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No check on unhygienic fried food

With the advent of holy month of Ramadan, selling of substandard fried eatables is on full swing along roadsides, while there is no check...

Pakistan’s floods one year on

This month marks a year since Pakistan faced the worst floods in its history. The deluge devastated and submerged entire villages, roads, bridges, water...

Serena on song at Stanford

Serena Williams, playing her first WTA Tour match on US soil since the 2009 US Open, made her return a victorious one with a...

Book on Naxal movement launched

Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) on Monday launched an Urdu publication titled “Naxal Tehrik Ki Ibtida Aur Farogh” (Genesis and Growth of Naxalite Movement)...

Seminar held on feminism in South Asia

Ryerson University Canada’s Department of Sociology Professor Dr. Amina Jamal claimed that Muslim women have had many opportunities to work for their rights due...

Workshop on gender equity held

A three day workshop on gender equity and equality was held at a hotel in the federal capital on Monday with the aim of...

5 hours on, city streets remained inundated

In the aftermath of monsoon’s heaviest rain, Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) it took more than five hours after the rains ended to drain...

Holding on to their seats… not

The Sindh Assembly (SA) witnessed a change in the seating arrangements of the political parties for the first time on Friday in around three-and-a-half...

Transport fares rise on CNG closure

Fares of rickshaws and public transport run on CNG have increased owing to non-availability of CNG in the city. Commuters complained that rickshaw drivers are...

Govt takes SC head on over Qureshi

Despite repeated orders of the Supreme Court (SC) for the reinstatement of FIA Additional Director General Zafar Qureshi, the government is not taking any...

Radio listening – the craze is on!

Whoever you are and whatever you are doing, you can’t dodge the FM Radio. While at work or on the road, via cell phones,...

More and more IDPs as fight for Kurram moves on

As a result of the military action against militants, situation in various areas of Central Kurram further has worsened and a large number of...

Big triumphs spur Djokovic, McIlroy on

The 140th Open Championship is scheduled to get underway this Thursday at Royal St. George’s – the course which last hosted the Championship in...

All eyes on provinces

The time has come for the provincial machinery to be tested after the 18th amendment and NFC award augmented their autonomy and resource pool....

Cavendish wins seventh stage to make it 17 on Tour

British sprint king Mark Cavendish took his victory tally on the Tour de France to 17 on Friday when he powered to victory in...

British opposition leader calls on Zardari

The head of Labour Party and opposition leader in the British House of Parliament, Ed Miliband in his meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari...

8 naval personnel arrested for abetting terrorists

As many as eight Naval personnel have been taken into custody under the charges of abetting terrorists during attack on PNS Mehran naval base...