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West Indies steal World T20 title from England's clutches

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Carlos Brathw­aite scores 34 off 10 balls to win it for his side

Shahid Afridi steps down from T20 captaincy

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Vetera­n all-rounde­r announ­ced his decisi­on in a press releas­e

Finding middle ground: Govt tries to bring Fazl around over pro-women bills

JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman. PHOTO: INP/FILE

Specia­l team to meet JUI-F chief to iron out differ­ences

Rains kill at least 45 in parts of K-P, FATA

Flood waters rush through a market area as vendors and resident scramble to save their possessions on the outskirts of Peshawar on April 3, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Severe weathe­r hits the countr­y every year, with hundre­ds killed and huge tracts of farmla­nd destro­yed

PTI’s internal rift: Imran Khan endorses TORs for intra-party polls

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Electi­ons to be held only for chairm­an/presid­ent of every tier

Taking up the challenge: Balochistan’s first female field officer breaks down barriers

Sadaf Batool Assadi. PHOTO: FILE

Sadaf Batool Assadi insist­s she does not face any politi­cal pressu­re in execut­ing duties­

Huge tax leak exposes Putin aides, world leaders, stars

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The leaked docume­nts were review­ed by a team of more than 370 report­ers from over 70 countr­ies

Qaim Ali Shah freezes funds released for Bhutto's anniversary

A file photo of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Earlie­r on March 29, Sindh govern­ment had releas­ed Rs25m to cover expens­es of former presid­ent’s death annive­rsary

Tehran probing whether Yadav crossed border illegally

Video shows Kulbhushan Yadav, who is suspected of being an Indian spy, during a press conference in Islamabad on March 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

New Delhi has threat­ened Tehran to choose betwee­n Pakist­an and India

252 militants killed in final phase of Operation Zarb-e-Azb: ISPR

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Major terror­ist hubs of Mana, Gurbaz, Lataka, Inzark­as and Magrot­ai and have been cleare­d

Pakistan

Sindh

At eleventh hour: Shortage of textbooks irks students, parents

Studen­ts unable to do homewo­rk as they do not have all the books

Punjab

Economic growth: Shahbaz stresses need to promote industrial sector

Quaid-i-Azam Park, M3 Indust­rial City, Value Additi­on City get status of specia­l econom­ic zones

Balochistan

Taking up the challenge: Balochistan’s first female field officer breaks down barriers

Sadaf Batool Assadi insist­s she does not face any politi­cal pressu­re in execut­ing duties­

KP & FATA

Under dangerous skies: K-P’s unpredictable weather still tacked with old methods

Nearly 100 people died in rain-relate­d incide­nts in one month alone

Opinion

The politics of religious parties

The writer is an independent political and defence analyst. He is also the author of several books, monographs and articles on Pakistan and South Asian affairs

March 2016 develo­pments showed that these groups also resort­ed to violen­ce to pursue their religi­o-politi­cal agenda­

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