KARACHI: A case has been filed against K-Electric’s chief executive after a youth died of electrocution in the city’s upscale Defence Phase VII area. The case, filed at the Defence Police Station…
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National
ECP completes arrangements for 2018 by-elections
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
Is Pakistan’s political map really “absurd”?
…Behind Pakistan’s new map India used all expletives in its not-so-diplomatic lexicon to point out that revision of Pakistan’s political map was an “absurdity”. It does not seem so. The revision is…
Editorials
Diplomacy on Kashmir
And the myth of Muslim Ummah Prime Minister Imran Khan betrayed his ignorance about the BJP’s politics when he wished Narendra Modi to be re-elected Indian PM, hoping that this would pave…
Foreign
Police in held Kashmir probe claims of staged army gun battle
SRINAGAR: Police in Indian-occupied Kashmir said on Tuesday that they are investigating allegations from three families who say their relatives were killed by the military in a staged gun battle and buried…
Featured
Book review: Transgressions: Poems Inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
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
PCB launches CAS appeal against Umar Akmal’s reduced ban for anti-corruption breach
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday said that it will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the reduction of batsman Umar Akmal’s ban for an anti-corruption breach.…
Lahore
CITY NOTES: Sacrificing dual nationals in office
Imran Khan is hampered at every turn by the malign influence of Nawaz Sharif and the mafias. Did anyone notice the sacrifice he made this Eid of two special assistants? Tania Aidrus…
Karachi
Court order followed as billboards removed from Karachi Saddar mobile market
KARACHI: A city-wide anti-encroachment drive led by the actions of the government adhering to court orders has initiated with the removal of billboards from Karachi Saddar’s mobile market. The anti-encroachment drive was…
Islamabad
Men accused of assaulting, filming girl get interim bail
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Rawalpindi on Friday extended the interim bail of two men accused of sexual assault, committing “inappropriate acts”, and filming a girl. A third man, who is…
Arts / Entertainment
Catwalk Cares Season 2 Recorded Amid Strict SOPS
Catwalk Cares Virtual Fashion Show Season 2 was recorded amid the setting, perfectly similar to any other fashion week outside of the Covid-19 pandemic except there was no engaging audience present and instead the side rows were eerily filled with...