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Over 2,000 bottles of liquor seized by DI&I-Customs
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Over 2,000 bottles of liquor seized by DI&I-Customs

Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation (DI&I)-Customs, Karachi has confiscated over 2000 bottles of liquor imported under diplomatic cargo. According to details, the Directorate on the basis of credible information that revealed the modus operandi
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Food safety termed a 'serious' issue
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Food safety termed a 'serious' issue

A daylong seminar has stressed the need for effective role of stakeholders, particularly food authorities, in ensuring and promoting food safety culture in the country.
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
CNS visits forward posts in coastal areas
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CNS visits forward posts in coastal areas

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Pakistan Navy's coastal installations & forward posts of units along Makran Coast to review the operational preparedness and also performed ground breaking of various operational and administra
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
SHC directs CS to help resolve heavy traffic issue
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SHC directs CS to help resolve heavy traffic issue

Sindh High Court (SHC) Thursday directed Chief Secretary to coordinate with Chief Minister to resolve the heavy traffic issue in the metropolis. A division bench of SHC headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar also asked Sindh Chief Minister to work out the
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Nato hammers Turkey on Syria operation
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Nato hammers Turkey on Syria operation

Nato defence ministers Thursday slammed Turkey for its military operation in Syria conducted with Russia's help, but recognised there was little they could do to sanction their strategically important ally. The first day of a two-day meeting of the minist
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Kurdish forces start Syria-Turkey border pullback
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Kurdish forces start Syria-Turkey border pullback

Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria left several positions along the extensive border with Turkey on Thursday, complying with a deal that sees Damascus, Ankara and Moscow carve up their now-defunct autonomous region. Even as troops withdrew, the Kurds' t
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Mass protest held in Guinea against president
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Mass protest held in Guinea against president

Crowds of protesters marched through the Guinean capital of Conakry on Thursday in the latest round of demonstrations against President Alpha Conde, accused of trying to circumvent a bar on a third term in office. Organisers said a million participants to
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Yesterday's news: Trump cancels Times, Post
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Yesterday's news: Trump cancels Times, Post

President Donald Trump doesn't like what he reads in two of America's biggest newspapers, The New York Times and Washington Post - so he won't be getting them anymore. "We did not renew our subscription, that is correct. This will be a significant cost sa
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Jimmy Carter released from hospital
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Jimmy Carter released from hospital

Former US president Jimmy Carter has been released from hospital, three days after suffering a fall at his home, The Carter Center said Thursday. The 95-year-old suffered a "minor pelvic fracture" in the fall at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Monday and
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Hackers target UN humanitarian organizations
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Hackers target UN humanitarian organizations

Hackers are targeting United Nations and humanitarian aid workers with a scheme designed to trick members into revealing passwords, security researchers said Thursday. A report released by cybersecurity firm Lookout said the campaign aimed at UN-connected
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Urging tougher stand on China, Pence blasts NBA
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Urging tougher stand on China, Pence blasts NBA

US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday sharply denounced the NBA for not speaking out more forcefully on China as he vowed support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters. In a wide-ranging speech on US-China relations, Pence lashed Beijing over its tr
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
UK PM offers December 12 election to break Brexit impasse
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UK PM offers December 12 election to break Brexit impasse

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday offered parliament more time to scrutinise his Brexit deal if it agrees to hold a snap general election on December 12. The premier suspended debates on his EU divorce deal after MPs on Tuesday refused to r
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Young Britons 'tuning out' the BBC, regulator warns
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Young Britons 'tuning out' the BBC, regulator warns

Britain's venerable BBC may lose its relevance if it fails to engage a younger audience in the social media age, the UK broadcasting regulator warned Thursday. For the first time, less than half (49 percent) of Britons between the ages of 16 and 24 report
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Warren, Biden top new 2020 Democratic presidential polls
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Warren, Biden top new 2020 Democratic presidential polls

Progressive Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren tops the field for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in a new poll, though other voter surveys have former vice president Joe Biden in the lead. The fresh surveys landed as one of the race's low
Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
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The Weather

The weather report on Thursday (October 24, 2019) and the forecast for Friday (October 25, 2019).

Published 25 Oct, 2019 12:00am
PM says he won't step down
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PM says he won't step down

Prime Minister Imran Khan has categorically said that he would not give in to the opposition's demand for him to step down, Aaj News reported.
Published 24 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Fazl allowed to hold 'Azadi March'
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Fazl allowed to hold 'Azadi March'

Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday allowed Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) to hold its Azadi March "if it takes place within the ambit of law and the Constitution as interpreted in the decisions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and Islamabad High Court
Published 24 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Beijing to host 'intra-Afghan' conference: Taliban
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Beijing to host 'intra-Afghan' conference: Taliban

China has invited a Taliban delegation to attend an "intra-Afghan" conference in Beijing, a militant spokesman said Wednesday, after a prospective deal between the United States and the insurgents collapsed last month.
Published 24 Oct, 2019 12:00am
Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, says Kurds 'thankful'
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Trump lifts Turkey sanctions, says Kurds 'thankful'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced the lifting of US sanctions against Turkey and defended his abrupt pullout from Syria, saying "let someone else fight" over the "blood-stained" country. In a White House speech that formalized ceding of US and
Published 24 Oct, 2019 12:00am