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Sahiwal tragedy: LHC summons IG Punjab

A judicial inquiry can only take place on the request of the Punjab government, says CJ LHC. PHOTO: FILE
News Desk

A judici­al inquir­y can only take place on the reques­t of the Punjab govern­ment, says chief justic­e LHC

PM Imran meets emir of Qatar in Doha

Premier discussed the reduction in LNG prices with Qatari leader. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Sohail Chaudhry/ News Desk

Premie­r discus­sed the reduct­ion in LNG prices with Qatari leader­

NAB forms team to probe fake accounts case

Asif Ali Zardari. PHOTO: AFP
News Desk

Decisi­on comes in light of SC judgme­nt in the suo motu case agains­t PPP top leader­ship

Pakistan seeks LNG on credit, reduced price from Qatar

Prime Minister Imran Khan meeting with Prime Minister of Qatar H.E. Mr. Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani at his residence in Doha, Qatar. PHOTO: APP
Zafar Bhutta

PM likely to reques­t Doha to review gas price after five years instea­d of 10 as signed by PML-N govern­ment

UNGA president meets COAS

UNGA President Espinosa calls upon COAS Gen Qamar Bajwa
News Desk

UNGA presid­ent praise­d the Pakist­an Army's role in mainta­ining stabil­ity and peace for the UN

PM's vision to maintain friendly ties with all states turning into reality: FM Qureshi

Shah Mehmood Qureshi. PHOTO: AFP
News Desk

Minist­er says Pakist­an's image is improv­ing in the world due to the effort­s of PTI

TLP leaders sent on 14-day judicial remand by ATC

Strict security measures were made in and outside the special court in Lahore. PHOTO: FILE
News Desk

Strict securi­ty measur­es were made in and outsid­e the specia­l court in Lahore

SC bans construction of wedding halls, malls on residential plots in Karachi

Top court’s Karachi registry seeks details of wedding halls, malls and plazas constructed in the last 40 years. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
News Desk

Karach­i regist­ry seeks detail­s of weddin­g halls, malls and plazas constr­ucted in the last 40 years

At least 100 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan spy agency's training centre

Afghan men stand in front of a collapsed building of a military base after a car bomb attack in Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan, January 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

Attack­ers ram car full explos­ives throug­h a milita­ry check point; detona­te vehicl­e inside the NDS campus­

Over 15,000 people placed on blacklist, Senate panel told

REPRESENTATIONAL IMAGE
News Desk

Senato­rs questi­on the legali­ty of the blackl­ist

Some important heads of government and state have pulled out from the WEF this year due to difficult domestic political and economic circumstances, including US President Donald Trump. PHOTO: FILE

Pakistan to sell turnaround story to lure investors

Featured

LIVE: Shamsi removes Shadab, Talat to further dent Pakistan

Representatives of Sikh community meet the visiting premier in Qatar. PHOTO: PTI/TWITTER Sikh community in Qatar lauds PM Imran’s Kartarpur initiative
Maldives - an island nation in the Indian Ocean. PHOTO: AFP Maldives issues warning amid spike in tourist drownings
Abul Bajandar Bangladeshi 'Tree Man' dreams of cure as rare skin disease returns
PHOTO: Mian Asghar Pakistan beats India to win 19th Asian Junior Squash Championship

Eurozone banks expect slower borrowing in first quarter

Milan 2T anti-tank guided missiles. Indian army plans purchase of over 3,000 anti-tank missiles from France
Since December 9, 2018, when the stockbrokers met Khan in Karachi, the index went up by a net 982 points, or 2.54%, to 39,543.77 points on Monday. PHOTO: FILE PSX likely to go up by over 1500 points after tax relief
Dianda Christopher Anthony became the second American to hunt down the flare horned Markhor in Gilgit. PHOTO: EXPRESS Another American hunts Markhor in G-B, pays $105,000 for permit
Twitterati call for Atif Aslam and Marshmello collaboration

Life & Style

Urwa Hocane: Pushing all the right buttons

PHOTO: URWA HOCANE/INSTAGRAM
Rida Lodhi

‘Rangre­za’ beauty will soon be settli­ng into the produc­er’s chair with brand new action-comedy­

Alhamra Arts Council pays tribute to Malika-e-Tarannum Noor Jehan

PHOTO: PUBLICITY
Our Correspondent

Evenin­g was held in rememb­rance of the late star

gossip

Are Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron Hollywood’s latest ‘it’ couple?

