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- India’s govt boosts massive Hindu festival, eyeing election The government in India gradually withdraws spending for other religious groups.
- Qatar rejects normalising ties with ‘criminal’ Assad Move emphasises the foreign policy differences between Qatar, UAE and Bahrain.
- Islamabad district magistrate bans advertisement of housing schemes The order, which is to be immediately enforced, shall remain in place for a period of two months.
- White House asked Pentagon to ‘draw up plans to strike Iran’: report “It definitely rattled people. People were shocked. It was mind-boggling how cavalier they were about hitting Iran.”
- SC upholds IHC verdict, dismisses NAB’s appeal against suspension of Sharifs’ sentences in Avenfield case Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarks that NAB’s argument was not “solid”.
- Ecnec did not grant approval for construction of PKLI, ACE tells Supreme Court Rs12.7bn PKLI which was set to be completed by Dec 2017 still incomplete and now valued at Rs53bn: report.
- AB de Villiers agrees to playing Pakistan leg of PSL 2019 “I look forward to revisiting the Gaddafi Stadium and aim to play my part in helping the Qalandars achieve something.”
- Karachi food poisoning case: Parents forgive suspects, decline to pursue further action Children died due to poisoning and high quantity of E.coli in expired meat, reveals lab report.
- SC disposes of Army Public School carnage case Chief justice instructs judicial commission to furnish its report when its ready.
- Summary moved to merge wildlife, forest departments in KP Proposal shocks wildlife conservators.
- NHS minister defends increase in drug prices Says prices will be reduced when value of dollar drops against the rupee.
- Number of Pakistan chairs in foreign universities reduced Sources say budgetary constraints behind education ministry move to fill just 6 of 14 vacant chairs abroad.
- PTI backtracks on promise not to spend funds through MPAs Punjab govt all set to give each MPA Rs100 million for development works.
- NAB to file another case against Sharifs Media reports suggest that NAB has got information about involvement of the Sharifs in illegal money transfer.
- Murad says nobody can stop him from going abroad “By the way, I don’t intend to go abroad in the near future,” says Sindh CM.
- Top GDA leaders meet ahead of PM’s visit to Ghotki ‘Constitutional change’ in Sindh discussed, required support within assembly claimed.
- One year on, trial in Naqeeb murder case yet to begin An antiterrorism court is set to announce order on bail pleas of 10 policemen today.
- Is hiking NSS rates enough? In the last five fiscal years, Pakistan’s domestic saving growth rate averaged below 7.4pc.
- Let microfinance banks do SME financing Commercial banks remain uninterested in lending to SMEs because such borrowers don’t own liquid assets.
- Pakistan protests High Commission official’s arrest in India “Pakistan strongly protested this violation of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations,” says FO statement.
- Minister terms all previous budgets fake Says governance will improve in two to three years.
- WHO to help KP govt in devising uniform plan for free healthcare WHO mission also visited other provinces, presented its recommendations to Ministry of National Health Services.
- CJP berates FBR for ‘sluggish’ investigation in foreign properties case “You have all the data; you should have taken action within hours,” Justice Nisar tells an FBR representative.
- NAB accused of harassing Metro bus project contractors Contractors say they had nothing to do with preparation of estimates being probed by NAB.
- State minister denies friendship with alleged cocaine dealer “Inappropriate” at this stage to link suspect to Shehryar Afridi, says senior Anti-Narcotics Force official.
- UN experts urge Pakistan not to execute mentally ill prisoner Khizar Hayat “Implementing the death penalty under these conditions is a form of cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment,” says panel.
- Govt puts major CPEC power project on hold Hundreds of schemes under Public Sector Development Programme also face the axe.
- Has the stock market bottomed out? Analysts misjudging implication of Pakistan’s uplift to MSCI reason why market experienced 26.7pc drop since 2017 peak.
- Britain doesn’t want its empire back Many recent crimes were assumed as hate or Brexit-linked even when there is no evidence to suggest that they are.
- India, Afghanistan, five Central Asian countries hold key talks Joint statement issued at the end of India-Central Asia Dialogue calls for cooperation in countering terrorism.
- Bill for delisting Pakistan as major ally tabled in US Congress Trump administration is unlikely to support move.
- Pakistani journalist Asad Hashim wins AFP’s Kate Webb Prize Hashim has been awarded for coverage of plight of Pashtuns, minority groups during Paksitan’s fight against militants.
- HRW calls for sanctions against Afghan minister Report by HRW says there is “credible evidence” of rights abuse and war crimes linked to Asadullah Khalid.
- Saudi Arabia must hold Khashoggi’s killers ‘accountable’: Pompeo “Will ensure we have all the facts so that they are held accountable, certainly by the Saudis but by the US as well.”
- Sarfraz and co get whitewashed by South Africa Lose third Test by 107 runs to cap a 3-0 drubbing in the series.
- ‘Monstrous’ Messi scores 400th La Liga goal, sends Barca five points clear “It’s easy to say but you have to score them one after the other, it’s a long-term job,” says Ernesto Valverde.
- Wozniacki, Federer on different ends of spectrum in Melbourne Federer beat Marin Cilic to win the Australian Open for the sixth time claiming his 20th major crown.
- Ton-up de Kock helps SA set Pakistan daunting chase Set to make a daunting 381 to win, Pakistan were 153 for three at the close, needing another 228 runs.
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