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NAB presents Khawaja brothers before court to obtain physical remand

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 15 mins ago)

LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday presented Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former railways minister Khawaja Saad Rafique and his brother Salman Rafique before an accountability court to obtain…

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

Campaign to malign CPEC

by Malik Muhammad Ashraf , (Last Updated 18 hours ago)

Unfair comparisons While the projects under CPEC are on the roll and both Pakistan and China continue to evince unswerving interest and commitment to see them through, some detractors of this mega-economic…

Editorials

Laying foundations of ‘Naya Pakistan’

by Editorial , (Last Updated 18 hours ago)

Complacency and political exigency harm performance Earlier this month Imran Khan had hinted at getting rid of the incompetent members in his cabinet and a possible reshuffle in portfolios. After a record…

Cartoons

Today’s Cartoon

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Business

PIBTL working on setting up LPG import facility at Port Qasim

December 12, 2018

KARACHI: Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited (PIBTL) in collaboration with JS Petroleum is set to establish an LPG import facility at Port Qasim, Karachi. Pakistan has initiated the mechanism for expanding infrastructure for global trade since it has started setting up...

Foreign

Bigwigs who died in 2018

by Agencies , (Last Updated 18 mins ago)

PARIS: From soul diva Aretha Franklin to astrophysicist Stephen Hawking and former UN chief Kofi Annan, here are some of the notable figures who passed away in 2018: January – 15: Dolores…

Featured

China court bans iPhone sales in patent dispute

by Agencies , (Last Updated 2 days ago)

WASHINGTON: A Chinese court ordered a ban in the country on iPhone sales in a patent dispute between US chipmaker Qualcomm and Apple, according to a Qualcomm statement Monday. The statement said the…

Sports

Langer ready for pacey track in 2nd India Test

by Agencies , (Last Updated 8 mins ago)

PERTH: Australia coach Justin Langer said Wednesday he expected a pacey wicket at the new Perth Stadium for the second Test against India and declared “pretty boy” captain Tim Paine “ready to…

Lahore

Punjab govt introduces drip irrigation with 60pc subsidy

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 15 hours ago)

KASUR: To overcome the problem of water shortage in the agriculture field, the Punjab government has introduced drip irrigation system and is providing 60 per cent subsidy to the farmers. These views…

Karachi

SC gives orders to carry on anti-encroachment operation in Karachi

by Staff Report , (Last Updated about 1 hour ago)

KARACHI: The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Wednesday ordered local authorities to continue the crackdown on illegal encroachments in the city. The directive was made as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian…

Islamabad

Motorcyclists can’t get fuel sans wearing helmets: ICT administration

by Bilal Sabri , (Last Updated 15 hours ago)

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration on Tuesday barred all petrol pumps from providing fuel to motorcyclists not wearing helmets. Following similar orders of the Rawalpindi administration on the same issue,…

Knocked out Pakistan hockey team says distracted by lack of protests against them in India

December 11, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) After being eliminated from the ongoing Hockey World Cup, the Pakistan hockey team confessed to being distracted by the sheer lack of controversy and protests against them. Speaking to The Dependent after the 5-0 defeat against Belgium in the crossover, Pakistan team manager and legend Hassan Sardar said his side’s poor performance was owing to discriminatory behaviour against them. “The treatment meted out to the hockey side was in complete contra .....
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‘Just something in my eye’ says Hamza Abbasi wiping away tears after Murad Saeed made Federal Minister

December 11, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Wiping away from his eyes what were clearly tears but what he claimed was ‘just some speck I got stuck in my eye,’ actor Hamza Ali Abbasi has said he is fine, and doing perfectly okay after PTI MNA Murad Saeed was tapped for a promotion to full Federal Minister. According to details, Prime Minister Imran Khan during his review of his cabinet expressed satisfaction with the performance of Murad Saeed, who is the Minister of State for Communication, an .....
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Exemplary PM Khan gets A++ in PM Khan’s ministers’ performance review

