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Foreign

“Geopolitical tension” and “safety and security” concerns have led to Malaysia’s Asian Cup qualifier in North Korea being postponed a second time. The match was first postponed following the murder of North<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/north-korea-v-malaysia-asian-cup-qualifier-is-postponed/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Saudi Arabia has invited Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, to a summit with US President Donald Trump and Arab and Muslim leaders. It is not known<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/sudans-bashir-asked-to-saudi-summit-with-trump-despite-icc-charges/" title="Read more" >...</a>

LAHORE

LAHORE: A large shoe shop located in the Shadman Market of Lahore caught fire late on Tuesday night. The conflagration engulfed the adjacent two other shops. Rescue teams reached the spot and the fire<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/shoe-shop-in-lahores-shadman-market-catches-fire/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Arts / Entertainment

Late night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel will return to host the Oscars, the Academy said Tuesday, as the glitzy annual show moves on from the biggest mix-up in its history. The 49-year-old comedian<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/jimmy-kimmel-to-host-2018-oscars/" title="Read more" >...</a>

All Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas Association (APCNGA) is awaiting for the approval of Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) to start import of new lightweight 22kg CNG cylinders and compatible kits. “The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/ogra-approval-awaited-for-cng-cylinders-import-paracha/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Tuesday approved Ramzan Relief Package 2017 with subsidies worth Rs 1.6 billion on 19 commodities to provide relief to the public<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/ecc-approves-rs-1-6-billion-ramazan-relief-package/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

LAHORE: After banning fizzy drinks in schools, Punjab Food Authority is now considering banning these for underage children all across the province. Talking to a local media outlet, PFA Director General Noorul Amin Mengal<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/punjab-food-authority-considers-banning-fizzy-drinks-all-over-country/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Khursheed Shah said that judicial enquiry should be launched into the APS massacre that took the lives of over a 100 children in 2014.  He was addressing the National

NATIONAL

Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on Wednesday said there was a "campaign" behind the murder of Mashal Khan, a 23-year-old university student who was lynched by a mob on accusations of blasphemy last month.

ISLAMABAD

The Association for Humanitarian Development (AHD), a Hyderabad-based community organisation, has been awarded US$320,000 for a biological water-filtering initiative that provides hundreds of thousand

Foreign

WASHINGTON: The presidents of the United States and Turkey vowed on Tuesday to repair a relationship battered by years of disputes over Syria’s civil war and its various fighting groups, even as<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/05/17/us-turkey-vow-to-repair-defence-ties/" title="Read more" >...</a>

KARACHI

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that the Sukkur Barrage, one of the unique barrages of the world, has completed its life and it should be rehabilitated.“We know th