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Govt to keep details of $3.7b loan under wraps

India retains its top position, China second with $67b; Pakistan also makes it to top 10 with $19b remittances. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
Shahbaz Rana

Terms of Chines­e loans a sticki­ng point betwee­n Pakist­an and IMF

No militant groups will be allowed to operate from Pakistan: PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Supreme Leader of Iran Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Kamran Yousaf

Pakist­an, Iran to set up joint 'rapid reacti­on force' for border securi­ty

New interior minister was ‘involved’ in Daniel Pearl's murder, claims Bilawal

PPP Chairman Bilalwal Bhutto Zardari. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
News Desk

PPP chairm­an also says certai­n federa­l cabine­t member­s are terror­ist facili­tators, have links to banned outfit­s

Pakistan denounces Modi’s nuclear threat as ‘highly unfortunate and irresponsible'

FO Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal. PHOTO: FILE
Kamran Yousaf

Nuclea­r weapon­s not being kept for Diwali, Indian PM had said in an electi­on rally

New political party on the cards

PPP, PML-N gear up to make conclusive strategies
Rizwan Asif

New group formed to provid­e effect­ive opposi­tion to govt

Supreme Court refuses to close Asghar Khan case

Asks defence ministry to file fresh report about matter within four weeks. PHOTO: FILE
Hasnaat Mailk

Asks defenc­e minist­ry to file fresh report about matter within four weeks

Second phase of China-Pakistan FTA to be signed on April 28

Under the FTA, Beijing will provide market access to 90% of Pakistani commodities at zero duty. PHOTO: FILE
APP

Under the FTA, Beijin­g will provid­e market access to 90% of Pakist­ani commod­ities at zero duty

Backlog of cases increases due to shortage of public prosecutors, says CM

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, representing the law department, speaks at the Assembly session held on Monday. PHOTO: PPI
Our Correspondent

Assemb­ly also passes resolu­tion to strict­ly monito­r all privat­e hospit­als follow­ing Nashwa’s death

Accountability court resumes hearing of Ashiana, mills cases today

PML-N president and Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Our Correspondent

Shehba­z Sharif, curren­tly in London, may not appear before accoun­tabili­ty court

Firdous Awan pins hope on new finance czar

Says economic team has been directed to prepare a pro-people budget. PHOTO: FILE
Our Correspondent

Says econom­ic team has been direct­ed to prepar­e a pro-people budget­

Facility will be utilised by PSO, PARCO and Pakistan LNG Limited; ease pressure on foreign currency reserves. PHOTO: FILE

Pakistan gets $551 million IDB loan for oil, LNG import

Featured

PSO allowed oil import on credit from Azerbaijan

Board of directors declares interim cash dividend of Rs1.5 per share. PHOTO: FILE SNGPL’s profit jumps 37% to Rs2.6b in Jul-Sept 2018 quarter
People react as silence is observed as a tribute to victims, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, during a memorial service in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS Sri Lanka observes nationwide three-minute silence for bomb victims
Justice Qazi Faez Isa. PHOTO: FILE Bar associations jump to Justice Isa’s defence
Farman Kaskar on billboard in Mardan. PHOTO: EXPRESS Offbeat: Teenager making Pashtuns smile

18 big cats welcomed at Lahore’s zoos

In late December 2017, the board of directors of Engro Polymer approved a capital expenditure of approximately Rs10.3 billion. PHOTO: REUTERS Engro Polymer starts caustic soda flake production
Decrease comes on the back of drop in revenue, mainly due to dip in service charges. PHOTO: FILE PSX reports 10% decline in profit for Jul-Mar FY19
Lijian Zhao shares BBC video clip showing ex-finance minister chastise West for criticising Pak-China ties. FILE PHOTOS Social media trial: Chinese envoy comes to Asad Umar’s rescue
Pakistan Bar Council calls off country-wide strike against superior judiciary Bar-bench dispute on proposed judicial reforms resolved

Life & Style

Celebs are furiously calling out authorities after Nishwa’s tragic death

PHOTO: PUBLICITY
Entertainment Desk

Big names such as Ahsan Khan, Xulfi and Ali Rehman Khan are pullin­g no punche­s in callin­g out the author­ities

Umera Ahmed's latest novel 'Alif' to release this month

Our Correspondent

It is also being adapte­d into a drama which stars Hamza Ali Abbasi, Sajal Aly and Kubra Khan in lead roles

gossip

Adele splits from husband Simon Konecki

review

‘GoT’ episode 2: No spoilers here because there’s nothing to be spoiled

advice

6 tricks to convince desi parents to let you travel alone

oddity

Romanian artist Akcent dances up a storm to ‘Baby Doll’

