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Trump backs off Afghan withdrawal, lambasts Pakistan over terrorist 'safe havens'

“We can no longer be silent about Pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organisations,” says US president.

Updated Aug 22, 2017 08:26am

Army announces conclusion of Operation Khyber-4 in wide-ranging press conference

ISPR DG speaks on key issues after press conference on operational updates regarding anti-terrorism operations.

Updated Aug 21, 2017 08:56pm

Dar challenges Panamagate verdict, claims references can't be filed on 'false' JIT report

Dar says the SC ruling on April 20 did not give JIT any grounds to investigate his assets.

Updated Aug 21, 2017 04:09pm

'Nawaz to appoint Shahbaz as PML-N president on Sept 7'

Sources within the PML-N confirm Punjab chief minister as the next head of the ruling party.

Published Aug 21, 2017 12:40pm

ECP takes notice of alleged misuse of public funds for NA-120 election

ECP directs Punjab's IGP and chief secretary to take action against violations of its code of conduct for elections.

Published Aug 21, 2017 07:34pm

NBP president, Javed Kayani record statements before NAB in Sharif, Dar references

NAB offers to make Saeed Ahmed, Kiyani approvers against Sharif family, Ishaq Dar.

Updated Aug 22, 2017 12:37am

JI announces 'accountability march' starting mid-September

Long march from Lahore to Islamabad against rampant corruption, for across-the-board accountability: JI emir.

Updated Aug 21, 2017 08:57pm

One dead, two injured in rain-related incidents in Karachi

Power supply paralysed as 300 feeders down.

Published Aug 22, 2017 12:55am

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Opinion

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Shahid Kardar

By no stretch of the imagination is the KSE index a measure of the economy as a whole.

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PSM workers who retired in 2013 onward have yet to receive their dues.

The slide continues

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Education in Sindh is still waiting for an overhaul.

Editorial

No need to give funds to MPs

IT is a nonsensical practice that ought to have ended years ago. Instead, in an election year and in the midst of a...

Rajanpur gangsters

IN April 2016, a clean-up operation was carried out in the kutcha area of the Rajanpur district in Punjab which...

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Business

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Tech

Taxi drivers protest against private cab companies in Islamabad

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5 memorable moments from Pepsi Battle of the Bands' fourth episode

Let's just say The Pindi Boys are definitely on our radar after last night's show

Images Staff Published Aug 21, 2017 03:00pm

Bilal Khan wants you to know he isn't dead

A newspaper claimed the singer had died in 2010 and he was not happy about it

Images Staff Published Aug 21, 2017 12:57pm

World

Trump backs off Afghan withdrawal, lambasts Pakistan over terrorist 'safe havens'

“We can no longer be silent about Pakistan's safe havens for terrorist organisations,” says US president.

AFP Updated Aug 22, 2017 08:26am

Rights of migrants trump national security concerns: Pope

Jesus' message of love is rooted in welcoming the “rejected strangers of every age,” Pope tells governments.

AP Published Aug 21, 2017 06:09pm

Iraqi forces close in on IS-held town west of Mosul

Iraqi forces have retaken 250 square kilometres from the extremist group, says US Army Colonel Ryan Dillon

AP Published Aug 21, 2017 06:27pm

Blogs

Karachi needs revenues of the size of a country, not of a municipality

If the state continues to treat Karachi as a municipality, it'll turn it into the least liveable city in the world.

Murtaza Haider Updated Aug 21, 2017 02:43pm

12 stops: A Do-It-Yourself tour of Karachi

Wander along aimlessly down the smog-filled alleys of the old city; the ancient buildings here have stories to tell.

Farooq Soomro Updated Aug 19, 2017 03:08pm

This is very much Zia's Pakistan, the most influential man after Jinnah

Jinnah may have played a key role in creating the country but it is unrecognisable from the one he had envisioned.

Sibtain Naqvi Updated Aug 19, 2017 12:55am

NO COUNTRY FOR GIRLS

The best kinds of people are those with daughters whom they raise to be sons, but no one raises their sons to be their

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TRAVEL: THE MUSLIM QUARTERS OF XI’AN

This is the second-part of a series on the Silk Road as Eos follows a group of Pakistanis and American-Pakistanis as

Ramsha Jahangir Published Aug 20, 2017 07:52am

EXHIBITION: MATISSE AND HIS MUSES

The artist’s work is peopled by his beloved possessions, which in turn begin to look like Matisses in this beautifully

Laura Cumming Published Aug 20, 2017 07:52am

SOUNDCHECK: BATTLE LINES DRAWN

Pepsi Battle of the Bands can provide the impetus that the local music industry direly needs

Maliha Rehman Published Aug 20, 2017 07:52am

CINEMASCOPE: THE MEDIUM AT FAULT

The Dark Tower can only work as a TV series where it is afforded the time to explore its complexities

Noman Ansari Published Aug 20, 2017 07:52am

THE GRAPEVINE

Check out the confidence that Saba Qamar exudes these days. Ever since she’s worked in a Bollywood movie and earned

PYT Published Aug 20, 2017 07:52am

Business & Finance

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