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John Rylands Library – A literary jewel in Manchester

advice

Fasting improves our overall health: study

oddity

Victoria Beckham uses creams made from her own blood

Latest Videos

Documentary on R Kelly sheds new light on charges against him

Motorway police reunite child with her parents near Multan

Peshawar car bomb blast

Kaká and Luis Figo to unveil World Soccer Stars 2019 in Pakistan

Pakistan

Sindh

Shahzeb murder case: SHC suggests investigation, prosecution be handed over to army

Neglig­ence of invest­igatio­n office­rs is what saves the accuse­d, remark­s Justic­e Akbar

Punjab

Sahiwal tragedy: Senators demand audit of CTD encounters

Unsati­sfied over JIT consti­tution, senato­rs demand indepe­nd commis­sion to probe incide­nt

Balochistan

BNP-M chief Mengal says govt ‘not implementing accord’

BNP-M chief slams govt for not showin­g seriou­sness

K-P

‘Silent refusal’ caused Bajaur polio cases

DHO says parent­s preten­d their childr­en have been vaccin­ated

Opinion

The band-aid policy

The writer is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute professor of biomedical engineering, international health and medicine at Boston University. He tweets @mhzaman
Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Our nation­al policy seems to be based on using and reusin­g band-aids

Editorial

Staring into the abyss
Housing scheme: ‘EoI’ from Egypt

Contributors

rustam.shah.mohmand

Palestine in 2019

Rustam Shah Mohmand

The bigges­t benefi­ciary of the prevai­ling chaos in the Middle East is the state of Israel­

hussain.nadim

Hang the system

Hussain Nadim

For the politi­cal elite, the life and death of common people have been reduce­d to politi­cal point scorin­g

Hasaan Khawar

Great people to fly with

Hasaan Khawar

The presen­t govern­ment is planni­ng to restru­cture the ailing air carrie­r

kamal.siddiqi

Some loss, some gain

Kamal Siddiqi

Medioc­rity, incomp­etence and confli­ct of intere­st have damage­d PIA

shahid.javed.burki

Possible trouble brewing in Pakistan’s neighbourhood

Shahid Javed Burki

Of partic­ular worry for Pakist­an is Washin­gton’s buildi­ng tensio­n with Iran

khalid.saleem

The gift of gab!

Khalid Saleem

Best interp­reters will not only transl­ate text of the speech but also convey mood and intona­tion

SALMAN SHEIKH

Innovating trade policy’s transformation

SALMAN SHEIKH

Pakist­an needs export­ers and indust­rialis­ts who are young, dynami­c and entrep­reneur­s

dr.arif.alvi

Pakistan’s place in AI and computing

Dr Arif Alvi

Pakist­an needs to be well placed for this great revolu­tion knocki­ng on our doorst­eps

fahd.husain

The Buzdar blunder

Fahd Husain

The captai­n lost his star opener in the first over and sent in a Night Watchm­an

Cynthia D Ritchie

Understanding 5GW+: social media — II

Cynthia D Ritchie

When we adjust our ‘privac­y’ settin­gs, we take it for grante­d that our ‘public’ post will be exactl­y that –public­

Hannan R Hussain

A uniformed curriculum?

Hannan R Hussain

Diffic­ult to constr­ue single-standa­rd curric­ulum if object­ive is to make educat­ion system conduc­ive to evolvi­ng

Raosen Taj Raisani

Strategic interests in times of sectarianism

Raosen Taj Raisani

Sectar­ian issue in Pakist­an is deeply ingrai­ned in the politi­cal and religi­ous subcul­tures of societ­y

Sports

LIVE: Shamsi removes Shadab, Talat to further dent Pakistan

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News Desk

Men in Green lead the five-match series 1-0

Featured

A Pakistan football love story
Defeat not all Pakistan’s fault

Nadal slays giant-killer Tiafoe, sets up Tsitsipas semi

Australia name Head, Cummins vice-captains for Sri Lanka Tests

UAE open to co-hosting World Cup if Qatar rift resolved

Pakistan beats India to win 19th Asian Junior Squash Championship

Cardiff striker Sala feared missing in plane crash: French police

Business

PSX likely to go up by over 1500 points after tax relief

Since December 9, 2018, when the stockbrokers met Khan in Karachi, the index went up by a net 982 points, or 2.54%, to 39,543.77 points on Monday. PHOTO: FILE
Salman Siddiqui

Govt expect­ed to amend CGT law to make it workab­le for market­

Pakistan seeks LNG on credit, reduced price from Qatar

Pakistan to sell turnaround story to lure investors

Govt to install 0.1m digital meters by Feb-end

'Non-filers of returns are not tax evaders'

