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Today's Paper | January 18, 2021

ECP suspends membership of 154 lawmakers over failure to submit asset details

Ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Fehmida Mirza and Ali Haider Zaidi are among the lawmakers whose membership has been suspended.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 05:27pm

Goswami WhatsApp leak shows Modi govt used Balakot crisis to win polls: PM

In series of tweets, the premier says he told the world that Modi used Balakot incident for electoral gains at 2019 UNGA.

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 06:55pm

Govt releases judgements against Pakistan in Broadsheet case

PM's adviser says govt making relevant documents public on PM's orders because "transparency is paramount for accountability."

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 04:24pm

Varsity student arrested in Karachi over 'international terror financing' charges

The suspect was involved in sending money to families of militants linked with the militant Islamic State group in Syria: CTD.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 08:18pm

PM Imran took 'mother of NROs' in foreign funding case, says Fazl ahead of PDM march to ECP

PDM president terms foreign funding case "the biggest scandal in Pakistan's political history".

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 06:20pm

Mandviwalla vows to 'hold trial of every NAB officer in media'

Senate deputy chairman claims NAB chairman being "blackmailed" through a woman, asks him to seek Senate's help.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:32pm

Live

Students back in school as classes resume for grade 9-12

Educational institutions have been directed to ensure compliance with SOPs to stem the spread of the virus.

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 02:24pm

Indian analyst Agoram not working with South Africa anymore, says CSA amid visa controversy

PCB rejects Indian media reports that Pakistani authorities denied Prasanna Agoram a visa.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 03:58pm

Police arrest 3 armed men from Lahore ATC's parking lot

According to security officials, two pistols and four fully loaded magazines were found in the possession of the suspects.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 06:59pm

Two TTP terrorists killed in South Waziristan IBO: ISPR

"The terrorists were IED experts, terrorist trainers, motivators and were involved in attacks on security forces," ISPR says.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 02:24pm

Decisive Test in balance as rain clouds Australia's victory push against India

Australia need to win to regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 01:30pm

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Raast and the path to financial inclusion

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Mahira Khan is ready to make her comeback on the small screen

Covid-19 and organisational transformation

Bet the people who hate me are hiding and listening to me, says Meesha Shafi

The monster of circular debt keeps growing in the power sector

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The sit-ins may have ended, but will the Hazaras ever be safe in Pakistan?

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Biden inducts another Pakistani American into his team

Salman Ahmed is joining the US State Department as director policy planning.

PIA didn’t pay lease due to pandemic, says minister

Says Malaysian court gave the decision without getting PIA’s stance on the issue.

Goswami knew about Balakot 3 days before it happened, police probe in ratings scam suggests

Purported texts by anchor on Feb 23, 2019, show he knew India was planning something "bigger than a normal strike" on Pakistan.

Provinces, private sector free to import Covid-19 vaccines after Drap approval: Asad Umar

Sindh health minister had earlier requested the federal govt to allow the province to procure vaccines for its residents.

Drap gives go-ahead to AstraZeneca for use in emergency

Sinopharm’s registration expected next week; minister denies VIPs already vaccinated.

Opinion

America’s hour of reckoning

Maleeha Lodhi

Governance will be tough for Biden if Trump’s grip over the Republican party continues.

Chained to the rivers

Asfand Yar Warraich

There are many state actors who must shoulder the blame for their present condition.

Brave new world

Aqdas Afzal

Covid-19 is bringing about a reassessment of the role of markets.

The war comes home

Zarrar Khuhro

The Capitol riots included several former members of the US military.

Equitable decisions

Basil Nabi Malik

What determines which approach of a judge?

Digital finance

Anum Malkani

Raast offers opportunities for inclusion, but is not without risk.

Broadsheetgate

Abbas Nasir

The competence that has underlined NAB and its actions has cost us dearly now and even in 2008.

Editorial

More ignominy for PIA

Decades of mismanagement, nepotism and political opportunism were bound to take their toll.

Agriculture woes

AGRICULTURE is the lifeline of Pakistan’s economy. It is a source of livelihood for two-thirds of the country’s...

Internet access

AS the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, and shows few signs of dissipating, one of the many lessons policymakers should ...

