Sessions at the National Assembly are often marred with a lot of drama and yesterday’s session also created quite a stir. During Wednesday’s session, Minister of Power and Water Khwaja Asif called Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shireen Mazari a ‘tractor trolley’. According to the details of the incident, Asif was speaking at the session and praising […]
Jun 9 2016 | Posted in
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The man who allegedly murdered Abdullah’s mother and later left him at Edhi Center, is now in police custody. According to the latest reports, the prime suspect in lost boy Abdullah’s case, Rizwan, has been arrested by authorities and it is being hoped that he will provide information which might reunite Abdullah with his family. […]
Jun 9 2016 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, the dean of the University of Balochistan’s law college was executed by unidentified attackers on Spini Road. Police sources reveal that the barrister was gravely harmed and later succomed to his injuries after his vehicle was attacked by unidentified assailants. The attorney died as he was being rushed to the Civil Hospital in […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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The government has implemented measures to maintain control over banned organizations that continually resurge under different pseudonyms and new aliases as a way to challenge the state’s authority. The interior minister has the mandate to consider whether any group ought to be banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997. However, that is not their only […]
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On Friday, some staff members of a private television channel were arrested from Sindh Assembly grounds after an incident occurred where one of the TV employees tried to uncover the poor security measures by taking a gun into the building. The employee had hid the gun in his clothing and entered the house in order […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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In a discussion regarding the adjournment motion moved by Javed Abbasi of PML-N on the “recent test of an intercept missile by India contributing to an unhealthy arms race in the region”, senators mentioned their concerns over India’s increasing relations with other countries, most especially Afghanistan, Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. […]
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The Prime Minister of India was welcomed by the President of the United States of America this week with the sole aim of maintaining good relations between the two countries. What is unknown is whether a good relationship will be achieved between the two unlikely of friends. The PM’s involvement in an anti-Muslim riot was […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the hearts of the entire Muslim community when he broke fast with them and wished them in the beginning of this holy month. According to reports, Trudeau announced that he would be joining a Muslim family while they observe their fast and breaking it at Iftar time during the […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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Love marriages are still considered a major taboo in our society and due to it, thousands of women are killed every year in our country. Sometimes the news makes it to the media, but most of the times, such things are swept under the carpet. A woman in Lahore, set her daughter on fire for […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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An EgyptAir flight had to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan on Wednesday after a call was made to the airline company about a possible bomb on-board. The flight was en route Beijing but due to the threat, an emergency stop had to be made midway. According to the EgyptAir official, there were 118 passengers […]
Jun 8 2016 | Posted in
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On Tuesday, the civil-military leadership promised to deter hostile intelligence agencies and their facilitators from promoting terrorism in Pakistan, based on a statement by the military’s media wing, Inter Services Public Relations. Civil-military leaders held a high-level meeting at the GHQ on Tuesday, deliberating on issues pertaining to national security while recognizing the present regional […]
Jun 7 2016 | Posted in
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A man on board an Emirates flight which was flying from Dubai to Birmingham terrified all the passengers as he showed very unusual behavior. The passenger, identified as Shehraz Sarwar, created panic on the flight by shouting ‘Allah-o-Akbar’ and ‘boom’. According to the details provided Sarwar was apprehended at the Birmingham airport for using threatening […]
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