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- The elusive promise of civil service reform What works for civil service reform hasn’t been sufficiently explored. The PTI presents an opportunity to rectify this.
- ‘We won’t give an inch’: India faces defiance in ‘Kashmir’s Gaza’ “They can only enter Soura over our bodies. We won’t give even an inch of land to India,” says a resident of Soura.
- ‘No point talking to India,’ PM Imran says in interview with NYT “All the overtures that I was making for peace and dialogue, I think they took it for appeasement,” says premier.
- Alarmed at polio cases surge, Imran to lead drive himself PM’s Focal Person on Polio Eradication says parents mark their children’s fingers themselves to avoid vaccination.
- NAB to be stripped of powers to probe private citizens: minister Farogh Nasim says businesspersons should be subject to laws of the FBR and FIA.
- China welcomes Bajwa’s appointment for another term “General Bajwa is an extraordinary leader of [the] Pakistan Army,” says China’s foreign ministry spokesperson.
- ‘Pakistan on short list of 5G-ready countries with Zong’s successful trial’ Zong CEO says the company will establish a “5G innovation centre” in Pakistan in collaboration with Huawei; MOU signed.
- Competition Commission of Pakistan withdraws notice to Pharma Bureau CCP bench reiterated that the commission remains vigilant against all forms of collusion and cartelisation.
- Multan court rejects request by Qandeel Baloch’s parents to pardon her killers Judge says the honour killing case will be decided only when the testimonies of all witnesses have been recorded.
- Court allows NAB to begin process for Suleman’s assets confiscation Hamza’s remand extended for 14 days in illegal assets, money laundering case.
- Commuters to pay Rs30 fare for Islamabad metro bus from Friday Fare was revised in light of rising cost of petroleum products, PMA official says.
- PTI, MQM-P conspiring to tarnish PPP’s image, says Ghani The minister was talking to the media after an event at Karachi University on Wednesday.
- Opposition calls for across-the-board accountability PML-N’s secretary general Ahsan Iqbal calls for a complete review of NAB laws.
- Bulls return to PSX as benchmark index gains 912 points The benchmark index shoots up 3 per cent on back of rumors that Pakistan might exit the FATF grey list.
- Iran’s president says ‘talks are useless’ in dealing with US “Now that our enemies do not accept logic, we cannot respond with logic,” says Rouhani.
- Genocide Watch issues alerts for occupied Kashmir and India’s Assam state Calls upon the United Nations and its members to warn India not to commit genocide in occupied Kashmir.
- China says hopes US stops wrong tariff action, vows to retaliate if new levies imposed The United States said early this month it would slap duties on $300 billion of Chinese goods from September 1.
- World observes first International Day for Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief PM Imran calls attention to plight of millions of Kashmiris “living under brutal Indian occupation, abuse and violence”.
- Other countries must shoulder fight against extremist militant groups, says Trump Singles out India and Pakistan as frontline countries that are doing little to nothing to fight militant groups.
- US lawmakers urge India to end occupation of Kashmir “Prime Minister Modi should know better. We all must raise our voices,” says Congresswoman Yvette Clarke of New York.
- Demos planned in NY during Modi’s visit PM Imran has issued directives to PTI’s foreign chapters to prepare to stage a protest in New York on Modi’s arrival.
- Nigeria hails ‘historic milestone’ after third polio-free year Only Pakistan and Afghanistan are still battling incidents of the disease around the world.
- US drone shot down over Yemen: officials Losing a drone expensive but unlikely to lead to any major response by the United States, says one official.
- ITF postpones India-Pakistan Davis Cup tie to November Islamabad was to host the series on September 14-15 on grass courts; exact dates to be confirmed no later than Sept 9.
- Messi ‘made me better player’, says Ronaldo “We’ve never had dinner together but I don’t see why we can’t in the future. I don’t see a problem with that,” he says.
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