PM Nawaz chairs budget meeting from London High Commission
PM Nawaz chairs budget meeting from London High Commission

LONDON: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday thanked Pakistanis for the wishes and prayers they extended for his early recovery from a open heart surgery that is to be performed on Tuesday.

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30May2016

 NAB decides to extend scope of corruption cases in Sindh
NAB decides to extend scope of corruption cases in Sindh

KARACHI: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry visited NAB-Karachi and presided over an important meeting in which it was decided to extend the scope of corruption cases in Sindh. 

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30May2016

Meeting with COAS neither secret nor unusual: Interior Ministry
Meeting with COAS neither secret nor unusual: Interior Ministry

ISLAMABAD: Spokesperson for the Interior Ministry denied on Sunday that a meeting held recently between army chief General Raheel Sharif, CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar was not unusual.  

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29May2016

Unnamed US officials booked for drone strike in Pakistan
Unnamed US officials booked for drone strike in Pakistan

QUETTA: Pakistani officials on Sunday registered a case against unnamed US officials for the drone attack that killed fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mansour and a taxi driver earlier this month.

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29May2016

 Turkey's new prime minister wins vote of confidence in parliament
Turkey's new prime minister wins vote of confidence in parliament

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim's government on Sunday won a vote of confidence in parliament as well as approval for his legislative program, parliament speaker Ismail Kahraman said.

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29May2016

PM Nawaz overseeing state affairs from London: PM House
PM Nawaz overseeing state affairs from London: PM House

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister House Saturday said PM Nawaz Sharif is overseeing day to day affairs of the state from London as he is duly assisted by his Principal Secretary, Military Secretary and other staff members.

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28May2016

 PEMRA bans airing birth control, family planning commercials
PEMRA bans airing birth control, family planning commercials

KARACHI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed Television and FM Radio channels to stop airing advertisements marketing contraceptives, birth control and family planning products, according to a notification issued to all media outlets.

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28May2016

PM Nawaz name not removed from ToRs, opposition claims
PM Nawaz name not removed from ToRs, opposition claims

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf spokesperson Naeem ul Haq said that the joint opposition had not agreed to remove the prime minister’s name from the terms of reference (ToRs) of the Panama leaks judicial commission.

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27May2016

Sharapova is included in Russian Olympic team
Sharapova is included in Russian Olympic team

MOSCOW: Maria Sharapova is one of four Russian players named to compete in women's singles at the Olympics in Rio, even though she has been suspended from competition after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium.

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26May2016

Trump secures delegates needed to clinch Republican presidential nomination
Trump secures delegates needed to clinch Republican presidential nomination

WASHINGTON: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reached the number of delegates needed to secure the party´s presidential nomination, the Associated Press reported on Thursday, citing its own delegate count.

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26May2016

 Army Chief says Pakistan determined to confront global terrorism, extremism
Army Chief says Pakistan determined to confront global terrorism, extremism

QUETTA: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan determined to confront the global phenomenon of terrorism and extremism.

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26May2016

Govt, opposition agree on 4-point preamble on Panama Leeks’ ToRs
Govt, opposition agree on 4-point preamble on Panama Leeks’ ToRs

ISLAMABAD: The 12-member parliamentary committee comprising members of the government and opposition have agreed on a 4-point preamble to finalise terms of reference (TORs) for the judicial committee to probe Panama Papers.

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26May2016

CM Balochistan says damaging Balochistan peace is to foil CPEC
CM Balochistan says damaging Balochistan peace is to foil CPEC

QUETTA: Chief Minister Nawab Sanaullah Zehri has said that our enemies were involved in hatching conspiracies and committing anti peace acts in Balochistan in order to foil mega project of China Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) adding that however they would not be allowed to implement their nefarious ...

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25May2016

 Van Gaal sacked by United, Mourinho poised to step in
Van Gaal sacked by United, Mourinho poised to step in

Manchester United sacked manager Louis van Gaal on Monday after an FA Cup triumph failed to make up for the club's inability to qualify for the Champions League amid widespread discontent with a season of insipid performances.