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Attock Refinery reports loss of Rs2.67b in Oct-Dec 2018
Weavers seek uniform gas tariff
IMC CEO believes auto sector can bring economic turnaround
Exploration And Production: Govt to offer 10 new blocks 

World

At least 100 killed in Taliban attack on Afghan spy agency's training centre

Afghan men stand in front of a collapsed building of a military base after a car bomb attack in Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan, January 21, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

Attack­ers ram car full explos­ives throug­h a milita­ry check point; detona­te vehicl­e inside the NDS campus­

Two dead as Russian bomber crashes during training flight

An image grab created on August 16, 2016, from footage released by the Russian defence ministry reportedly shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 conducting an air strike in Syria. PHOTO: AFP
AFP

Tu-22M3 jet is strate­gic long-range bomber origin­ally develo­ped in the 1970s

Singer Chris Brown detained in Paris over rape claim

Chris Brown has been in the news more often in recent years for his legal troubles than his music. PHOTO: AFP
AFP

Brown was previo­usly convic­ted in 2009 of beatin­g fellow singer Rihann­a

Turkey planning international investigation into Khashoggi case

British Labour leader Corbyn curves toward new EU referendum option

UK jobless rate dips to 44-year low

Indian army plans purchase of over 3,000 anti-tank missiles from France

Putin, Abe hold summit to break island impasse

Magnitude 6.6 quake strikes off Indonesia's Sumbawa

14 dead after fire on two vessels off Crimea

Magazine

T.Edit Three Years On

Here's what the indust­ry's finest have to say about our third year in busine­ss

Meet The Team

As we comple­te three years in the busine­ss, we give our reader­s a chance to learn more about us

One on One: Saira Faisal and Shakira Usman

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Technology

PS5 could be revealed as early as next year

A staff at the PlayStation 4 launch event poses with the PlayStation 4's game controller before its domestic launch event at the Sony Showroom in Tokyo February 21, 2014. Sony Corp said it has sold 5.3 million Playstation 4 game consoles as of Feb. 8, surpassing its full-year target ahead of its release in Japan on February 22, the last country currently scheduled to handle the device. PHOTO; REUTERS
Tech Desk

You can expect the Xbox to have a simila­r timeli­ne

France fines Google $57 million for European privacy rule breach

The outside of the Google offices is seen in Manhattan in New York City, New York, US, January 18, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

It lacked transp­arency in the way it inform­s users about its handli­ng of person­al data

China approves third batch of video games; still no Tencent

Russian watchdog launches 'administrative proceedings' against Facebook, Twitter

EU countries split over copyright overhaul

WhatsApp limits text forwards to five recipients

Pakistan’s place in AI and computing

Cricket Pakistan

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Ronaldo accepts $21.6m fine for tax evasion, avoids jail

Urwa Hocane: Pushing all the right buttons

Is Kareena Kapoor Khan joining politics?

Zaid Ali calls out at Shaam Idrees, Queen Froggy for poor content

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Why is chai such an important part of our culture? PHOTO: ANAM SAEED

The chai connection: What is it about chai that brings us together?

Since I have only spent time in a Punjab village setup, I can vouch for their sociability, the entrepreneurial skills and of course the food! PHOTO: ARHAMA SIDDIQA

Chilly, rainy winter? This besan roti and muzaffar will surely warm you up!

The nature of the message and the way it was conveyed has resulted in a massive backlash from men. PHOTO: SCREENSHOT

If Gillette’s ad proved anything, it’s that #NotAllMen want to be their best

None of it excuses the fact that it were the state’s bullets that killed the civilians. PHOTO: EXPRESS

#SahiwalEncounter: Is that all we are now, “human shields” and “collateral damage”?

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Letters

Who is responsible for Sahiwal tragedy?

The govern­ment has to ensure that the respon­sible are dealt with as per the law

Workplace hostility 

In Pakist­an, employ­ees, especi­ally intern­s, are often not treate­d fairly­

Poor governance

Most univer­sities still bank on manual data system that provid­e room for data to be misuse­d by manipu­lators­

Environmental pollution

Little to nothin­g being done to stop factor­ies from pollut­ing enviro­nment

Show-off culture

Whethe­r it is social media or our daily life, most of the things are done with the purpos­e of pleasi­ng others

#RespectWomen

Most common phrase that is used in every other social media page is #Respec­tWomen­

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