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Opposition speaking against army, ISI chiefs proves my

selection was absolutely right: PM Imran
Premier, during visit to Gilgit-Baltistan on its 73rd Independence Day,
congratulates the people on its new provincial status.
Updated about 17 hours ago

Armed forces should not appear to be inclined towards

any one political party, advises Maryam Nawaz

"The DG ISPR is a professional soldier and the spokesperson for the

institution, he should be very careful," says PML-N leader.
Updated about 12 hours ago

Spanish cities witness clashes as anger at virus curbs

rises
In Madrid, scores of demonstrators chanting “freedom!” torch rubbish
bins, set up makeshift barricades.
Updated about 12 hours ago

I ikhar, Babar star in Pakistan's series-clinching win

against Zimbabwe in Pindi

Iftikhar's 5-for and Babar's unbeaten 77 gives Pakistan an unassailable

2-0 lead in the ODI series.
Updated about 12 hours ago

Man rescued from rubble a er 33 hours as Turkey

quake death toll hits 62
O cials say 20 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake that struck
Aegean sea.
Updated about 11 hours ago

Macron seeks to calm tensions with Muslims

French president denounces calls for a boycott of French goods.

Updated about 21 hours ago

FO denounces rumours by fake Twitter account

regarding Pakistani community in France

A Twitter account pretending to be run by the Pakistan embassy in

France claimed Pakistanis were being deported from France.
Two law firms shortlisted to fight for Pakistan’s
Basmati

PM likely to pick one of the two Brussels-based rms as deadline to

challenge Indian claim over rice brand draws near.
Updated about 22 hours ago

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UAE Exchange

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11:00 PM

Europe's Covid-19 cases double in 5 weeks, total

infections surpass 10 million
10:40 PM
9:52 PM

480 new cases, 4 deaths recorded in Sindh

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A er year of disruption, America set to choose a path

ahead
US Republican party tries to save its Senate majority,
with or without Trump

US vote can shape how world warms as climate pact

exit looms

Clipped wings: How Pakistan's aviation was grounded

Editorial: The French president can learn from
Trudeau's response to the blasphemous sketches

Amid renewed attacks, underrating the terrorism

threat is nothing short of daydreaming
No more traitor labels, please

Remembering Saleem Asmi, the man who breached a

fortress
Smokers' Corner: Conspiracy is the last refuge of failing
regimes

The current wave of anti-incumbency sentiment in

Chile and Pakistan has much to do with economic
hardship
Story of the drop: what's inside a polio vaccine that
prevents up to 3 million deaths every year

Sponsored

Butterfly Breathables partners with IBA Karachi to fill

vending machines with female hygiene products
The initiative intends to raise awareness on the subject while unseating
stereotypes against menstruation in Pakistan.

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I stand by my stance, have never made irresponsible

statements: Ayaz Sadiq
"I am standing by my stance and you will see in future, I have many
secrets. I had been heading the National Security Committee."
2

Pakistan wants even-handed treatment from US with

respect to India: PM Imran
"India is a threat to its neighbours, to China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and
to us," he says in an interview with a German magazine.
3
Saudi Arabia angers India with independent Kashmir
banknote
The world map on the new 20 Riyal note's background shows Kashmir
as a separate country.
4

Free speech has limits, Canada's Trudeau says

Canadian PM says free speech should not “arbitrarily and needlessly
hurt” certain communities.
5
Opposition speaking against army, ISI chiefs proves my
selection was absolutely right: PM Imran
Premier, during visit to Gilgit-Baltistan on its 73rd Independence Day,
congratulates the people on its new provincial status.

UAE Exchange

How can we make university campuses safer for

women?
 POPULAR OPED WRITERS

OVER LAST 3 DAYS

Opinion
Dangerous deadlock
Maleeha Lodhi
Both sides should step back from confrontation and engage in a
national dialogue to solve problems.

Protecting against the second wave

Umair Javed
A new wave of the virus and its accompanying containment measures
pose a complex set of challenges.
Neutral platforms?
Huma Yusuf
In truth, they are on the side of pro ts.

Zero hunger
Minà Dowlatchahi
We can expect a deterioration in food security.

