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Forward bloc emerges in PTI in Punjab Assembly

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 6 hours ago)

–MPA from Layyah says ‘if we are not given respect, then there will be no party, govt or bureaucracy’ LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Monday found itself facing yet another political…

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

Mysticism in university education

by Hasan Aftab Saeed , (Last Updated 7 hours ago)

The devil is in the details Prime minister Imran Khan has directed the HEC to add mysticism to university curricula. Khan attributes his famous transformation to spirituality, and there’s no reason to…

Editorials

A test for PTI government’s diplomatic skills

by Editorial , (Last Updated 7 hours ago)

From euphoria to complaints The government was simply effusive when President Trump promised to arbitrate between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. The extraction of the promise was presented as a diplomatic…

Cartoons

Today’s Cartoon

by Sabir Nazar , (Last Updated 7 hours ago)

Foreign

Four protesters, two policemen killed as Iraq unrest resumes

by Agencies , (Last Updated 7 hours ago)

BAGHDAD: Six Iraqis including two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces, medical and security sources said, as anti-government…

Featured

Genuine, genuine everywhere…

by The Tube , (Last Updated January 6, 2020)

“The most important thing in the world is sincerity……once you learn how to fake that, you have it made.” Waseem Bhai – or ‘seem paai, as he is known to the Lahori…

Sports

Zimbabwe make steady start in first home Test since 2017

by Agencies , (Last Updated 1 day ago)

HARARE: Zimbabwe made sedate progress and reached lunch at 62 without loss against Sri Lanka after winning the toss in Harare on Sunday in their first home Test since 2017. Prince Masvaure…

Lahore

Pensioners protest against NBP’s administration

by Shahab Omer , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)

LAHORE: The National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) Pensioner’s Action Committee and Ex-Employees Welfare Association staged a protest against the bank’s administration outside the main branch on Monday for the restoration of 70…

Karachi

President Alvi pays surprise visit to NICH

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 11 hours ago)

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Monday paid a surprise visit to the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi to inspect facilities being provided to the patients. He visited different…

Islamabad

Rawalpindi man arrested over child pornography

by INP , (Last Updated January 17, 2020)

RAWALPINDI: Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cybercrime wing has arrested a suspect in Rawalpindi on charges of being a child pornographer and possessing pornographic content. The arrest came after a raid at the suspect’s residence in…

Arts / Entertainment

‘Pyar Ke Sadqay’ didn’t Air this Week and Fans are NOT Happy!

January 20, 2020

If there was one thing we had been looking forward to the most this week, it was the Bilal Abbas Khan and Yumna Zaidi starrer “Pyar Ke Sadqay.” It wasn’t just us; social media had been ablaze with fans waiting...

Damage-controlling Nawaz asks livid PML-N supporters to eat humble paaye

January 20, 2020 BY The Dependent

LONDON – Completely failing to understand the reaction of many of his party’s members, workers and voters, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Supreme Leader Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday asked everyone to ‘eat humble paaye’. In an exclusive interview with The Dependent, Nawaz said the anger and shock among many of his followers is completely misplaced and needs to be controlled. “And there is no better way to control mood swings than having a humble plate of siri paaye – or bong paaye, if you prefer,” said the PML-N suprem .....
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Personally lowered sukoon-starved civilian supremacy into grave: PM Khan

January 18, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD – Retorting strongly to the opposition’s criticism of his statement that people will get peace only in grave, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday categorically denied that his claim implied any helpless of the government. “On the contrary, it is the government, and even more specifically I myself, who has helped dig the grave of so many critical aspects of governing the state,” said PM Khan, while talking exclusively with The Dependent. “For instance, this month alone I personally lowered the sukoon-starved civilian .....
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Nation’s nazryati kids start 2020 with rude awakening that cuddly old Chacha Jamhuryat doesn’t exist

January 18, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR/QUETTA – Nation’s nazrayati children were given a collective rude awakening at the end of the traditional winter holiday period at the start of the New Year after they were told that their favourite Chacha Jamhuryat doesn’t exist. While such a moment comes in every kid’s life, some taking more time than others, where they realise that the mythical being that they grew up admiring and hearing stories about, isn’t actually there in real life, for many the truth about Chacha Jamhuryat has been especia .....
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Nation’s democrats rejoicing after officer given choice career posting

