ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday announced that board exams would begin in the country after June 15. Taking to Twitter to share details on the board exams, Shafqat Mahmood said that Interprovincial Education Ministers Conference (IPEMC) took place yesterday and it was decided that Board exams would begin after June 15.The education […]
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Major sit-ins by a religious party which severely disrupted traffic and had thousands of people stranded for hours a day earlier started to wrap up Tuesday morning. In addition, they burned George W. Bush effigies and denounced the government for backing the international decision to fight terrorism. They also vowed to back Osama bin Laden […]
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Mohammad Rizwan took inspiration from teammate Fakhar Zaman and steered Pakistan to their highest winning run chase as they beat South Africa by four wickets in the first Twenty20 international at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday. Rizwan made an unbeaten 74 as Pakistan chased down a target of 189 with one ball to […]
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Pakistan’s economic growth rate will stay at 1.5 percent in 2021, says the World Economic Outlook Report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday. The revised 3 percent GDP growth forecast released a few days ago by the State Bank of Pakistan contrasts sharply with the 1.5 percent growth prognosis by the IMF. […]
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Pakistan, Nigeria and Indonesia will be among the biggest recipients of free Covid-19 vaccines before June — more than 10 million doses each — the Covax scheme announced Tuesday. Some 238.2 million doses will be distributed around the world by the end of May through the programme aimed at boosting access to coronavirus jabs in […]
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Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh is going to step down in two days, it is learnt reliably. According to insiders, Shaikh had to be elected as a senator to continue his role in the government. Imran Khan, according to Faraz, made the decision to appoint a new financial team as a result of “the inflation that […]
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Pakistan and Indian military commanders have established a hotline contact and discussed matters relating to maintaining ceasefire along Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir. Is the ice is melting? The hotline contact was the second development between the arch-rivals within four days that can be seen as a thaw in the tense bilateral ties for […]
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New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs on Wednesday after a thrilling finish to the first Test in Mount Maunganui, where the visitors were just 27 balls from pulling off a battling draw. Tail-enders Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah blocked for seven overs in fading light before Naseem was caught and bowled by spinner Mitchell […]
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Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chairman Fazlur Rehman on Sunday warned the establishment and the armed forces against blocking people’s way. Addressing an anti-government meeting of the PDM at Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday, Fazl said the establishment should let people take over the parliament. He said it would be the people of Pakistan who would rule the […]
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Pakistan’s COVID-19 positivity ratio fell to 6 per cent on Tuesday, a week after reaching its highest-ever level of 7.46pc since the coronavirus outbreak began in the country earlier this year. A meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) with Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar in the chair was informed today that […]
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