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Govt to hold Iqama holders accountable

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 3 hours ago)

–PM says commission to probe 10-year corruption to be formed soon –Expresses satisfaction over state of economy, says out of the woods now ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the high-level…

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

It takes two to tango

by Arif Nizami , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

Islamabad and New Delhi Bishkek the capital of Kirgizstan perhaps was another opportunity lost for initiating a thaw between the two adversarial neighbours of South Asia. Islamabad on more than one occasion…

Editorials

The lawyers sit-in

by Editorial , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

A straw in the wind The lawyers sit-in outside the Supreme Court on Friday brought together leaders of the legal profession from all the four provinces regardless of their political orientations and…

Cartoons

Today’s Cartoon

by Syed Shahzeb Ali , (Last Updated 2 hours ago)

Business

Govt refutes rumours regarding Razzaq Dawood’s resignation

June 15, 2019

Referring to a news item titled “Rumors regarding Advisor’s resignation”, published in a local daily on Saturday, the Ministry of Commerce has clarified that Prime Minister’s Adviser on Commerce, Textile, Industries & Production and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has not...

Foreign

Paris’s Notre-Dame to celebrate first mass after fire

by Agencies , (Last Updated 3 hours ago)

PARIS: The Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris will host its first mass on Saturday, exactly two months after the devastating blaze that shocked France and the world. For safety reasons, the mass led…

Featured

Tracing Pakistani Cinema from before partition to the present

by Nida Hassan , (Last Updated June 12, 2019)

– Book Review: “Pakistani Cinema 1947-1997” by Mushtaq Gazdar Producing an average of 60 films per year, the cinema in Pakistan holds a place amongst the top twenty film-producing countries in the…

Sports

Finch, Starc shine as Australia beat Sri Lanka by 87 runs

by Agencies , (Last Updated 3 hours ago)

Australia captain Aaron Finch and pace bowler Mitchell Starc stole the show as the holders eased to an 87-run win over Sri Lanka at the Oval on Saturday. Finch equalled his career-best…

Lahore

Govt gives south Punjab a major share in budget

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)

–Southern districts given more share in education, sports, health, infrastructures, agriculture, livestock, resource development -Launch of ‘Agri Smart Card’ to ensure direct benefits to the farmers on the cards LAHORE: Provincial Finance Minister…

Karachi

UBL hosts annual literary awards

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 4 hours ago)

KARACHI: United Bank Limited (UBL) organised 8th annual literary awards on Saturday at a local hotel to honour the literary persons for their contributions to society. The event was attended by a host…

Islamabad

Bilawal’s spokesman Mustafa Nawaz gets interim bail

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 6 hours ago)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s spokesman Senator Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar managed to obtain pre-arrest bail from a local court on Saturday despite the police’s efforts to thwart the move.…

Ali Jehangir Siddiqui totally different man after taking up yoga, quitting sugar: Qureshi

June 15, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi came down hard on criticism of the federal government’s appointment of Ali Jehangir Siddiqui as ambassador at large after opposing his appointment by the previous government as ambassador to the US. “There is no comparison between our opposition then and our appointment now because these are two different people that we’re talking about,” said Qureshi at a press conference at the Foreign Office on Sa .....
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Govt decides to legalise and tax alcohol, ‘gabrahat’

June 14, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) The federal government has decided to formally legalise and tax the contraband alcohol and ‘gabrahat’ markets. The decision has come in the context of the record revenue shortfall of the current fiscal year. “It was a tough decision, of course, but we had to do it,” said Minister of State for Revenue Hammad Azhar. “Both these items were banned. One, through the Prohibition Act and later the Hudood Ordinance; and the other, through a decree by ou .....
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Complete shutterdown in London Zones 1-4 after MQM chief arrested

June 11, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) A complete shutterdown was observed in the city of London, from zones 1 to 4 in the aftermath of MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s arrest Tuesday morning. Central London presented a deserted look as public transport was suspended and the citizens preferred to stay at home. MQM activists were amongst the few seen on the streets, with several of them burning tyres across various points in the city. “This is a peaceful protest and is our right,” said Arham .....
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Arresting Zardari more important than arresting fiscal deficit: Hafeez Shaikh

