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Classmates of Hunain burn school – Pakistan

LAHORE: A public order situation was reported in Gulshan-i-Ravi on Friday night when several accused students set fire to private school following the death of their colleague who was tortured to death by the teacher of school. According to initial reports, several people, mostly students of the American Lycetuff School, suddenly appeared there carrying bottles

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Taliban launch offensive to take key Afghan city – Newspaper

HERAT: The Taliban launched an offensive on Friday against a key city in western Afghanistan, authorities said, the latest in a wave of attacks while the United States pushes for an agreement that allows it to begin withdrawing troops. The fight began early in the morning when insurgents briefly seized an Afghan army recruitment center

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IMF programme ‘on track’, govt insists – Newspaper

ISLAMABAD: The government said Friday that its reform agenda signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was on track and that progress so far in almost all performance and structural benchmarks for the first quarter of the current fiscal year were Very encouraging with a strong indication that all objectives will be met. “The progress

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LHC moved to probe extra-judicial killings – Pakistan

LAHORE: A lawyer has approached the Superior Court of Lahore, seeking a directive for the Punjab government to establish a judicial commission on the death in custody of the mentally ill Salahuddin Ayubi and to make public investigation reports of all extrajudicial killings occurred during the last four years. "Deprivation of liberty, extrajudicial executions and

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NAB okays filing of cases against Sharjeel, others – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The National Office of Responsibility (NAB) approved the submission of three references on Friday. One of the references will be presented against former information minister and leader of the People's Party of Pakistan (PPP) Sharjeel Inam Memon and before the former managing director of the State Petroleum of Pakistan (PSO) Irfan Khalil Qureshi. The

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Senate panel resents inclusion of 44 unapproved projects in PSDP – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Amid criticism from a Senate committee about the inclusion of 44 unapproved projects in the development program, the federal government promised on Friday to launch a $ 3 billion investment in Karachi to improve its systems and supply infrastructure of water and sewer. The president of the Standing Committee on Planning and Development of

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China can help defuse tensions in South Asia: US – Newspaper

WASHINGTON: A senior US official said on Friday that China can certainly play a constructive role in calming the tensions between India and Pakistan that have been triggered by New Delhi's recent decision to annex Kashmir. Speaking at a Defense Day reception at the Pakistani embassy, ​​Deputy Defense Secretary Randall Schriver also said ties between

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Provincial govts advised to expand network of Sasta Bazaar – Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The National Committee for Price Monitoring (NPMC) on Friday suggested that provincial governments and the administration of the Islamabad Capital Territory expand the network of the Sasta Bazaar to ensure the availability of essential foods at lower prices for a larger population wide. The committee made the recommendation after noting that the prices of

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