The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) on Monday sealed former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid’s Lal Haveli residence in Rawalpindi over “illegal occupation”. According to ETPB Deputy Commissioner Asif Khan, two units of the Lal Haveli and five adjoining units were sealed after teams of the board along with the...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023World
UAE president’s visit to Islamabad postponed due to ‘weather conditions’
UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s one-day visit to Islamabad — scheduled for today — has been postponed due to bad weather conditions, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. “Due to weather conditions, President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to the friendly Islamic Republic of Pakistan scheduled for...
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January 29, 2023January 29, 2023MULTIMEDIA, OUR NEIGHBOURS
A story of sorrow & tragedy of migration: The story of Afghanistan’s leading TV anchor Shazia.
Story 1 A story of sorrow & tragedy of migration: The story of Afghanistan’s leading TV anchor Shazia. A series of stories about journalists and human rights activists in Afghanistan after August 2021.
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January 29, 2023January 29, 2023ECNOMICS
Dar announces 35-rupee hike in petrol price
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Sunday morning announced a Rs35 increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, in a televised address just minutes before the new prices went into force. In the address, which began at 10:50am, Dar unveiled the price revision that went into effect at 11:00am — 10 minutes later. He said...
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January 29, 2023January 29, 2023World
UN sees groundswell of xenophobia across globe
UNITED NATIONS: The internet has “super-charged” hate speech, allowing perpetrators to spread their “lies, conspiracies and threats,” the United Nations warned, hours after an anti-Islam activist burned copies of the Muslim holy book near a Copenhagen mosque facing the Turkish embassy in Denmark. “Around the world, we see a groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance,...
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January 29, 2023January 29, 2023Pakistan
At least 41 dead as passenger coach falls into ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela: official
At least 41 people were killed after a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela on Sunday morning, according to officials. Lasbela Assistant Commissioner Hamza Anjum, while confirming the incident, told Dawn.com that the vehicle, with nearly 48 passengers on board, was travelling from Quetta to Karachi. “Due to speeding, the coach crashed into the...
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January 28, 2023January 28, 2023Columns
Why bash the elite?
ELITE-BASHING is Pakistan’s newest sport. As the country stares into the default abyss, the ubiquitous phrase — ‘elite state capture’ — putatively explains all that has gone awry. Fat-cats are blamed for stealing public resources, conspicuous consumption, and dollar flight. But this super-simplified, sophomoric reasoning misses the real point. Doesn’t every country have its ultra-rich?...
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January 28, 2023January 28, 2023Pakistan
Imran claims Zardari behind new plot to assassinate him
PTI chief Imran Khan — in what can be termed an explosive claim — alleged on Friday that former president Asif Ali Zardari was behind a new plot to assassinate him for which the PPP co-chairman had “given money to a terrorist outfit”. In a televised address, the ex-premier said that plans had been hatched...
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January 27, 2023January 27, 2023World
Thousands take part in Australia’s ‘invasion day’ protests
People participate in the ‘Invasion Day’ rally in Melbourne on January 26, 2023. — Photo provided by Reuters SYDNEY: Thousands of Australians marked the country’s national day celebrations on Thursday with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as “Invasion...
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January 27, 2023January 27, 2023Pakistan
Fawad Chaudhry remanded in 14-day judicial custody
An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday sent PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry to Adiala jail on a 14-day judicial remand in a case over alleged incitement of violence against a constitutional institution. The court on Wednesday night had granted police an initial two-day remand of Fawad, hours after he was arrested. The former information minister was...