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FIA arrests suspected Indian spy on terror charges

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 16 mins ago)

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested a suspect for his alleged involvement in targetted killings and bombings at the behest of Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).…

ECP completes arrangements for 2018 by-elections

by APP , (Last Updated October 8, 2018)

ISLAMABAD: Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has completed all necessary arrangements for holding of bye-elections in 36 constituencies on October 14. According to an ECP official, the elections will be held for…

Columns

JIT: the talk of the town

by Zaeem Mumtaz Bhatti , (Last Updated 17 hours ago)

What are JIT reports really worth? The JIT is the talk of the town. Uzair Baloch was a symbol of terror in Lyari, Karachi. He faces serious allegations of committing heinous crimes,…

Editorials

The new political setup

by Editorial , (Last Updated 18 hours ago)

Imran Khan goes from being a presumed asset to a liability The new political setup created in 2018 has landed in a blind alley. It must not have taken long for its…

Cartoons

Today’s Cartoon

by Syed Shahzeb Ali , (Last Updated 17 hours ago)

Foreign

Profile of a killer: Unraveling the deadly new coronavirus

by Agencies , (Last Updated 6 hours ago)

NEW YORK: What is this enemy? Seven months after the first patients were hospitalized in China battling an infection doctors had never seen before, the world’s scientists and citizens have reached an…

Featured

Book review: Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

by Abdullah Niazi , (Last Updated June 4, 2020)

Transgressions, by Anjum Altaf, is a book of poetry that is a comment on the nature of translation more than anything else. This commentary is made all the more poignant since the…

Sports

Real two points from La Liga title after surviving Granada scare

by Agencies , (Last Updated 21 hours ago)

MADRID: Leaders Real Madrid moved to within one win of the La Liga title after surviving a scare against Granada. France defender Ferland Mendy opened the scoring with a ferocious finish from…

Lahore

Court directs NAB to file reference against Hamza at earliest

by APP , (Last Updated 13 mins ago)

LAHORE: An accountability court on Wednesday extended the judicial remand of Punjab Assembly Opposition Leader Hamza Shehbaz till July 28 in an assets beyond means case. During the hearing, the court asked…

Karachi

Polio drive in Karachi from July 20

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 20 hours ago)

KARACHI: The Emergency Operation Centre (EOC) for Polio in Sindh would conduct a small-scale polio campaign in Karachi from July 20. Baldia, Orangi, North Nazimabad, Liaqatabad and SITE are among the locations…

Islamabad

KP govt slashes tourism, sports, youth development funds

by Aziz Buneri , (Last Updated July 13, 2020)

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has reduced more than Rs1.82 billion from the annual development fund of tourism, sports and youth development department despite the fact that the department has spent…

Indian Navy’s plans to infiltrate Rawal Dam, Islamabad foiled

July 12, 2020 BY The Dependent

[The article below is a piece of fictional satire. Learn to take a joke. You'll live longer.] The Indian Navy’s secret plans to infiltrate the Rawal Dam outside Islamabad have been foiled through a swift action by the Pakistan Navy. “We know that since the Indians have a Blue Water Navy, their nautical projection can be far deeper than ours,” said defence minister Pervez Khattak, reading off a document that was prepared for him. “That always meant the chance that the Indians can undertake adventurism at any point in time .....
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Dependent Op-ed: ‘Totally love me-time in GB and AJK thanks to their disconnect from constitutional right’

July 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

By RK on Vacay It is always a pleasure writing for The Dependent. It is the one publication in the world, which takes one away from facts. In many ways, it offers a detox from the realities – harsh or otherwise. And today I’ll write about other ways in which I detox. First of all, let me tell the readers that I actually wanted to entitle this Op-Ed, ‘Reham Khan’, just like the name of my book. Although I know that the author’s name also goes with books and articles, I just feel that having the author’s name as the ti .....
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‘Phuppo ki Talaash’ – Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar begins writing screenplay for Pakistani remake of Dark

July 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

LAHORE – Renowned writer Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar has been signed as the screenwriter for the upcoming Pakistani remake of Dark, The Dependent has reliably learnt. Sources within the production team reveal that Qamar has been asked to adopt the screenplay keeping Pakistani sensibilities in mind while exploring the ‘unique family situations’ in Dark. Last week, The Dependent had reported that Humayun Saeed has been finalised in the lead role, in what was then tentatively entitled Andhera. However, sources now confirm that following Kha .....
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After modeling govt on Wakanda, President Kanye West to form society based on Agrabah

