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CDA suspends two officials
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CDA suspends two officials

Capital Development Authority (CDA) Friday suspended two officials on account of their acts of misconduct and inefficiency. The officials whose services have been placed under suspension include Shahid Iqbal, Supervisor Enforcement Directorate, and Gul Ta
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 08:04am
Ch Sarwar meets President
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Ch Sarwar meets President

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar called on President Dr Arif Alvi at Governor's House on Friday and discussed matters of mutual interest apart from matters concerning situation in the province of Punjab.
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:47am
Turkey begins joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria
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Turkey begins joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria

Turkey started joint patrols with Russia in northern Syria Friday to verify whether Kurdish forces have withdrawn from a key border zone in compliance with a deal reached between Ankara and Moscow. The patrols, which began around 0900 GMT, follow an agree
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:41am
French warplanes destroy IS tunnels in northern Iraq
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French warplanes destroy IS tunnels in northern Iraq

French warplanes bombed "several caches and tunnels" belonging to the Islamic State (IS) group in northeast Iraq, the government said Friday, reiterating France's determination to continue hunting the radicals after the US pullout from neighbouring Syria.
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:40am
Lebanon sentences UK diplomat's murderer to death
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Lebanon sentences UK diplomat's murderer to death

A Lebanese court on Friday sentenced a taxi driver to death for the 2017 murder of British embassy worker Rebecca Dykes, the national news agency reported. The Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced the accused to death for the rape and murder of the youn
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:39am
Trump says US knows who Islamic State's new leader is
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Trump says US knows who Islamic State's new leader is

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States knows who the Islamic State group's new leader is, as the United States vowed to keep "unrelenting" pressure on the extremists. "ISIS has a new leader. We know exactly who he is!" Trump tweeted, le
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:36am
Lebanon banks reopen as protests ease
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Lebanon banks reopen as protests ease

Lebanon banks reopened for the first time in two weeks Friday as the country began to return to normal following mass demonstrations for radical political change. The unprecedented popular push to remove a political class seen as corrupt, incompetent and
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:34am
Greece approves controversial migration law
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Greece approves controversial migration law

Greece on Friday approved a law tightening asylum procedures that has been widely criticised by rights groups as harmful to the interests of migrants. The government says the new rules will allow it to focus on swiftly identifying refugees that need prote
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:31am
More fires and evacuations in weary California
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More fires and evacuations in weary California

Californian firefighters tackled fresh and fast-moving wildfires overnight Thursday, making headway against a number of major blazes that have forced mass evacuations and power cuts. Three rapidly moving infernos broke out Thursday in the southern part of
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:31am
Spain to host COP25 climate summit in December
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Spain to host COP25 climate summit in December

Spain will host the COP25 climate summit in December, the UN said on Friday, after Chile abandoned plans to hold it due to deadly anti-government protests. "We are pleased to announce the COP Bureau has agreed that COP25 will take place from 2-13 December
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:31am
Trump to move permanent residence to Florida
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Trump to move permanent residence to Florida

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will change his permanent residence from New York to Palm Beach, Florida, claiming he had been "treated very badly" in his native city. "My family and I will be making Palm Beach, Florida, our Permanent
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:04am
Biden support slips in Iowa as Buttigieg surges
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Biden support slips in Iowa as Buttigieg surges

Joe Biden's grip on the 2020 Democratic nomination race loosened Friday in early-voting Iowa with a poll showing him slipping to fourth place behind leader Elizabeth Warren, and overtaken by small-town mayor Pete Buttigieg. Biden, the centrist former US v
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:03am
Russian Superjet lands safely in Siberia
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Russian Superjet lands safely in Siberia

A Russian Superjet 100 plane with 80 passengers made an emergency landing in Siberia after an engine failed, an airline spokeswoman told RIA Novosti news agency on Friday. The engine fault on the plane flying from the Siberian city of Tyumen to Saint Pete
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:02am
Algeria protesters call for 'new independence'
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Algeria protesters call for 'new independence'

Demonstrators converged on Algiers in their thousands for a massive anti-government rally called to coincide with official celebrations of the anniversary of the war that won Algeria's independence from France. Protesters flooded the streets in numbers re
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 07:02am
Iran's FM says new US sanctions show 'maximum failure'
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Iran's FM says new US sanctions show 'maximum failure'

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Friday that the latest round of US sanctions against the Islamic republic show the "maximum failure" of Washington's anti-Iran policy. Washington extended its sanctions on Iran on Thursday by targeting it
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:56am
US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones
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US Interior Department grounds Chinese-made drones

The US Department of the Interior has grounded its fleet of Chinese-made drones as it conducts a review of the program. Nick Goodwin, an Interior Department spokesman, did not provide a reason for the decision but it comes amid US security concerns over C
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:55am
Minoan treasures found on Libyan Sea island: experts
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Minoan treasures found on Libyan Sea island: experts

Archaeologists in Greece have located a "major treasure" of Minoan origin in a Bronze Age settlement on a small island in the Libyan Sea, the culture ministry said Friday. A team excavating on the tiny island of Chrysi south of Crete for over a decade hav
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:55am
French yellow vests hold national assembly
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French yellow vests hold national assembly

Some 600 yellow vest protest organisers from across France gathered in Montpellier on Friday for a national assembly to debate the future of their movement. The gathering in a former museum in the southern French city, which goes on until Sunday, comes ah
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:54am
Four killed in Halloween party shooting in California
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Four killed in Halloween party shooting in California

Four people were killed and several others were wounded in a shooting at a Halloween party at a rental home near San Francisco, local authorities said. The shooting Thursday night took place at a rented Airbnb home in Orinda, around 18 miles (30 km) north
Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:52am
The Weather
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The Weather

The weather report on Friday (November 01, 2019) and the forecast for Saturday (November 02, 2019).

Updated 02 Nov, 2019 06:04am
PIA condoles with families of Tezgam victims
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PIA condoles with families of Tezgam victims

CEO PIA Air Marshal Arshad Malik and the entire PIA family expressed their deepest condolences to the families of the victims who tragically lost their lives on the Tezgam Express. We pray for the departed souls and wish a speedy recovery to the injured.
Updated 01 Nov, 2019 07:42am