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FBR, interior ministry told to crack down on rampant oil smuggling

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ISLAMABAD: Amid supply chain challenges leading to the closure of refining units and storage constraints, the government has asked the Mini­stry of Interior and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to start immediate operations against oil…

Hot & cold Senate session sees barbs, offers of support

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ISLAMABAD: The first regular session of the Senate after its most recent election turned out to be hot and cold where opposition and treasury benches traded barbs but also agreed on working together to pull the country out of the economic…

Court bars Imran’s outbursts against ‘institutions’

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ISLAMABAD: An accountability court in Islamabad on Thursday ordered former prime minister Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi to refrain from speaking against the establishment and the judiciary, and also asked the media not to highlight…

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Clinical New Zealand outlast Pakistan to win 4th T20I

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Experienced allrounder Jimmy Neesham kept his cool to defend six off the last ball to clinch a four-run victory for New Zealand on Thursday in the fourth Twenty20 international against Pakistan in Lahore.

Balochistan Assembly Speaker Khaliq Achakzai reinstated by Supreme Court

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Balochistan Assembly Speaker Abdul Khaliq Achakzai was reinstated on Thursday after the Supreme Court annulled the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) orders to suspend him.

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PPP offered PTI to form govt in Centre: Sherry Rehman

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PPP Senator Sherry Rehman on Thursday said that although her party had offered the PTI to form the government together, the latter did not “take the responsibility”.

Pakistan assails US rights report as lacking objectivity, politicising human rights agenda

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Pakistan has assailed the US 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices as lacking objectivity and politicising the issue of human rights, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday.

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More than 100 pilot whales stranded in Western Australia

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Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue some 140 pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary in the southwest of the state of Western Australia.

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3 terrorists killed in intelligence-based operation in Khyber district: ISPR

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Security forces killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district, the military’s media wing said on Thursday.

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Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s conviction overturned by top New York court

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New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned the 2020 sex crime conviction of former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, in the case that helped trigger the MeToo movement.

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India’s poll panel seeks responses to complaints against Modi, Rahul Gandhi

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India’s Election Commission said on Thursday it sought responses from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress on alleged violations of poll rules by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and opposition leader Rahul…

155 killed in Tanzania as heavy rains lash East Africa

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At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Thursday.

SC orders barricade removal from pavements outside all govt, private offices within 3 days

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The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday ordered private entities and government authorities, provincial and federal, to remove all encroachments made on pavements for security purposes within three days.

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Received ‘not a single complaint’ of interference so far under my watch: CJP Isa

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Amidst the controversy over alleged interference by intelligence in judicial affairs, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on Thursday said he had received no complaints of meddling during his tenure so far as the country’s top…

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Defence Minister Asif rejects claim of Imran being pressured to accept ‘deal’

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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has rejected PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan’s claims that former premier Imran Khan was being pressured to accept a ‘deal’.

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Democratic Republic of Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east

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The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is accusing Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said on Thursday.

Bismah Maroof announces retirement from cricket: PCB

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Former Pakistan Women’s captain Bismah Maroof has announced her retirement “from all cricket with immediate effect”, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a press release on Thursday.

IHC suspends city administration’s decision to slash roti price

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The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday suspended till May 6 a recent city administration notification that had reduced the prices of roti.

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Blinken calls for US, China to manage differences

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Thursday on the United States and China to manage their differences “responsibly” as he went on a charm offensive ahead of expected tough talks.

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IHC irked by investigation officer’s absence at Imran’s bail hearing

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ISLAMABAD: The Isla­mabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday expressed displeasure at the absence of the investigation officer during the hearing on the petition seeking post-arrest bail for former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra…

The ministry of (dis)information and the ban on X

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Since February 17, 2024, X [formerly Twitter] has been inaccessible in Pakistan without a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with the exception of the random instances when it works without one. It was not until a month into this disruption…

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Nadal uncertain over French Open appearance

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MADRID: Spain’s Rafael Nadal said on Wednesday that he is not sure if he will be able to play at next month’s French Open after pushing through the pain barrier in his comeback from injury.

Woman dies, 12 others injured as ‘cantilever collapses’ at Gujarat’s Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital

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GUJRAT: A 60-year-old woman patient died and at least a dozen other persons, including eight patients, were injured when a cantilever in the surgical ward collapsed at the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) here on Wednesday.

Post-World War II order on ‘brink of collapse’, says Amnesty

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LONDON: The Amnesty International on Wednesday stated that the post-World War II order, was on the “brink of collapse”. It said that bitter conflicts on multiple fronts due to the rapid and unregulated rise of artificial intelligence, are…

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Business leaders in Karachi give PM food for thought

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KARACHI: As Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif sat down with the business community to find ways to uplift the economy through exports, his resolve was met with apprehensions from industry leaders who said it was “almost impossible” to do…

‘IMF surcharges on borrowings exacerbate global inequities’

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BENGALURU: Countries, mostly middle and lower-income, have been burdened by surcharges on top of interest payments on their borrowings from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), widening global inequities, according to a report by US…

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PTI faces yet another challenge to intra-party elections

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accepted another plea against the PTI’s intra-party elections, sources told Dawn on Wednesday.

Israel pummels Gaza after US approves military aid

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GAZA STRIP: Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah…

Bill to recover Rs2.7tr held up in tax litigation

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ISLAMABAD: A day after Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb called for broadening the tax net and expressed concerns over the delay in the cases of tax recoveries, the government on Wednesday tabled a bill in the National Assembly to…

Two miners die in Duki after inhaling poisonous gas

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QUETTA: Two workers died after inhaling poisonous gas while working deep inside a coal mine in Duki district of Balochistan on Wednesday.