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UN Court Tells Pakistan To Review Case Of Alleged Indian Spy
In this March 29, 2016 photo, journalists look a image of Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was arrested in March 2016, during a press conference by Pakistan's army spokesman and the Information Minister, in Islamabad, Pakistan.
2019-07-17, WorldNews.com
The United Nations' top court ordered Pakistan to stay the execution of an alleged spy from India along with a full review of his case on Wednesday, according to...
NAB summons ex-PM Abbasi in LNG case2019-07-18
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday (today) in a multi-billion-rupee case related to the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract. “You are requested to appear on...
Green Line bus project to be made operational by March 2020, Murad told2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: The Sindh government has ordered removal of all impediments in the completion of the much-awaited Green Line bus rapid transit project so that it can become operational by next year. Chief Minister Syed MuradAli Shah issued such directives during a...
Interior minister praises Rangers’ role in Sindh2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Interior Minister retired Brigadier Ejaz Ahmed Shah visited the...
Cleanliness on Eid2019-07-18
Dawn: EIDUL Azha is around the corner. This very thought worries us by just visualising the blood and carcasses of...
From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1969: Fifty Years Ago: Goldsmiths disappear2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Two goldsmiths working in a shop at Sarafa Bazar disappeared with 16 tolas of gold valued at Rs. 2500 on Wednesday [July 17]. The shopkeeper, Mr. Ismail...
Pak Suzuki has no plans to cut production2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: As two leading Japanese vehicle assemblers are in quandary, Pak Suzuki MotorCompany (PSMC) has taken its parts suppliers into confidence by assuring them that it will neither cut production nor resort to plant shutdown in weekdays in July-December....
Stocks manage modest gains on late buying2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: The stock market was on a rollercoaster ride for the second day amid investors’ hopes and despair over the monetary tightening. The KSE-100 index settled a step higher by 9.97 points (0.03 per cent) at 32,981.99. The index opened on a positive note...
Over 300 released from prisons after payment of fines by charities2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Charity organisations and philanthropists have paid millions of rupees to get released some 300 poor prisoners who had completed their sentences but were confined in different jails across the province because of their inability to pay fines, it...
‘No more a peela school’2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: The olive-green walls with cartoon characters, alphabets and colourful truck art on the gate beckon you. InsideLyari’s Waja Raheem Bakhsh Sarbazi GirlsSecondary School you are greeted by the sweet voices of little girls singing nursery rhymes as...
Rate hike ignites govt debt market2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Government debt markets leapt into action on Wednesday — one day after the State Bank raised the key policy discount rate by one percentage point. In a Treasury bill auction that sought to raise Rs600 billion, the government ended up getting 426 bids...
Current account deficit shrinks 31.7pc2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: The crucial current account deficit (CAD) shrank by another 31.7 per cent in the July to Jun period according to latest data released by the State Bank on Wednesday. The CAD came in at $13.587 billion in this period where it was $19.897bn in the same...
PR’s Gwadar division2019-07-18
Dawn: LAHORE: Pakistan Railways on Wednesday announced to create eighth division in a bid to provide rail connectivity to Gwadar deep seaport with the existing network. At...
Commodities: Cotton prices stable2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: Despite slow trading, cotton prices on Wednesday remained steady as demand from textile mills kept pouring in but ginners presently holding ‘long position’ were unable to oblige. Trading resumed on overnight bullish mood but many...
Woman dies while preventing son from committing suicide2019-07-18
Dawn: KARACHI: A woman was killed while trying to stop her son from committing suicide in their house in Marvi Goth off the National Highway on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday, police said. Shah Latif TownSHO Gul Baig said that initial investigations...