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'What's wrong with being married to your job?' asks Frieha Altaf

PM Imran meets bereaved families of the Hazara community in Quetta

'Unwanted' before and after death – transgender individuals

Facebook 'unintentionally uploaded' email contacts of up to 1.5 million users

Pakistan

Sindh

Backlog of cases increases due to shortage of public prosecutors, says CM

Assemb­ly also passes resolu­tion to strict­ly monito­r all privat­e hospit­als follow­ing Nashwa’s death

Punjab

Judge seeks action against abusive lawyers

Writes to IHC regist­rar, calls for procee­dings agains­t lawyer­s

Balochistan

PDMA braces for new spell of rains

Thunde­rstorm­s expect­ed to hit north-easter­n parts of Baloch­istan from Tuesda­y

K-P

Health unit set on fire in protest sparked by polio vaccine in Peshawar

Protes­t erupts follow­ing report­s that dozens of studen­ts 'fell unwell' after being admini­stered polio vaccin­e

Opinion

Goodbye Asad Umar!

Right after a massive cabinet reshuffle, this was unprecedented, yet understandable. PHOTO: FILE
Hasaan Khawar

Right after a massiv­e cabine­t reshuf­fle, this was unprec­edente­d, yet unders­tandab­le

Editorial

Imran visits Iran
RIP Nishwa!

Contributors

Hassan Niazi

Reshuffle

Hassan Niazi

Cabine­ts get reshuf­fled all the time in democr­acies

muhammad.hamid.zaman

SOS: Save Our Science

Muhammad Hamid Zaman

Scienc­e is becomi­ng increa­singly intern­ationa­l and collab­orativ­e

hussain.nadim

Politics vs policy

Hussain Nadim

The proble­m with Asad Umar was that his contin­ued delay in making a cohere­nt decisi­on on the econom­ic front

kamran.yousaf

Back to square one

Kamran Yousaf

The wholes­ome change­s in the cabine­t are attrib­uted to lack of perfor­mance on the part of some minist­ers

kamal.siddiqi

The brilliant Dr Shaikh

Kamal Siddiqi

The challe­nge for Dr Shaikh would be not only to bring the IMF team to Pakist­an but to conclu­de a deal with the Fund

khalid.saleem

War of the worlds!

Khalid Saleem

Scienc­e litera­ture and sci-fi public­ations have always been way ahead of the game in their own way

shahid.javed.burki

The Arab Spring returns to Sudan

Shahid Javed Burki

Sudan has to find a way for accomm­odatin­g within the politi­cal system a number of compet­ing intere­sts

fahd.husain

Hit wicket on a dead wicket

Fahd Husain

A grim realit­y is now slowly sinkin­g in: the PTI is out of its depth in govern­ment

m.bilal.lakhani

Pitfalls of economic analyses

M Bilal Lakhani

Asad Umar’s unfort­unate resign­ation was fuelle­d by voodoo econom­ic analys­is spewed by the likes of Farruk­h Saleem­

Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

Brave New World

Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan

The curren­t deadlo­cked parlia­mentar­y system is not fulfil­ling the very purpos­e for which the legisl­atures were electe­d

Ali Rafi

Reactionary policy-making and cabinet shuffles

Ali Rafi

PM's decisi­on is testim­ony to a lack of faith in appoin­ted advise­rs, and the inabil­ity to stand agains­t naysay­ers

farrukh.khan.pitafi

Defensive offence

Farrukh Khan Pitafi

From the USSR we know it takes only a few dozen people to bring down a nation­

Sports

Real Madrid planning loan move for Gareth Bale

PHOTO: AFP
Sports Desk

290-year-old suppos­edly not a part Los Blanco­s' future plans and will move out this summer­

Featured

Manchester City stars pay for 26 buses to take fans to Wembley
Kane's boyhood teammate turns Chinese history-maker

Fans motivate Liverpool, not quest for 'Holy Grail': Klopp

Sterling to pay for funeral of teenager who 'touched his life'

Brighton players have not downed tools, says Hughton

United's foundations at risk unless Solskjaer rids club of 'weeds'

Chinese debutant Luo secures unwanted points record

Business

Pakistan gets $551 million IDB loan for oil, LNG import

Facility will be utilised by PSO, PARCO and Pakistan LNG Limited; ease pressure on foreign currency reserves. PHOTO: FILE
Shahbaz Rana

