The death toll from the attack on a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area a day earlier rose to 88 on Tuesday after more bodies were recovered from the attack site, a spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed. On Friday, 59 people, mostly police officials, were martyred and over 150 were injured after an explosion...
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January 31, 2023January 31, 2023Columns, MINORITIES
Misuse of blasphemy law “earning a bad name for Pakistan”
Tabita Gill is a Christian woman who worked as a nurse in a State-run hospital in the port city of Karachi. As per her daily routine, she was performing her duties in the hospital on January 28, 2021, when some people attacked her, slapping and kicking her. All this was filmed and the video...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Pakistan
At least 30 martyred, over 90 injured in Peshawar mosque suicide blast
PESHAWAR: A powerful suicide blast inside a mosque in Peshawar’s Police Lines area on Monday martyred 30 people while more than 90 others were injured, said security and health officials. Imam Masjid Police Line Qari Sahibzada Nurul Amin was also martyred. According to security officials, the suicide attacker was in the front row during the...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Columns
Dream party
Pakistan needs a dream political party to steer the country out of its current crisis. A party that has the vision and ability to introduce reforms, and the courage to challenge the forces of status quo. A party that is neither loaded with ideological baggage nor tied down by the establishment, and that derives its...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Columns
A perfect global storm
Describing the ongoing global turmoil as a perfect storm, UN Secretary General António Guterres said in his speech at the World Economic Forum that cooperation was urgently needed in a fragmented world. This was also the theme of the annual Davos meeting earlier this month. The perfect storm, he maintained, was raging on several fronts,...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023ECNOMICS
PKR downslide continues with Rs6.5 loss in interbank
After plunging to a record low last week, the PKR depreciated by another Rs6.5, trading at Rs269.1 per dollar in the interbank market around 12pm on Monday, according to data shared by the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP). This equates to a loss of 2.48 per cent from Friday’s close of Rs262.6. Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan...
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January 30, 2023January 30, 2023Pakistan
Sheikh Rashid’s Lal Haveli residence sealed over ‘illegal occupation’
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...