January 17, 2020 BY The Dependent

Jubilation and celebrations were seen in the nation’s pro-democracy circles after an officer in the Pakistan Army was given a key career posting. On Thursday, Major General Asif Ghafoor, who was serving as Director General of the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), was posted out to his new assignment as General Officer Commanding (GOC) Okara, a post once held by former army chief General Pervez Musharraf. Maj General Ghafoor, who got his artillery commission in 1988, has already commanded an infantry division in Swat, and is widely .....
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Capital police asks for nikkahnama after catching Vawda in compromising position with own footwear

January 17, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD – Faisal Vawda was arrested in Islamabad during the late hours of Thursday night by officials of Capital Territory Police, after allegedly catching the Federal Minister for Water Resources in compromising position with his own footwear, The Dependent has reliably learnt. According to the officials, they saw the cabinet minister doing ‘dirty things’ with ‘at least one boot’ inside his own car after which they duly intervened. “Given the things that were happening in the car we followed our usual protocol and asked him .....
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Pemra slaps 60-day ban on TV viewers for not changing channels during Vawda boot episode

January 16, 2020 BY The Dependent

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has slapped a ban on Pakistan’s television viewership due to an episode of ARY’s On The Record on Monday, January, 2020. In a circular, Pemra has directed Pakistan’s television audience not to watch television for a period of 60 days for violating code of ethics and protocols by not changing the channel during the Kashif Abbasi-helmed program, in which PTI leader and federal minister Faisal Vawda placed a military boot on the table while making a point. According to Pemra, during th .....
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‘Don’t participate in any war that takes away int’l cricket again,’ pleads cricket-starved nation

January 16, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR/QUETTA – Issuing a reminder to the civil-military leaderships of the country of what transpired the last time Pakistan decided to participate in an external war in the region, the nation took to the streets on Friday to urge the state not to go down the same path again. Carrying banners and chanting slogans against war, the demonstrators told the rulers that they are willing to sacrifice whatever the state demands so as to ensure that it doesn’t take part in any mission or undertake any more that takes a .....
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Micromanager Misbah planning weddings for domestic players during international break

January 16, 2020 BY The Dependent

LAHORE – Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq, who also serves as the batting consultant of the national team, and is the head coach of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Islamabad United, is taking the ongoing break between the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh tours to help domestic players settle down in their lives, The Dependent has reliably learnt. Sources close to the coach-selector-matchmaker reveal that Misbah feels that with the international team currently enjoying a break from national duty he had way too much fre .....
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‘All parliamentary procedures followed while humiliating ourselves,’ Bilawal reassures supporters

January 14, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday reassured his party’s supporters and ‘those battling for parliamentary supremacy’ that the PPP ensured that all parliamentary procedures were followed in the National Assembly and Senate before the two houses collectively humiliated themselves. Taking to Twitter, after the amendment to the Pakistan Army Act was successfully passed Bilawal reminded critics of the development of the triumphs that they were overlooking. “When I landed in Isl .....
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‘Sorry if my chants calling for ethnic cleansing hurt anyone’s feelings,’ anti-Sikh protestor apologises

January 14, 2020 BY The Dependent

NANKANA SAHIB – After being arrested for threatening to vandalise the Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and cleansing the town of Sikh population, anti-Sikh bigot Imran Chishti released a heartfelt apology on Monday. In a heartwarming video message Chishti has rendered an unconditional apology for getting carried away in letting his inner most self out. “I completely lost control of myself and allowed my innermost feelings to come out. In the moment I forgot that it was a bigoted, Islamo-supremacist attack on a holy site of a religious minority .....
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Mubasher Lucman’s family transfers remaining amount to Fawad Chaudhry

January 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

The family of television anchor Mubasher Lucman transferred to science minister Fawad Chaudhry the amount on Saturday the remaining fifty percent of the amount settled between them. “Thanks for executing the task that we had discussed on the 29th of last month,” read a text message from the family to the minister. “We have sent the balance to your account; please confirm.” “Now that you have established a trust, we can now move on to the bigger task that we had hinted at,” continued the message. “The payment will be great .....
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Democratically elected party leader finally successful in years-long struggle against invisible forces

January 13, 2020 BY The Dependent

DEMOCRATIC PARTY – After a struggle that encompassed almost the entirety of the latter half of the previous decade, the democratically elected leader of the party that claims to be the largest in the populous democratic country, finally triumphed in his struggle against invisible forces trying to snatch his mandate away from him. The popularly elected president of the party, who came to the helm in 2017, has since been eying to implement his vision and policies, which the voters entrusted him to do. However, invisible forces insi .....
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