England’s Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage

Leeds:Adil Rashid is set to miss England’s white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Makkah.   Rashid has so far found it difficult to make the journey because of his cricket commitments, but the 34-year-old leg-spinner, who will be travelling with his wife, has been […]

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PM leaves for Gwadar to oversee development projects

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday left here for a day-lond visit to Gwadar to oversee the development of the port city.   He was accompanied by Federal Ministers Maulana Asad Mahmood, Syed Naveed Qamar, Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, Ahsan Iqbal, Agha Hassan Baloch, Engineer Khurram Dastgir, Minister of State Dr. Musaddiq Malik, Special Assistants Tariq […]

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‘I was advised not to give subsidy on flour for legal repercussions but I did’: Hamza Shehbaz

LAHORE:Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has said that he decided to give subsidy on flour to provide relief to the people of Punjab against advise of friends who said not to do so.   Speaking at the floor of the House during the budget session at Aiwan e Iqbal here on Friday, he said he was […]

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Four of a family killed, two injured in road accident

KASUR:Four persons were killed while two others sustained injuries in a road accident  near Jumber area at Changa Manga road.  Rescue-1122 said that Munir, 30, son of Bashir, was travelling on a motorbike along with  his wife Munaza Bibi,18, and two sons Faizan, 7, and Ahmad,4, from Lahore towards  his native town Hujra Shah Muqeem, […]

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Imran Khan given interim bail in 15 FIRs

ISLAMABAD:Two lower courts of Islamabad on Friday granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and stopped the police from arresting him in 15 different FIRs pertaining to vandalizing the public property during the long march.   District and Sessions Court Islamabad Judge Kamran Basharat Mufti heard a pettion filed by Imran Khan seeking […]

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Restaurants association for reviewing decision to close eateries early

HYDERABAD:The All Hyderabad Hotels and Restaurants Association requested the government to review its decision of closing the eateries by 11 pm every night in order to conserve electricity.   Speaking at a press conference at Hyderabad press club on Friday the association’s President Nawab Khan claimed that the early closure was affecting around 6,000 hotel […]

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China-Pakistan joint scientific research to help build Green CPEC

BEIJING:Pakistan looks forwards to China-Pak joint scientific research for the building of Green China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).   Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque made the remarks when met with Huang Wenjiang, a Research Fellow of the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Zhou Jinfeng, Secretary-General of China […]

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