retire from Twenty20 internationals after the ongoing World T20 in Bangladesh, the veteran left-hander told a newspaper on Sunday.The 36-year-old said he wanted to make way for younger players in the national team, but made himself available to play the shortest format in franchise-based competitions. Definitely, without a doubt, this is my last World T20, Sangakkara told the Colombo-based Sunday Island newspaper. I won t be p
yeezy 700 laying any T20 internationals after this. It s sad, but that s the truth. It s not the end of my T20 career though. I would like to play franchise-based T20s. Once your World Cup prospects are over, you should give the next crop of players an opportuni
adidas yeezys ty. It s a natural progression. Sangakkara, under whom Sri Lanka reached the fi
yeezys 350 nal of the 2009 World Twenty20 in England, has played 50 T20 internationals, scoring 1,311 runs at an average of 32.77 with seven half-centuries.He has been in prime form of late, smashing a trip BEIJING:Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on Russia and other members of a regional grouping to support each other in preventing foreign powers from instigating quot;colour revolutions quot; - popular uprisings that have shaken former Communist nations - in their countries.Speaking in Uzbekistan at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organi
newbalance schuhe sation (SCO), a security grouping led by China and Russia, Xi said member countries should support the efforts each other have made to safeguard their own security and development interests.Xi did not mention Ukraine, which Russia invaded in February in what Russian Pres
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