December 11, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – Continuing to depict an embodiment of selfless impartiality and neutrality, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday gave Prime Minister Imran Khan an A++ in the ministers’ performance review in the special cabinet meeting called to carry out accountability of ministers. The cabinet session which started at the PM House at 10:30am and continued till 9pm was designed to inform the various ministers about their shortcomings and adjudicate their p .....
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‘Position offer referred strictly to position in govt’, fretting Fawad Chaudhry texts Sheikh Rasheed

December 10, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – Worried that his messages over the weekend might have given the wrong signal, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid early Monday morning that his offer to vacate position was in reference to his position in the incumbent government. “I was talking about the cabinet position,” a text send to Rashid at 6:02 am on Monday, December 10 said. “Oh sh*t, the government position, I strictly mean the government .....
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Just btw, Dentists still not real Doctors, nation’s real Doctors reaffirm

December 9, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Real Doctors that have actually done their MBBS from all over the nation have once again categorically make it clear that Dentists are in not in any way, shape or form real doctors. “I know we said this a couple of months ago as well, but we just felt like it was about time to give a follow up reminder. Just in case somebody had forgotten you know” they said. According to details, real doctors from across the country had been feeling increasingly .....
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Shall be going for a simple, three day wedding next time, says Muneeb Butt after criticism

December 7, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Saying that while the entire never ending wedding thing was fun and all, actor Muneeb Butt expressed that he would much rather have a simple three day wedding when next it is time for him to mount the proverbial horse. “I am a simple man. Simplicity is what I preach. And while it was pretty cool, the next time I get married I’m going to stick with a nice, and easy three day function” he said to media persons after walking out of his waleema, the fi .....
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Markets stabilise after Asad Umer announces once again that he used to draw Rs 5.4 million salary

December 7, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Both the country’s currency and financial capital markets stabilised after Finance Minister Asad Umer reminded the nation through a televised message that he used to draw Rs 5.4 million salary at Engro. “The money markets were in a tumble amidst rumours of the IMF wanting even more devaluation and that there seemed to be absolutely no coordination between the central bank and the finance ministry,” said Sadiq Khanani, a leading currency exchanger. .....
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Metal grill to also be installed around Punjab CM

December 6, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Hot on the heels of the announcement of the demolition of the bordering wall around the Punjab Governor’s mansion and installation of a metal grill around it, the prime minister has also ordered for a metal grill to be installed around the Punjab chief minister. “Yes, well, though many would feel there is no need to do so,” said party central spokesperson and advisor to the PM on political affairs Naeem-ul-Haq, “But given the tough dance that we a .....
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‘If we can follow preapproved scripts why can’t you,’ govt asks Alhamra performers

December 6, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) LAHORE – After Punjab Information and Culture Minister Fayyazul Hassan Chohan on Tuesday dissolved the governing body of the Alhamra Arts Council in Lahore and mandated production companies to seek a prior approval of their play scripts by the government, another notice was issued to playwrights and performers explaining the decision. In the follow-up notice, signed by the federal and all provincial governments, sent across the country, artists, produce .....
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PPP sticking to same ‘wait and watch’ policy it had adopted when in govt, reveals Khurshid Shah

December 6, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) SUKKUR – Former opposition leader in the National Assembly and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Syed Khurshid Shah Monday said the opposition party was sticking to the same “wait and watch” policy that it had adopted when it was in federal government. “The incumbent government’s economic policies are highly flawed and lack vision. An inflation bomb has already been dropped on the people as the prices of petroleum, gas and electricity have .....
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Trump requests Pakistan to provide him safe haven from Mueller investigation

December 6, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD – US President Donald Trump sent a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan requesting him to help him find a safe haven from Mueller investigation in Pakistan just weeks after the two engaged in a Twitter spat. The letter, a copy of which is available with The Dependent, requests Khan's "full support for the effort to advance the peace process”, which is only possible if he could find the US President a “safe haven in one of those g .....
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‘Unfair to expect me to remember all times I’ve abused authority’, innocent Nawaz tells SC

December 6, 2018 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – Exhibiting trademark innocence and absolute clueless as to what was being said and done, despite claiming to know fully well why it was happening, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was unfair of the judges to expect him to remember all the time he has abused authority. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo said this during a hearing as he faces charges against him of the 1986 illegal allotment of .....
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