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January 24, 2019

Kim Jong-un applauds Trump for second summit plans

North Korea’s leader has expressed “great satisfaction” after receiving a letter from US President Donald Trump, the North’s state media said. The letter was passed to […]
January 24, 2019

PA to hold in-camera session on Sahiwal incident

LAHORE: For the first time in its history, the Punjab Assembly is going to hold an in-camera session. The topic of discussion will be the gory […]
January 24, 2019

PM willing to hold judicial inquiry into bungled operation in Sahiwal

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his administration is amenable to the opposition demand for a judicial inquiry into the bungled operation by the […]
January 24, 2019

Top govt official confirms Sahiwal operation was ‘ill-planned, bungled’

LAHORE: Punjab’s Additional Chief Secretary Faisal Asghar Sahoo has confirmed that the Sahiwal operation that claimed the lives of an innocent family along with a terror […]
January 24, 2019

Full text of PTI govt’s second mini-budget

Finance Minister Asad Umar presented on Wednesday the supplementary budget 2019 in a session of the lower house. Amid jeering by opposition lawmakers, the finance minister […]
January 23, 2019

SC overturns Shah Hussain’s acquittal in Khadija stabbing case, orders arrest

The Supreme Court on Wednesday took up the appeal of Khadija Siddiqui ─ a law student who was stabbed 23 times in Lahore in 2016 ─ […]
January 23, 2019

Four held over New York state ‘plot’ against Muslims

Three men and a teenage boy have been arrested and charged over an alleged plot against a small Islamic community in New York state. The suspects […]
January 23, 2019

US Supreme Court allows Trump military transgender ban

The United States Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to enforce his policy of banning certain transgender people from the military. The court voted 5-4 […]