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COVID-19 represents crisis for microfinance in low-income communities

ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 pandemic has created immediate challenges for institutions that serve affected communities, a study says.It was prepared by six academics associated with prestigious...

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Fiscal budget 2020-21 under process: Centre faces mammoth challenges to find ways out for revenue

ISLAMABAD: The Centre will have to face serious challenges to support day to day expenditures after paying defence and debt servicing bills from available resources, as the fiscal budget 2020-21 is...

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Navy, ANF seize 100kg drugs off Pasni

ISLAMABAD: In an intelligence-based joint operation, the Pakistan Navy along with Anti-Narcotics Force seized 100kg crystal off Pasni, Balochistan.The drug was valued at approximately Rs3 billion....

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Pakistan to make own ventilators in two months: Asad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms, and Special Initiatives Asad Umer Friday said Pakistan would be manufacturing its own ventilators in next two months.Talking in a...

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Isolation ward handed over to Drosh hospital

CHITRAL: An isolation ward set up by Aga Khan Health Service at Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Drosh, was handed over to the Health Department on Friday.District Health Officer Dr Shahzada Haiderul...

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PPP, medical bodies demand end to privatisation of healthcare facilities

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan People’s Party and the representatives of medical organisations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have demanded an end to the privatisation of healthcare facilities in the province...

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Judge video scandal case: ATC rejects approver's plea for bail

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorist Court Friday rejected the bail of approver in Judge Arshad Malik video scandal case.The accused, Faisal Shaheen, allegedly made the controversial video of former...

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India in shock over US religious freedom report

A powerful American faith rights watchdog has called for India, which claims to be a multi-religious democracy, to be globally blacklisted over concerning major breaches of religious freedoms,...

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18 bodies of drowned Afghans recovered at Iran border

HERAT: Afghanistan has recovered 18 bodies of migrants who were allegedly beaten and tortured before being forced into a river by Iranian border guards last week, a senior Afghan official said...

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Replies submitted to NAB questionnaire on $50m scam: Petroleum Division admits breach of MGPG-2013

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has admitted that it has violated the marginal gas policy guidelines 2013, and the terms of reference set by directorate general petroleum concessions , while...

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IIUI rector faces controversy of receiving dual salary

ISLAMABAD: Rector International Islamic University Islamabad Dr Masoom Yasinzai is in the middle of a controversy for allegedly receiving dual salary without the notice and prior approval of Board of...

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APNS grieved

KARACHI: Hameed Haroon, President, and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, have expressed their profound grief over the sad demise of the mother of Senator Faisal Javed...

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Replies submitted to NAB questionnaire on $50m scam: Petroleum Division admits breach of MGPG-2013

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has admitted that it has violated the marginal gas policy guidelines 2013, and the terms of reference set by directorate general petroleum concessions , while...

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Judge video scandal case: ATC rejects approver's plea for bail

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Terrorist Court Friday rejected the bail of approver in Judge Arshad Malik video scandal case.The accused, Faisal Shaheen, allegedly made the controversial video of former...

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One billion people will live in insufferable heat within 50 years

LONDON: The human cost of the climate crisis will hit harder, wider and sooner than previously believed, according to a study that shows a billion people will either be displaced or forced to endure...

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Two PINS employees test positive for corona

LAHORE: In the first phases of corona tests of the employees of Punjab Institute of Neuro Sciences, two employees tested positive during testing of initially 50 employees of PINS. In a statement on...

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Indonesia summons Chinese envoy over burials at sea

JAKARTA: Indonesia has summoned China’s ambassador to clarify the deaths of four Indonesian crew from two Chinese-flagged vessels, Indonesia’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after...

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China says it backs WHO in tracing Covid-19

BEIJING: China said on Thursday it supports the World Health Organization in trying to pinpoint the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and accused U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of telling one...

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Telenor contracted for providing hi-speed broadband in Sanghar

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund awarded contract worth PKR 588 million to Telenor Pakistan for providing hi-speed broadband in Sanghar Lot .The Federal Minister IT& Telecom, Syed Amin ul...

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Punjab opp benches question spending of Rs 11 bn for Covid-19 management

LAHORE: Opposition MPAs Khwaja Salman Rafique and Uzma Bokhari at the Punjab Assembly criticised the Punjab government that it had claimed to have spent Rs 11 billion for tackling corona but the...

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India in shock over US religious freedom report

A powerful American faith rights watchdog has called for India, which claims to be a multi-religious democracy, to be globally blacklisted over concerning major breaches of religious freedoms,...

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The challenges of COVID-19

COVID-19, the deadly pandemic, is moving at a fast pace, killing thousands of people worldwide in its wake every day. The confirmed cases of coronavirus have topped 3.4 million worldwide while over...

