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Sindh imposes micro smart lockdown after cases shoot up

by TLTP , (Last Updated 13 hours ago)

KARACHI: The Sindh health department has decided to impose ‘micro smart lockdown’ in Karachi after a surge in the coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with 747 new cases of the coronavirus surfaced in the…

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

Either boycott or submit don’t delay

by Dr Farid A Malik , (Last Updated 16 hours ago)

Mob attacks must be punished The accountability process is not moving mainly because of the planned delays by the accused. The PML(N) and PPP (Zardari) policy of stalling the process is working…

Editorials

Finally a paradigm shift?

by Editorial , (Last Updated 16 hours ago)

After Dr Abdullah’s three-day-long mission While the Doha dialogue between Afghan and Taliban negotiators remains bogged down on principles and procedures, the three day long parleys between senior Afghan peace official…

Cartoons

Today’s Cartoon

by Syed Shahzeb Ali , (Last Updated July 31, 2020)

Foreign

Next Trump-Biden debate to have new rules to aid ‘orderly discussion’

by Agencies , (Last Updated 3 mins ago)

WASHINGTON: The group that manages US presidential election debates said on Wednesday it would take steps to bring order to the final two contests between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden,…

Featured

Educating the nation

by PakistanToday , (Last Updated September 10, 2020)

By Anjum Altaf The Single New Curriculum (SNC) is the latest big thing and, like many of the big things before, it will end with a whimper, losing air and falling limp…

Sports

Dubai club Al-Nasr sign Israel midfielder Saba in historic deal

by Agencies , (Last Updated 2 days ago)

DUBAI: Dubai’s Al-Nasr football club have signed midfielder Dia Saba from the Chinese Super League club Guangzhou R&F on a two-year deal, becoming the first Arab club to sign a player from…

Lahore

BISE announces to accept late admissions amid virus outbreak

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 12 hours ago)

LAHORE: Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has granted permission to all those college students whose admission was not sent due to shortage of lectures, F grades or the one with…

Karachi

Body shifted in Qingqi after hospital refuses to provide ambulance

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

KARACHI: A man in Mirpurkhas, Sindh was compelled to shift the body of his deceased daughter to his residence on a Qingqi rickshaw after the administration of Civil Hospital allegedly refused to provide…

Islamabad

Elderly woman injured in Indian firing across LoC

by Staff Report , (Last Updated 12 hours ago)

RAWALPINDI: The Indian Army once again violated the ceasefire agreement with Pakistan, as a 65-year-old woman was injured due to unprovoked shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday. According to the…

Arts / Entertainment

Minaahil Umar- An Epitome of Grace and Grandeur

September 29, 2020

Minahil, an architect by training, received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the National College of Arts (NCA) in 2019. Before joining NCA, she studied at Lahore Grammer School where she pursued her interests in Art, Computer Science, and languages....

‘Joe Biden is secretly a Muslim,’ Trump alleges after debate

September 30, 2020 BY The Dependent

CLEVELAND: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is secretly a Muslim who was converted by former US President Barack Obama to Islam in 2015, sources close to the Trump 2020 campaign revealed to The Dependent. Joe Biden used the phrase ‘Inshallah’ during the first presidential debate held this week in Cleveland, Ohio, prompting the campaign to probe his past. Campaign sources allege that Joe Biden’s Muslim name is Jawad Bashir. Further investigations revealed Joe Biden, alias Jawad Bashir’s was a member of a terror group named .....
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US election to be decided over one-point agenda of whose daddy’s stronger

September 30, 2020 BY The Dependent

CLEVELAND: The upcoming polls to elect the leader of the global superpower, will be determined by whichever of the two presidential candidates can present a more convincing case for their daddy being stronger, experts informed The Dependent on Wednesday. Speaking in the aftermath of the first of three scheduled debates between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, experts said that there is a strong competition between the two on the ‘one-point agenda’ that will determine the winner of the 2020 election. “Trump [e .....
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Babri mosque demolition not pre-planned, rules Indian Supreme Court after evidence emerges of planned Supreme Court demolition

September 30, 2020 BY The Dependent

LUCKNOW: All accused in the Babri Mosque Demolition case have been acquitted by the Indian Supreme Court after it could not find conclusive evidence that the 1992 demolition was pre-planned. However, the more crucial deciding factor, in that case, was the surfacing of evidence of a planned demolition of the Supreme Court if there were any other verdict and if even one of the 32 accused were to be convicted. According to NDTV, the Special judge SK Yadav said that the demolition wasn’t pre-planned, adding that the leaders accused – inc .....
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Tahir Ashrafi appointed special advisor on honey

