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January 23, 2019

JIT holds CTD responsible for ‘innocent’ family’s killing in Sahiwal ‘operation’

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to remove the top counterterrorism police officials after a joint investigation team (JIT) blamed them in its preliminary report for […]
January 22, 2019

Democrat Kamala Harris announces presidential run

Democratic Senator Kamala Harris says she will run for president in the 2020 election, the eighth name to join the battle for the party’s nomination. The […]
January 22, 2019

Brexit: MPs put forward rival plans to May’s deal

MPs have begun putting forward proposals to change the outcome of Brexit ahead of next week’s scheduled vote on Theresa May’s amended deal. Mrs May will […]
January 22, 2019

Russia opens administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter

Russia’s Roskomnadzor said Monday that it has opened administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter.The regulator said the social networks didn’t explain how and when they would […]
January 22, 2019

G-B govt rejects apex court verdict on status

ISLAMABAD.: The government of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) has rejected the Supreme Court verdict on the constitutional status of the area and grant of fundamental rights to its […]
January 22, 2019

Gripped by fear of terrorist attacks, K-P’s peace committee members fight on

PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) “Aman Lashkar” or Peace Committee, formed to counter terrorists, now finds itself with a target on its own back from the very same […]
January 22, 2019

Can’t execute someone at whims, will wait for Sahiwal JIT report: Punjab CM

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has said that he cannot execute the culprits involved in the Sahiwal alleged encounter and the appropriate action will only be […]
January 22, 2019

Bureaucracy – a hurdle to public-private partnerships

ISLAMABAD: Public-private partnerships (PPP) are known to be very effective in leveraging private capital and expertise for infrastructure programming. However, Pakistan’s federal government has always underperformed […]