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24May2016

  PPP blames PTI for horse trading in Kashmir Council elections
PPP blames PTI for horse trading in Kashmir Council elections

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party Senator Saeed Ghani has said that Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) claims that it was against horse trading but was trying to do the same in elections of Kashmir Council.

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23May2016

Pakistan’s Textile exports decline 7.7% in 10 months
Pakistan’s Textile exports decline 7.7% in 10 months

ISLAMABAD: The textile exports from the country witnessed negative growth of 7.72 percent during the first ten months of the current fiscal year compared to the corresponding period of last year.

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23May2016

Australian PM´s popularity slips in poll as tight election looms
Australian PM´s popularity slips in poll as tight election looms

MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull´s popularity has fallen, just over a month before what is expected to a closely fought election, a opinion poll published on Saturday showed.

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21May2016

Russian athletes likely to have tested positive for doping at Beijing Olympics: agency
Russian athletes likely to have tested positive for doping at Beijing Olympics: agency

Some Russian athletes are likely to have tested positive for doping in the 2008 Olympic Games after their samples were re-examined, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Friday.

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20May2016

Paris attack suspect refuses to speak at first French court hearing
Paris attack suspect refuses to speak at first French court hearing

PARIS: The man prosecutors believe is the sole survivor of the Islamist group that attacked Paris in November appeared in a French court for the first time on Friday, but refused to speak.

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20May2016

Chinese, Germans the most welcoming of refugees, Russians the least: survey
Chinese, Germans the most welcoming of refugees, Russians the least: survey

LONDON: China is the most welcoming country when it comes to refugees, according to a new survey of citizens' attitudes published on Thursday, with Germany ranking second and Britain third.

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19May2016

Quadrilateral talks on Afghan peace begin amid dim hopes, blame
Quadrilateral talks on Afghan peace begin amid dim hopes, blame

ISLAMABAD: A fifth round of four-nation talks aimed at laying the ground for a negotiated end to the Afghan war began in Islamabad on Wednesday, as hopes faded for bringing the Taliban insurgents to the table quickly.

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18May2016

Shahbaz Taseer credits faith, family, soccer for kidnap survival
Shahbaz Taseer credits faith, family, soccer for kidnap survival

ISLAMABAD: The son of an assassinated Pakistani governor who was released more than four years after his kidnapping by Islamist militants said the Koran, memories of his family and hearing Manchester United soccer games on an illicit radio helped him survive.

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17May2016

Opposition walks out after Khurshid rejects PM’s clarification
Opposition walks out after Khurshid rejects PM’s clarification

ISLAMABAD: Prime minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif  briefed about his and his family’s business history in the session of the Parliament but opposition leader Syed Khurshid Shah in his brief speech rejected the PM’s clarification and the opposition members walked out of the session on Monday.

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16May2016

NA takes up regular agenda besides PM’s address
NA takes up regular agenda besides PM’s address

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly took up its regular agenda while the Prime Minister made a statement on his family´s offshore businesses on Monday during sixth sitting of 32nd session, says Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN).

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16May2016

Imran made Panama Papers a political issue: Abdul Qayyum
Imran made Panama Papers a political issue: Abdul Qayyum

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) senator Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qayyum Saturday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan had made Panama Papers a political issue without being held any probe into the matter.

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15May2016

Islamic State storm Deir al-Zor hospital after dawn offensive: Amaq
Islamic State storm Deir al-Zor hospital after dawn offensive: Amaq

BEIRUT:  Islamic State attacked a hospital in Deir al-Zor on Saturday and seized territory on the edge of the besieged eastern Syrian city still partly controlled by the government, the militant group said.

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14May2016

 Tri cricket series in Caribbean to make floodlight history
Tri cricket series in Caribbean to make floodlight history

BRIDGETOWN: The upcoming tri series between the West Indies, South Africa and Australia will be the first series in history to see all matches played under floodlights, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) announced on Saturday.

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14May2016
 
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