September 30, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed renowned scholar, Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi as special representative and advisor on honey. “The Prime Minister has been pleased to appoint Maulana Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi as Special Representative of the Prime Minister on Honey with immediate effect. The appointment shall be in honey-boo capacity,” said a statement issued by PM Office on Tuesday. Ashrafi, an expert on honey and all its derivative products, will be asked to advise on the molecular harmony, density, consistency and viscosity .....
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My perspective on life has changed again: Hamza Ali Abbasi

September 29, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD: After a long break of one year, actor, preacher and unqualified opinion giver Hamza Ali Abbasi’s perspective on life has changed again. Talking to The Dependent, Abbasi confirmed that the past year is the longest he has spent without temporarily changing perspective, as he confirmed his return to acting with two projects. “The magnitude of certainty with which I give opinions on just about everything under the sun, you would think I would be rigid and stubborn and won’t change any perspective. But what you don’t realise is .....
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Seth McFarlane defends ‘inaccurate’ sketch of ‘proud Qalandars’ fans

September 29, 2020 BY The Dependent

NEW YORK: Family Guy showrunner Seth McFarlane has defended a comedy sketch of his show in its 19th season inaugural episode. The depiction of the fans of the Lahore Qalandars as being proud of their team has been widely criticised as inaccurate to the point of being hurtful. “When on earth will these Hollywood types hire someone who is actually from the country to write about us,” asked Shahid Butt, a Lahore Qalandars fan. “Don’t they know that one does not take pride in being a Qalandars fan but it is a burden to bear?” “ .....
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Shameless opposition doing what I did when I was in opposition: PM

September 28, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD: Needlessly dragging the prestigious, esteemed, and honourable institutions of the country into politics, Prime Minister Imran Khan said the opposition wanted to create a rift between the government and armed forces, and get closer themselves, just like he had done when he was in the opposition. Talking to The Dependent, PM Khan maintained that he completely understands the tactics that the opposition is deploying, but they don’t faze him. “This shameless opposition is doing exactly what I did in the opposition. This is what .....
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I don’t CARE if it didn’t mean anything and you were thinking about me the entire time, says sobbing PM over secure line

September 25, 2020 BY The Dependent

An emotional Prime Minister was heard, sobbing over a secure line in the PM Secretariat in Islamabad early Friday morning, expressing how hurt he was to an unidentified person on the other end of the line. “No, no, that doesn’t matter, it doesn’t, it just doesn’t,” the inconsolable PM was reported to be saying by the janitorial staff. “It can’t not mean anything. And if it actually didn’t mean anything, then that’s even worse.” “Oh, you were thinking about me the entire time? Oh, so that’s supposed to make me feel .....
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Indian agent Lashkar-e-Jhangvi closing in on unveiling actual aim of banning beef in Pakistan

September 24, 2020 BY The Dependent

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: Indian agent Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), which overlaps with other likeminded groups in Pakistan and the region, has revealed that it is approaching that phase where it would lift its veil of being a jihadist terror group and finally come out as the Hindutva terrorist outfit that it actually is. Conversing with The Dependent’s correspondent after abducting him to at an undisclosed location along the Pakistan-Iran border, representatives of the LeJ confirmed that they will soon be announcing a Pakistan-wide terror campaig .....
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Creature of habit Hassan Nisar shortlists 3 mockable countries with contemptible histories to relocate

September 24, 2020 BY The Dependent

LAHORE: After deciding to leave Pakistan with his family owing to what he described as ‘disappointing performance of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Inaf (PTI) government’, senior hypercritic Hassan Nisar has created a shortlist of countries that he would be looking to locate to, The Dependent has been informed. Talking exclusively to The Dependent, Nisar said that he has shortlisted three countries that fulfill all the requirements that he needs to live a happy and satisfied life. “They are easily mockable, and have contemptible histories. .....
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Will only air Premier League if I’m made host of global broadcast: Nauman Niaz

September 23, 2020 BY The Dependent

ISLAMABAD: Putting his foot down in a typically robust fashion to quash the escalating #PremierLeagueDikhaoPTV trend on Wednesday, Pakistan Television Director Sports and Head of PTV Sports, alleged doctor, and self-influencing influencer, Nauman Niaz has clarified that the Pakistan Television (PTV) will only air the matches of the English Premier League if he is included in the global broadcast. Talking to The Dependent in an exclusive interview Niaz clarified that he will not settle for anything less than replacing Seema Jaswal as the host .....
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Ansar Abbasi urges Pemra to take notice of revealing, form fitting clothes of Planeteers Linka and Gi

September 22, 2020 BY The Dependent

LAHORE: Noted journalists Ansar Abbasi has urged the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) to take note of the revealing and form-fitting attire of some of the members of the Planeteers from the animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers. “Dear Pemra, this is PTV, not even a private channel,” he wrote in a series of tweets. “What effect would the sight of the revealing clothes of Linka (with the power of wind) and Gi (with the power of water) have on the young, developing innocent minds of the audience.” � .....
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