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Fact-check: No, Indian tricolour was not waved during PAK's Karachi rally against Imran Khan govt
Supporters of the Pakistan Democratic Movement take part in an anti government rally in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020
2020-10-21, International Business Times
In the backdrop of Pakistan witnessing massive rallies and protests led by the opposition against Prime MinisterImran Khan, an image has emerged on social media leaving...
Pakistan army to probe troops' role in arrest of politician
HE Mr. Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, calling on the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 27-5-14.
2020-10-21, The Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army chief Tuesday ordered an investigation into allegations that a was kidnapped by army troops to force him to order the arrest of the...
MQM-P seeks SC directive for fresh census in Sindh2020-10-23
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Questioning results of the 2017 census, the Muttahida Qaumi MovementPakistan (MQM-P) on Thursday approached the Supreme Court to seek an order for the conduct of a fresh, transparent census in Sindh, especially in urban areas such as Karachi and...
Nine districts account for over 3m voter gender gap2020-10-23
Dawn: Salman Khan ISLAMABAD: With Lahore in the lead, nine districts in the country account for a gap of over three million between male and female voters — around one-fourth of the total difference of 12.41m between the two sets of voters. The district-wise data of...
NAB approves case against Nawaz over vehicles purchase2020-10-23
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: Five days after Prime MinisterImran Khan’s demand that the judiciary and National Accountability Bureau dispose of mega corruption cases quickly, NAB on Thursday approved references against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his ex-personal...
War of words over Safdar’s arrest in Karachi intensifies2020-10-23
Dawn: LAHORE / ISLAMABAD: PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb on Thursday called upon Prime MinisterImran Khan to resign after the CCTV camera footage of “law-enforcers breaking into Maryam Nawaz’s hotel room and violating her privacy” was made public....
SC adjourns Pearl murder case for four weeks2020-10-23
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for four weeks the hearing of an appeal from the family of American journalist Daniel Pearl against the acquittal of a British-born Pakistani man convicted over the 2002 beheading of the Wall Street...
Blast case lodged against ‘responsible persons’ on bank manager’s complaint2020-10-23
Dawn: KARACHI: Gulshan-i-Iqbal police on Thursday registered a case against “responsible persons” over death of five people and injuries to 27 others and damage to property because of a gas leakage explosion inside a private bank located in a multistorey residential...
SHC restrains Fuuast body from finalising names for VC’s post2020-10-23
Dawn: KARACHI: The SindhHigh Court (SHC) has restrained the search committee from finalising names for the post of vice chancellor of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (Fuuast) till Nov 5. The two-judge bench headed by Justice Adnan-ul-Karim...
Twelve teams to vie for honours in Rashid Minhas basketball today2020-10-23
Dawn: KARACHI: Top twelve basketball teams from six zones of the city will vie for honours in the Rashid MinhasBasketballTournament which will commence on the recently renovated Arambagh-Abdul...
Losing moral authority2020-10-23
Dawn: This is with reference to your editorial ‘Bewildering words’ and the article ‘It’s all about politics’ (Oct 11). Both these pieces of writing have missed the factor of moral authority over legal authority of a corrupt person. If a father is found...
Political rebirths2020-10-23
Dawn: POLITICIANS never seem to die. They only stink of death. Nawaz Sharif’s political rebirth over the last month has...
Covid-19 anomaly2020-10-23
Dawn: SEVERAL eateries and marriage halls have been sealed in Karachi over violation of Covid-19 SOPs. The government has also enforced micro...
FO rejects report that S. Arabia voted against Pakistan2020-10-23
Dawn: ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday categorically rejected as false and baseless a report circulating in the media claiming that Saudi Arabia had voted against Pakistan at a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). “Pakistan and Saudi Arabia...
Ministerial body formed to probe Safdar’s arrest episode2020-10-23
Dawn: KARACHI: The Sindh government on Thursday established a ministerial body to probe the arrest of retired Capt Safdar Awan, husband of PML-N leader Maryam Nawaz and alleged manhandling of the “highest level of police”. According to a notification issued by the...
Habib Jalib award given to Asma Jahangir2020-10-23
Dawn: KARACHI: The Habib Jalib award (2020) was given to distinguished human rights lawyer and activist, the late Asma Jahangir, at the Arts Council at a recent ceremony. Journalist and poet Mahmood Shaam, who presided over the event, said the direction in which...