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Doctors misguiding, mistreating Coronavirus patients: PMA

LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association has expressed serious concern over the increasing number of coronavirus patients and rising death toll of Covid-19 patients in the country.“We are very...

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Pakistan to record 5m births in nine months since Covid-19 declared as pandemic

NEW DELHI: Pakistan is projected to record five million births in the nine months since the COVID-19 was declared pandemic in March and these births expected to take place between March and December,...

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UK Labour leader faces stiff opposition from 50 MPs over IOK statement

LONDON: Fifty Labour Party parliamentarians have told the new Labour leader Keir Starmer that his recent statement on Indian Occupied Kashmir after a meeting with Labour Friends of India is...

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Pakistanis, other ethnics more at risk from COVID-19 in UK

LONDON: Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British...

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COVID-19 represents crisis for microfinance in low-income communities

ISLAMABAD: The COVID-19 pandemic has created immediate challenges for institutions that serve affected communities, a study says.It was prepared by six academics associated with prestigious...

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Adviser, FPCCI discuss business issues through video link

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh has said the government is actively resolving the liquidity related issues of the business community by clearing...

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Fiscal budget 2020-21 under process: Centre faces mammoth challenges to find out ways for revenue

ISLAMABAD: The Centre will have to face serious challenges to support day to day expenditures after paying defence and debt servicing bills from available resources, as the fiscal budget 2020-21 is...

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Prince Harry and Meghan would've been supported by Diana for cutting off royal ties

Diana would’ve been extending her full support to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle




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Milan Fashion Week goes digital in July amid virus pandemic

Coronavirus emergency erupted in Italy in late February, during Milan's Fashion Week, causing some designers to present their runway shows without audiences.




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Courteney Cox's former husband reveals he recorded behind the scene footage from 'Friends'

Courteney Cox's former husband reveals he recorded behind the scene footage from 'Friends'




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Russell Crowe reveals his Hollywood friend told him 'Gladiator' was going to fail at box office

Russell Crowe reveals his Hollywood friend told him 'Gladiator' was going to fail at box office




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Netflix says first two seasons of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' are arriving next month

Netflix says the first two seasons of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' are arriving next month




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US Space Force chief explains why he didn't want Steve Carell to play him on Netflix film

US Space Force chief explains why he didn't want Steve Carell to play him on Netflix film




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Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt 'more cordial' than before despite divorce row: sources

Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt are more cordial than ever before




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British rapper Ty dies from coronavirus at 47

British Rapper Ty has died aged 47 after contracting coronavirus. Ty's death was confirmed by his team on Thursday.




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Samina Ahmed, Manzar Sehbai's loved-up photo breaks the internet

Samina Ahmed and Manzar Sehbai took fans by surprise after they got married earlier last month




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Hania Aamir's unique dance video goes viral

The video has won the hearts on social media and garnered thousands of hearts within no time.




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Kate Middleton reveals what she is doing during lockdown

Kate Middleton, with home-schooling her three children, is doing royal duties via video calls




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Deadpool 2: Ryan Reynolds' starrer slapped with fine over stuntwoman's death

The stuntwoman died while filming a scene for an actress




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Alia Shawkat steps out of her house without Brad Pitt amid virus lockdown

Brad Pitt and Alia recently made headlines for their growing closeness




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Taylor Swift wants fans to watch her 'City of Lover Concert' on TV

Taylor Swift performed songs from her latest album in September in Paris




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Idris Elba seen walking streets of London after recovering from Covid-19

Idris Elba, along with his wife Sabrina Dhowre Elb, tested positive for a 'very mild' strain of coronavirus in March




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Demi Lovato makes loved-up appearance with Max Ehrich in Ariana Grande's new song

Demi Lovato left fans gushing after she made a PDA-filled appearance with boyfriend Max Ehrich in Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s new track




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Greece's 'invisible' artists call for help in virus squeeze

In a country where art is widely seen as a pastime, and performers have long struggled to secure steady pay and royalties, the closure of theatres and cinemas and the cancellation of summer festivals has wrought havoc




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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's exit to get turned into a movie

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are now going to have a film based on their life as well




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Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's biographer dishes the details about explosive tell-all book

Meghan Markle, Prince Harry gave interviews for the book to the authors before they left UK




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Tekashi 6ix9ine returns with new song, shatters Instagram live viewership record

In his first post-prison track 'Gooba,' Tekashi 6ix9ine flaunted his jaw-dropping performance accompanied by six women and a puppy




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Beyonce's family tested for coronavirus ahead of Mother's Day celebration

Beyonce’s mother Tina Lawson said: 'We all got tested. We’ve gotten the results back and everybody is okay'