July 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

WASHINGTON – Kanye West has given the US and the world a glimpse of what President Kanye would be like, in an exclusive interview with The Dependent – the first since suggesting he'll run for office. The rapper said he would model his White House operation on Wakanda, the kingdom from Black Panther, and his social welfare programme based on Agrabah, the kingdom from Aladdin. West told The Dependent he is ‘extremely cautious’ about a coronavirus vaccine, which is ‘designed to create the world from Hardwired’. He said: “The .....
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After removing ‘Fair’, Fair & Lovely to remove ‘Lovely’ from its name

July 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

LONDON – After dropping ‘Fair’, Unilever is also dropping ‘Lovely’ from the name of Fair & Lovely, a skin-lightening cream which has been criticised for promoting discrimination, The Dependent has reliably learnt. Unilever, which has already vowed to remove references to "whitening" or "lightening" on the products sold across Asia, will also be removing any references to “beauty”. Unilever had earlier acknowledged that its branding suggested "a singular ideal of beauty". Now, sources have informed The Dependent that the .....
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‘Modi ke yaar’ appeasing India, says man who hosted Modi at family wedding

July 12, 2020 BY The Dependent

LAHORE – Modi ke yaar (friends of Modi) are to blame for the continued appeasement of India, which is increasing its brutalities in Kashmir, while Islamabad watches New Delhi become a member of the United Nations Security Council. These words were expressed by the man who hosted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a family wedding during an official visit in December 2015. Psycholinguists interpret the choice of word yaar or friend in this case as a subconscious allusion towards semiotics, whether the word yaar more than its written .....
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Politically quarantined Imran spending quality time with jinns-in-law

July 12, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD/JINNPURA – Just like the rest of us ordinary folks, the covid-19 pandemic has allowed Prime Minister Imran Khan to spend some quality time with his family. According to sources, the premier, who has been increasingly asked by his employers to stay home and maintain distance from them, is currently spending much of his time bonding with his jinns-in-law. While he welcomed new supernatural relatives in his life following his marriage to Bushra Bibi in 2018, the premier hasn’t been able to engage with them as much as he wanted .....
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Lockdown easing: gyms opened but only for chest day

July 12, 2020 BY The Dependent

In a gradual easing of the current smart lockdown, local gyms have been allowed to gradually start allowing members back in. In the initial phase, they will only allow members to observe their chest day. “In the very first stage, which will also serve as the pilot, testing phase for the entire opening up, we will allow the gym patrons to ‘juice their pecs’, as it were,” said govt spokesperson Shehbaz Gill. “They can perform their bench-presses and even work on the incline bench-press machines, but they should stay away from the oth .....
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Govt, Opp united over constitutional right to deliver heartwarming assembly speeches for minoritie

July 11, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD – The government and opposition parties displayed a heartwarming, and uncharacteristic, unity over ensuring the constitutional rights of religious minorities in Pakistan. Taking to the floor of the National Assembly, both federal ministers and opposition leaders vowed to safeguard the basic constitutional right of minorities. “It is the constitutional right of religious minorities to listen to heartwarming assembly speeches,” vowed leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khawaja Asif in his speech. “We follow Q .....
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PIA revamp underway as Air Marshal Arshad Malik replaced by Air Marshal (retd) Arshad Malik

July 11, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD – The much awaited revamp of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was formally initiated this week after the federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the removal from service of Chief Executive Officer Air Marshal Arshad Malik. The reforms, which are well and truly underway, were further reaffirmed by the sacked Air Marshal Arshad Malik being replaced by a much more competent, qualified, and aviation equipped Air Marshal (retd) Arshad Malik. The cabinet approved the appointment of Air Marshal (retd) Arshad Malik as the PIA CEO .....
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Nadeem Farooq Paracha to appear in front of NA standing committee on aviation to confirm PIA served alcohol in 60s

July 7, 2020 BY The Dependent

The National Assembly Standing Committee on Aviation has called upon social critic and MQM Muslim Shower Nadeem Farooq Paracha to testify whether the Pakistan International Airlines did, indeed, serve alcohol on board its flights in the 1960s. “We were going over the decline of the national airline over the years in the committee,” said Chairperson Syed Mustafa Mahmud. “And then Cheema Sahb, who seemed inexplicably happy for 3:00 PM, said that they used to serve alcohol in the 60s and how that, alone, was why foreigners flew .....
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PUBG veterans demand plots in DHA after forced retirement

July 5, 2020 BY The Dependent

The association of officers from the Corps of PUBG has demanded plots in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and other accruing emoluments after their services were terminated abruptly by the government. “This is a clear injustice,” said association president Lt Colonel Zeeshan “Shani” Butt. “None of us had signed up for a Short Service Commission. And even if we had, this is too abrupt.” “We had worked hard to be inducted in an operational, fighting arm,” said a Captain who only went by ‘Piku.’ “We expect the same c .....
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