Tag: Passes

US Senate passes bill to renew internet surveillance programme

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance programme for six years with minimal...

Founder of Pakistan Baseball Syed Khawar Shah passes away

LAHORE: Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) president, 68-years-old, Syed Khawar Shah passed away on Tuesday. Syed Khawar was a founder member of baseball in Pakistan –...

Australia passes anti-terrorism law to strip citizenship

Australia's parliament has passed legislation to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences or found to have fought...

CEO Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop passes away

CEO Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop Faizaan Peerzada passed away in Lahore, sources close to the family said. According to the reports, Peerzada died of...

Tamim passes fitness test ahead of second test

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has passed a fitness test and cleared to play in the second test against West Indies, a team official said...

Prof Afaq Siddiqui passes away

Pakistan’s prominent researcher, poet and writer Prof Afaq Siddiqui died here in Karachi on Sunday after prolonged ailment, he was 86. “He will be laid...

Free passes sold at drama festival

The tentacles of corruption have entangled the society to an extent that not only the top officials of public sector organisations are off and...

India great Mansur Khan Pataudi passes away

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, one of India's most charismatic cricketers and a prolific batsman despite losing an eye, died on Thursday aged 70 following...

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi passes away

Legendary cricketer and former Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who was admitted to a city hospital last month following lung infection, passed away...

Maqbool Sabri qawwal passes away

Renowned Qawwal Maqbool Ahmed Sabri passed away in South Africa on Wednesday. He had a cardiac problem for last two years. Reportedly, he was admitted...

LHCBA passes resolution to invite Mirza to bar

The general house meeting of Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution demanding that former Sindh home minister Zulfiqar...

Sardar Attique’s elder brother Khaleeq passes away

Son of AJK Muslim Conference head Sardar Abdul Qayyum and elder brother of former AJK PM Sardar Attique, Sardar Khaleeq Ahmad breathed his last...

Bollywood star Shammi Kapoor passes away

Legendary Bollywood heartthrob Shammi Kapoor, whose acting and dancing style heavily influenced modern-day Indian film stars, died on Sunday aged 79. "Shammi Kapoor ji passed...

Journalist Yousuf Khan passes away

Veteran journalist and Nawa-i-Waqt Karachi deputy editor Yousuf Khan passed away following a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 54. Khan was survived by...

Qasim Zia’s sister passes away

Amna Anjum, sister of Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) President Qasim Zia, passed away on Wednesday after short illness. Her funeral prayers will be...

A year passes after floods but relief work still lacks coordination

Doing away with parallel overlapping systems and establishment of fully functional, well-resourced and integrated disaster management system at the grass-root level could ensure a...

Syrian govt passes new political parties law

The Syrian cabinet has approved a law that allows the formation of political parties other than the ruling Baath party, provided they adhere to...