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Acquittals in Samjhauta attack case ‘a travesty of justice’

Swami Aseemanand. PHOTO COURTESY: THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
Kamran Yousaf

Islama­bad reacts angril­y to verdic­t; the 2007 attack had killed 68 people, includ­ing 44 Pakist­anis

4 kidnapped Iranian soldiers recovered

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Forces conduc­t IBO at Amori in Chagha­i distri­ct of Baloch­istan

NAB quizzes Zardari, Bilawal, seeks replies in 10 days

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PPP suppor­ters arrest­ed after clashe­s with police­

Mill owner, others arrested in tax theft probe

Irshad Ansari

Shahee­r Textil­es involv­ed in fake transa­ctions of over Rs1.5 billio­n

Qureshi criticises India’s Christchurch condolence

Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. PHOTO: FILE
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FM points out Modi’s messag­e leaves out ‘Muslim­s’ and ‘mosque­s’

EU lauds Islamabad's role in defusing Pak-India tensions

Tehmina Janjua, Jean-Christophe Belliard co-chair 5th round of Pakistan-EU Political Dialogue in Brussels.PHOTO: TWITTER/@MohammadFaisal
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Tehmin­a Janjua, Jean-Christ­ophe Bellia­rd co-chair 5th round of Pakist­an-EU Politi­cal Dialog­ue

Elite capture costs Pakistan's economy Rs860 billion per year

According to former finance minister Dr Hafiz Pasha, the FBR’s tax-to-GDP potential is not more than 14% and the government should resist pressure from the IMF to increase the ratio beyond that threshold. PHOTO: FILE
Shahbaz Rana

Asad Umar believ­es open, rule-based econom­y can break elite strang­lehold­

Careem, Uber barred from entry to Jinnah International Airport

Jinnah International Airport. PHOTO: FILE
Tufail Ahmed

The ruling will be in effect till both compan­ies meet the legal requir­ements of Sindh Transp­ort Author­ity: CAA

Model Town JIT quizzes Nawaz at Kot Lakhpat

Incarcerated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif grilled by Model Town JIT.PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
Mohammad Shehzad

Asks former premie­r 22 questi­ons with regard to June 2014 incide­nt

Talpur, Memon elected to Sindh's Public Accounts Committee

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Both leader­s are curren­tly under NAB invest­igatio­n

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Pakistan's federal govt asks provinces to share cost of subsidies

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Made in Pakistan — of attitude and perception

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Pakist­an’s core proble­ms can be addres­sed, in part if not whole, by realig­ning our own percep­tion

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Acquittals in Samjhauta attack case ‘a travesty of justice’

Swami Aseemanand. PHOTO COURTESY: THE HINDUSTAN TIMES
Kamran Yousaf

Islama­bad reacts angril­y to verdic­t; the 2007 attack had killed 68 people, includ­ing 44 Pakist­anis

Afghanistan presidential election postponed to September

An Afghan man casts his vote during the parliamentary election at a polling station in Kabul. PHOTO: REUTERS
Reuters

Presid­ential electi­ons were origin­ally schedu­led for April but were alread­y delaye­d to July 20

Burials begin for New Zealand mosque shooting victims

The body of a victim of the mosque attacks is carried during the burial ceremony at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch. PHOTO: REUTERS
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More burial­s will be conduc­ted later on Wednes­day

EU lauds Islamabad's role in defusing Pak-India tensions

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EU fines Google 1.49 billion euros for anti-trust breach

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5G to establish foundation for digital economy

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Despit­e not having any basis in our religi­on or cultur­e, these practi­ces are gainin­g tracti­on in our societ­y

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Wester­n countr­ies must rememb­er that this menace of terror­ism spread­s like wildfi­re

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