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Significant operation against money laundering in the offing

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Friday that his government will launch the biggest ever...

Neither want NRO nor will seek any: Bilawal

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari accompan...

Several ‘big guns’ on list of suspects placed on ECL in fake accounts case

The federal government on Friday released the list of 172 suspects who...

Shehbaz chairs first PAC meeting with NAB chairman in attendance

Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim Leag...

Salmaan Taseer honoured in Germany

FRANKFURT: Honouring the contributions of Shaheed Salmaan Taseer in th...

SC directs Interior Ministry to declare Gulen group a banned outfit

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Ministry of Interi...

Saudi Arabia offers to host Afghan peace talks

ISLAMABAD: Saudi Arabia has offered to host Afghan peace talks amid in...

Army chief confirms death penalty for 22 men

Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirm...

PM constitutes a foreign affairs advisory council

The federal government has constituted a foreign affairs advisory coun...

Power has turned those in Islamabad blind to people’s plight: Zardari

Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Friday warned t...

Significant arrest made in Ali Raza Abidi’s assassination case: Sindh CM

Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah said on Friday that a "significant...

Two security men killed, one injured in IED blast

Two security personnel were killed and another injured in a roadside I...

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Infographic: Pakistan’s gross national income

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Infographic: Health recommendations for Pakistan’s polluted air

Featured, Health & Food

5 Bollywood stars who started from TV

Featured, Lifestyle

Videos

Video: Inspector suspended for dancing to ‘Kisi disco mein jaaye’

VIDEO: Ronaldo receives heart-warming ovation at Old Trafford

VIDEO: Young Khabib Nurmagomedov grapples a bear

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Editorial

Bilawal’s status quo

The PPP spent the death anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto...

The princess and Mrs Robinson

A former Irish Prime Minister is in hot water this week with human rig...

Policy shift?

At his weekly press briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad...

TODAY’S CARTOON

Op-Eds

Dr.Amineh Hoti, ilm seeker

Akbar Ahmed

Kashmir — “A new law would be made to hang BJP leaders involved in killings”

Dr Syed Nazir Gilani

Forty years of China’s ‘reform and opening up’

S M Hali

Defend liberal democracy in its birth places

Muhammad Rana Hussain

Realising the dream of atheocratic Islamic state

Saad Hafiz

Gangsters’ haven

Ikram Sehgal

Facebook Post

Jeremy McLellan Comedy

COMMENTARY

Is micro financing in Thar, a real reason behind locals’ suicides?

Muhammad Abbas Khaskheli

Despite Pakistan’s peace making gestures, India sticks to geopolitics

Col (R) Muhammad Hanif

Revolutionizing the way we shop – a look into the ecommerce mechanism

Sidra Ayub

Opportunity Cost of No CPEC

Shakeel Ahmad Ramay

PERSPECTIVES

Hassan al-Kontar: Inside the story of his rescue from Syria

Robin Levinson-King BBC News Toronto

Letter from Africa: Africa’s history makers in 2018

BBC

2018: The year Congress and social media collided

RACHEL KASER

#MeToo, increased workplace participation and other ways in which 2018 was an empowering year for women

Gita Aravamudan Firstpost

#MeToo’s winds blowing to the East

ARTS, CULTURE & BOOKS

‘Between the Great Divide’ — highlighting miseries of a common Kashmiri

Anam Zakaria's un-put-downable book ‘Between the Great Divide---a jour...

OUP publishes five new books

Rani, The Beautiful Swan Maheen Zeeshan Rani is a beautiful swan livin...

The man who lived the hundredth cut

The girl was talking non-stop while the old man was brooding and the n...

Renowned poet Munir Niazi remembered on death anniversary

Renowned Urdu and Punjabi poet, Munir Ahmed Niazi was remembered on hi...

Academic receives 1.5m euros grant to rescue ‘women’s writing’

A Spanish academic has embarked on a five-year quest to rescue the wor...

Life & Style

Arthur reprimanded for showing dissent

LAHORE: Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur has received an official warning...

Mujeeb Alam — a singer with a soft voice

In the embryonic days (mid 1960s to end 1960s) of Pakistan Television...

‘Baaji’ will bridge the divide between new-age and classical Pakistani cinema: Saqib Malik

Seasoned music-video director and ad-filmmaker, Saqib Malik has been a...

Angelina Jolie says might run for US president

Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie has recently said that she might be joi...

Benedict Cumberbatch will feature in Brexit thriller

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch will play Brexit mastermind Dominic Cumming...

