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Pakistan: Death toll from rain, floods reaches 478
Islamabad: The incessant monsoon rain and subsequent floods reported across Pakistan for the past seven weeks has so far killed 478 people, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Tuesday. Rain-related incidents…
- Middle East
Egypt govt offers condolences for floods victims in four nations
Cairo: Egypt on Sunday expressed condolences and sympathy to UAE, Iran, Pakistan and the United States for the victims of the floods and torrential rains that swept these countries. Egypt’s Foreign Ministry…
- Offbeat
Love triumphs as landlady, house help married for last 14 years
She is rich, has a house that she calls her own, and is financially secured. He is financially weak, doesn’t own a house but now owns her heart. This is the story…
- India
Haryana STF arrest six for making death threats to MLAs
Gurugram: The Special Task Force of the Haryana Police has arrested six people for allegedly giving death threats and extortion calls to MLAs, an officer said on Sunday. Four MLAs from the…
- Pakistan
Pak PM Shehbaz urges Imran to sue Financial Times for its report on his political rise
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged Imran Khan to file a defamation case against the British newspaper Financial Times for publishing a damning report that alleges how funds collected through…
- Pakistan
Pak: Special court to indict Shehbaz Sharif in money laundering case
Islamabad: A special court in Lahore on Saturday fixed September 7 for the indictment of Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, his son Hamza Shahbaz, and others, for their alleged involvement in the laundering…
- Pakistan
How a cricket match in UK was used to fund Imran Khan’s party
London: As Pakistan awaits the verdict reserved by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) into the PTI’s prohibited funding, an expose by the Financial Times has blown the lid off Pakistani tycoon…
- Pakistan
Pakistan summons India’s Charge d’Affaires over deteriorating health of Yasin Malik
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires here to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and handed over a demarche conveying Islamabad’s concern over the deteriorating health condition of Kashmiri separatist leader…
- Opinions
Pakistan put on notice; J&K shrines cannot remain separated by LoC
Arun Joshi On Sunday India’s defence minister Rajnath Singh posed a politically, militarily high-voltage question after having delivered an answer to the query as a backgrounder: “How is it possible that Lord Shiva’s iconic (shrine) Baba…
- Pakistan
Protests in Balochistan against ‘fake encounter’ by Pak security forces
Quetta: Protests were held in Turbat and the provincial capital Quetta in Balochistan against the alleged “fake encounter” of Baloch missing persons by the Pakistani security forces in Ziarat, media reports said.…
- Pakistan
Pakistan to sell assets in desperate attempt to prevent default
Islamabad: In a desperate attempt to save the country from default through emergency sale of state’s assets to foreign countries, the Pakistan federal cabinet has approved an ordinance to bypass all the…
- Pakistan
PTI leader Mazari alleges US embassy ‘tracking’ journalists, her party’s leadership
Islamabad: Senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shireen Mazari on Saturday accused the US Embassy in Islamabad of “tracking” journalists and her party leadership. Taking to her Twitter account, Shireen Mazari said, “US…