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Finance Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that arresting the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Cochairman Asif Ali Zardari was the single largest economically beneficiary move undertaken in the history of the country. Addressing a press conference following the announcement of the fiscal budget, Shaikh reiterated that the government is ready to take big decisions in order to maintain fiscal discipline, maintaining that .....
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Rs15/kg tomatoes being sold for only Rs15/kg as patriotic vegetable vendors take stringent cuts

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI/QUETTA – The nation’s proud and patriotic institution of vegetable vendors, which has always put Pakistan first and sacrificed anything and everything for the country, on Tuesday decided to take a stringent and voluntary cut in their earnings. The announcement from the national Fruit And Vegetable Junction (FAVJ), the national body of the vegetable and fruit vendors, came after the fiscal budget for 2019-20 was revealed. � .....
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Genocide only option to ensure that only superior human race exists in Pakistan: Vawda

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda said that the genocide of a ‘few thousand’ strategically identified people will change the fate of 220 million Pakistanis. While Fawda had initially put this figure to be around 5,000 as part of Hamid Mir’s Capital Talk, later talking to The Dependent the Federal Minister said that the number is slightly bigger. “I meant to say five hundred thousand, but only said five thousand by .....
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PM to form additional high powered commission to probe salaried middle class

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday promised to constitute a "high-powered commission" to probe the nation’s salaried middle class. Khan, during his address with the nation late Tuesday, took the masses into confidence on current political and economic situation of the country. “Now, I will go after them … (the middle class) and take them to task,” he said. “I will make them answerable, and I will not spare them even at the cost of my life,� .....
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T20s as criteria for ODI selection better than ODIs as criteria for PM selection: Asif Ali

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) TAUNTON/ISLAMABAD – After the Prime Minister Imran Khan announced late on Wednesday night that he is forming a high-powered commission to probe the role of Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali in the team, the latter has retorted. Talking to the media after Pakistan’s defeat against Australia, middle order batsman Asif Ali said that the criticism directed against him is especially unfair. “People question my selection in the side. They say that given that m .....
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Uninterrupted cricket washes out scheduled rain

June 13, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) TAUNTON – Uninterrupted cricket poured down on Wednesday to completely wash out the hopes of rain in Taunton. The nonstop cricket match between Pakistan and Australia, as part of the ongoing ODI Cricket World Cup in England, ruined the entire day’s worth of playing in rain for many of the local residents. Speaking to The Dependent, the locals said they were left disappointed by the cricketfall after their plans for the day had to be cancelled. “W .....
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Revolutionary Imran to go after ‘thieves’ who raised debt to 35tr in past 10 months

June 12, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – Living up to his reputation as honest and incorruptible, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday night lived up to his pre-election vow as he vowed to go after the "thieves who left the country badly in debt". The PM, who addressed the nation after a noisy budget session in the National Assembly and the arrests of the Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Hamza Shehbaz, MQM founder Altaf Hussain and former president Asif Ali Zardari, .....
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Civilians to eat up more than half of proposed Rs7.022 trillion budget for 2019-20

June 11, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) ISLAMABAD – The federal cabinet has approved an expansionary fiscal policy that offers little for defence but gives away more than half of the estimated budget of Rs7.022 trillion — 30pc higher than last year’s Rs5.237 trillion – for the new fiscal year to meet the supposed growing civilian needs. The cabinet on Tuesday approved only Rs1.15 trillion for regular defence budget sum that is significantly less than half of the proposed total budget. .....
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Influencers Shan, Veena take voluntary pay cut in upcoming budget

June 11, 2019 BY The Dependent

(Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction. Learn to take a joke; you’ll live longer.) Amid the national austerity drive currently being undertaken by the PTI government under which even the armed forces have refused the annual 10% hike in their budget, social media influencers Shan Shahid and Veena Malik have announced a voluntary pay cut in the upcoming budget as well. Speaking with the Dependent Shan explained that, “it was his national duty to share the burden of the tough economic conditions the country was going through”. The vete .....
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