Foreign funding case

THE Election Commission of Pakistan has summoned both the PML-N and PPP on Monday in connection with the foreign...

Vaccine procurement

ALL eyes are on the government as it pledges to roll out the Covid-19 vaccination programme to about 80m citizens by...

Makli ‘renovation’

THERE are fears that the recently conducted ‘renovation’ work carried out at the Makli necropolis may rob the...

Sport

Indian analyst Agoram not working with South Africa anymore, says CSA amid visa controversy

Decisive Test in balance as rain clouds Australia's victory push against India

Australian Open to go ahead despite Covid quarantines

Business

Cut in gas supply to industry likely amid LNG crisis

0.85m tonnes sugar to be imported tax-free

The rise and rise of remittances

Tech

Swiss text sleuths crack mystery of QAnon origins

India’s vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch

Preferred by youngsters, digital banking gains momentum

Mahira Khan is ready to make her comeback on the small screen

"Humsafar is why I continue to receive so much love in my personal life and in my career," says the superstar.

Images Staff Published 18 Jan, 2021 01:52pm

Celebrities lend Iqrarul Hassan support after Twitterati demand an apology over his tweets

The anchor's tweets weren't received well by the public, with some going as far as labelling him a traitor.

Images Staff Published 18 Jan, 2021 12:17pm

Amazon faces backlash from BJP lawmakers over Saif Ali Khan-starrer web series Tandav

Additional security stationed outside actor's Mumbai home as BJP leader asks "all Hindus to stop buying from Amazon".

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 01:24pm

I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like — this is what I learned

In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal.”

Adil Najam Published 14 Jan, 2021 07:52pm

Striving for a trans-fat free Pakistan

The end goal is achievable and the dream of having a “trans-fat free Pakistan by 2023” can turn into reality.

Saba Amjad | Ihtiram Khattak Published 22 Dec, 2020 11:51am

Low earnings and agricultural neglect push Pakistan into food insecurity

Food prices have been rising in double-digit figures since August 2019, with incomes falling.

Qamar uz-Zaman Updated 16 Dec, 2020 12:53pm

Photo Gallery

In pictures: Coronavirus fails to deter India's massive Ganges pilgrimage

In pictures: Protesters take to the streets in several cities against Mach massacre

In pictures: Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

Poachers' paradise: Gulf hunts fuel falcon trafficking in Pakistan

World

Goswami WhatsApp leak shows Modi govt used Balakot crisis to win polls: PM

In series of tweets, the premier says he told the world that Modi used Balakot incident for electoral gains at 2019 UNGA.

Dawn.com Updated 18 Jan, 2021 06:55pm

Amazon faces backlash from BJP lawmakers over Saif Ali Khan-starrer web series Tandav

Additional security stationed outside actor's Mumbai home as BJP leader asks "all Hindus to stop buying from Amazon".

Updated 18 Jan, 2021 01:24pm

India’s vaccination drive hits bump due to app glitch

Many health workers, who were due to receive a vaccine, did not get the message via an app developed by the govt.

Reuters Updated 18 Jan, 2021 08:37am

THE WOUNDED HAZARA

The government’s response to the slaughter of 10 coal miners raises serious questions about its capacity to deal with the matter.

I.A. Rehman Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

THE SLAIN SONS OF BALOCHISTAN

Persecution and injustices have continued to haunt the Hazaras, generation after generation. The sit-ins may have come to an end

Muhammad Akbar Notezai Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

ESSAY: MARTIAL LAW BY OTHER MEANS

Periodic army interventions have deprived the state of Pakistan of its sovereignty, its past, present and future...

Roedad Khan Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

THE ICON INTERVIEW: THE SOUND OF MEESHA

Having been in the spotlight for a whole different reason for the last couple of years, Meesha Shafi has finally turned the

Maliha Rehman Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

SOUNDCHECK: RELEASING YOUR DEMONS

Abdullah Siddiqui and Aima Baig’s new song Be Myself is about the complex journey to self-acceptance

Band Baji Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

THE GRAPEVINE

Recently, a delegation comprising members of the Turkish production house that had produced the hugely popular TV series Ertugrul

PYT Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:55am

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