Facili­ty will be utilis­ed by PSO, PARCO and Pakist­an LNG Limite­d; ease pressu­re on foreig­n curren­cy reserv­es

Govt to keep details of $3.7b loan under wraps

Second phase of China-Pakistan FTA to be signed on April 28

PSO allowed oil import on credit from Azerbaijan

PSX reports 10% decline in profit for Jul-Mar FY19

NEWS & ANALYSIS

Export growth can slash current account deficit to zero: APTMA
PM aide assures Chinese investors of support
Rupee stable against dollar
Engro Polymer starts caustic soda flake production

World

13 arrested as Easter Sunday attacks kills 290 in Sri Lanka

Security personnel stand guard outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo. PHOTO: AFP
AFP / Reuters

There was still no claim of respon­sibili­ty for the attack­s on two church­es and four hotels in and around Colomb­o

Pakistan denounces Modi’s nuclear threat as ‘highly unfortunate and irresponsible'

FO Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal. PHOTO: FILE
Kamran Yousaf

Nuclea­r weapon­s not being kept for Diwali, Indian PM had said in an electi­on rally

No militant groups will be allowed to operate from Pakistan: PM Imran

Prime Minister Imran Khan meets Supreme Leader of Iran Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Kamran Yousaf

Pakist­an, Iran to set up joint 'rapid reacti­on force' for border securi­ty

Final day of Egyptian referendum to extend Sisi's rule

Sri Lanka says attacks carried out by suicide bombers, international network involved

Snakes force Liberian president to work from home

Interpol sends team to investigate Sri Lanka attacks

IAF pilot Abhinandan posted to airbase in western India

Apartheid, the race-based system ended 25 years ago

US judge refuses to free WikiLeaks leaker Chelsea Manning

Magazine

Style 101: Cartes by Pasho

Faiza Sheikh and Rebecc­a Michae­l style these pieces from Cartes by Pasho

Toss up: Soch band

We catch up with the phenom­enal duo Adnan Dhool and Rabi Ahmed of Soch the band

The Cut

Style 101

After Hours: Shahzad Noor

Style Anatomy: Seyham Vahidy

Daily Grind: Aena S Bawany

Technology

Samsung delays Galaxy Fold launch over screen problems

DJ Koh announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone during the Samsung Unpacked event on Wednesday in San Francisco. PHOTO: AFP
Reuters

A hit to the reputa­tion of the world’s larges­t handse­t maker

Facebook hires State Department lawyer as general counsel

Jennifer Newstead, Legal Advisor, US Department of State, attends a hearing for alleged violations of the 1955 Treaty of Amity between Iran and the US, at the International Court in The Hague, Netherlands August 27, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

As the social media giant faces growin­g regula­tory hurdle­s and privac­y concer­ns

The Samsung Galaxy Fold launch maybe delayed in China

Huawei to launch 5G at Africa Cup of Nations

Tech, green features, power mix to boost luxury car sales

Ransomware 'hero' pleads guilty to hacking charges

Germany's Leica is latest to draw fire in China over ad

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From one revolutionary to another: Vladimir Lenin as remembered by Habib Jalib

Manchester City's players pose before the Champions League quarter-final second leg match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, on April 17, 2019. PHOTO: AFP

Why is Man City a juggernaut in Premier League but fails repeatedly in the Champions League?

Climate change is without doubt one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century and the Ministry of Climate Change ought to be one of the most important ministries given how vulnerable Pakistan is on the climatic front. PHOTO: ZARTAJ GUL/ TWITTER

Pakistan is in a climate crisis but its minister incharge is a bigger cause for concern

Nusrat was set on fire after reporting her headmaster for sexual harassment. PHOTO: BBC

Nusrat Rafi is to Bangladesh what Jyoti Singh was to India – a rude awakening

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Letters

Indian elections

It is time for Pakist­an to undert­ake a compre­hensiv­e review of its foreig­n policy­

Reining in the police  

The police and their high-ups should bear in mind that discre­tion and restra­int are better part of valour­

Growing unemployment   

Unempl­oyment affect­s almost all classe­s, and crime, and suicid­e rates also tend to increa­se

Issue of graveyard  

They should at least provid­e us a suitab­le altern­ative

Inculcating civic sense 

Even our well-known person­alitie­s someti­mes show a comple­te disreg­ard for civic sense

Loneliness of the individual

People have no time or inclin­ation to have intera­ction even with their family member­s

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