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Front Page

Significant operation against money laundering in the offing
Several ‘big guns’ on list of suspects placed on ECL in fake accounts case
Bilawal vows to ‘fight back’
Zardari among 172 being put on ECL
Sindh CM says his name ‘fitted’ in report

National News

KP health minister says will deploy health staff across province
A billion dollar industry and zero profit
PM Imran to visit Qatar and Turkey in January
No need to hear suspects’ stance before putting their names on ECL: law minister
CPEC has no military dimensions: FO

Editorial

Bilawal’s status quo
The princess and Mrs Robinson
Policy shift?
Dr.Amineh Hoti, ilm seeker
Kashmir — “A new law would be made to hang BJP leaders involved in killings”

Opinion

Increasing unemployment
Politics in sports
Marine pollution
Good lesson
Pak-Russia ties

Commentary

Is micro financing in Thar, a real reason behind locals’ suicides?
Despite Pakistan’s peace making gestures, India sticks to geopolitics
Revolutionizing the way we shop – a look into the ecommerce mechanism
Opportunity Cost of No CPEC
What has the world done to deserve heroes?

Perspectives

Hassan al-Kontar: Inside the story of his rescue from Syria
Letter from Africa: Africa’s history makers in 2018
2018: The year Congress and social media collided
#MeToo, increased workplace participation and other ways in which 2018 was an empowering year for women
Russia tells US not to interfere in Saudi Crown Prince MBS becoming king, despite Khashoggi killing

Sports

Amla finds form as South Africa down Pakistan in first Test
Bumrah barrage puts India in charge in Melbourne
Pakistan senior players get ‘cricketing lesson’ from coach Mickey Arhur
Australia Test cricketer Usman’s brother re-arrested
Wild Oats XI clinch ninth Sydney-Hobart line honours

Back Page

Neither want NRO nor will seek any: Bilawal
Shehbaz chairs first PAC meeting with NAB chairman in attendance
Salmaan Taseer honoured in Germany
SC directs Interior Ministry to declare Gulen group a banned outfit
Saudi Arabia offers to host Afghan peace talks

Islamabad

EU grants 115 million euros to Pakistan for strengthening education sector
First-ever conference on criminology calls for modernising investigation techniques
Pakistan to host ice skating, ice hockey competition for the first time
AIOU holds Jashan-e-Jinnah to honour Quaid’s teachings
Sanjrani expresses need to strengthen relations with Brunei

Lahore

Placing Bilawal’s name on ECL shows ‘dual standards of accountability’: PPP
Shaukat Khanum completes 24 years of service
Good governance means that the entire society benefits from the leader’s policies: Sarwar
CM announces Apna Ghar Project is near completion, more areas to be included in it
Sad to see we are playing football with refugees: Farhatullah Babar

Karachi

People of Sindh being treated like enemies, says CM Sindh
PPP leaders flay ‘concocted’ investigation against top brass of party
Chief secretary inaugurates SMIU’s 24-hour transmission of FM Radio
PTI leader demands CM’s resignation, says party can form govt in Sindh
No decision yet to change CM: Wahab

Business & Finance

Pakistan stock market activity likely to remain dull in 2019
Pakistan stocks fall amid political chaos
ICCI calls for elimination of power theft to achieve sustainable growth
APTMA hails supply of ‘affordable’ energy to textile industry
Pakistan Tunisia talks to proceed ahead for finalizing PTA

Markets & Money

Euro currency remains a work in progress on 20th birthday
North Korea ‘Singapore shops’ reveal familiar sanction gaps
Deep underground, new NYC train hub slowly takes shape
Asian LNG prices slip but deliveries for December at record high
Malaysia says Norway move to ban palm-based biodiesel could hinder EFTA trade talks

Foreign News

UAE reopens Damascus embassy after seven years
Brazil military’s central role in Rio security nearing end
Rebels breach Myanmar cease-fire in army attack
GOP share of Latino vote steady under Trump
Ahead of Bangladesh vote, opposition says it has been silenced

Arts, Culture & Books

#MeToo’s winds blowing to the East
‘Between the Great Divide’ — highlighting miseries of a common Kashmiri
OUP publishes five new books
The man who lived the hundredth cut
Renowned poet Munir Niazi remembered on death anniversary

Entertainment

Mujeeb Alam — a singer with a soft voice
‘Baaji’ will bridge the divide between new-age and classical Pakistani cinema: Saqib Malik
Angelina Jolie says might run for US president
Benedict Cumberbatch will feature in Brexit thriller
Acappella music explored