Editorial

America’s choice
THE United States is gearing up for a poll verdict on Nov 3 in what is
arguably one of the most crucial and...

Rao Anwar’s trial

THE trial of retired SSP Malir Rao Anwar in the Naqeebullah Mehsud
murder case is emblematic of a dysfunctional ...

Fertiliser subsidy
THE federal government’s decision to allow a subsidy of Rs5.4bn on
diammonium phosphate, or DAP, fertiliser will...

Today's Toon

Sport

I ikhar, Babar star in Pakistan's series-clinching win

Evergreen Imran defies cramps to hit century

Aleem on verge of another world record

Business

Two law firms shortlisted to fight for Pakistan’s

Basmati

Meagre cut in petrol, diesel prices

Remittance inflows to increase by 9pc, says WB

Tech

BBC clamps down on social media posts by sta

Make Science Great Again: US researchers dream of life

a er Trump

Republicans scold social media CEOs at senate hearing,

warn of restrictions
You now have a chance to attend Shahrukh Khan's
virtual birthday bash
The virtual experience of being at his residence Mannat will be followed
by sel e booths, games, SRK quizzes and performances.
Images Sta Published 2 days ago

Pakistan's first deaf vlogger Hassan Ahmed is hosting

his own TV show
"We hope this initiative will pave the way for deaf community to be
included in mainstream media and feel heard," he shared.
Images Sta Published 2 days ago

Bilal Abbas, Madiha Imam’s new webseries for Zee5 is

not your average love story
Directed by Mehreen Jabbar, the series premieres today on the online
streaming platform.
Maliha Rehman Published 3 days ago

India has now become the sick man of South Asia

India has never looked so vulnerable and edgy in its own
neighbourhood as it looks now.
Sanjay Kumar Published 26 Oct, 2020 11:00am

'Churails' and family law in Pakistan

I'll describe a few important rules of family law that we may learn or
get cues on via Churails.
Zubair Abbasi Updated 22 Oct, 2020 01:04pm
Toxic masculinity is a problem. So what are men going
to do about it?
Can a society where half the population feels unsafe, traumatised, and
harassed every day of their lives make progress?
Uzair Younus Updated 21 Oct, 2020 10:58am

Photo Gallery

In pictures: Eid-i-Miladun Nabi celebrated across South

Asia with religious fervour amid pandemic
Hundreds in India protest govt handling of Dalit
woman's fatal rape

In pictures: Primary students back in class in final

phase of reopening educational institutions

In pictures: Crowds in masks pack out China auto show

a er virus delay

World
Biden nears finish line with lead in polls, but Trump
still close in swing states
Biden's lead over the Republican president has stayed steady in recent
months as the public health crisis has persisted.
Reuters Published about 15 hours ago

Man rescued from rubble a er 33 hours as Turkey

quake death toll hits 62
O cials say 20 buildings were destroyed by the earthquake that struck
Aegean sea.
Reuters Updated about 11 hours ago

Macron seeks to calm tensions with Muslims

AFP Updated about 21 hours ago

CLIPPED WINGS: HOW PAKISTAN’S AVIATION WAS

GROUNDED
Incompetence, personal ambition and lust for attention have almost
sunk the aviation industry.
Tahir Imran Mian Updated about 18 hours ago

HISTORY: THE GILGIT-BALTISTAN CONUNDRUM

November 1 is celebrated as an independence day in Gilgit-Baltistan,
even though it o cially remains part of the unresolved...
Sajjad Ahmad Published a day ago
FOOTBALL: SOCCER’S SCORELESS SHEET
Pakistan is the only Asian country never to have won a FIFA World Cup
quali er. Lacklustre coaching, o -the- eld issues and...
Shahrukh Sohail Published a day ago

THE ICON INTERVIEW: THE EMPRESS HAS HER CLOTHES

Designer Maria B. doesn’t take part in fashion weeks anymore, doesn’t
have much of an interest in getting mileage from critics,
Maliha Rehman Published a day ago
CINEMASCOPE: BIG ON SURPRISES
Love and Monsters is one of the most surprisingly fun lms of the year
Noman Ansari Published a day ago

THE GRAPEVINE
The rumour that theatre director Dawar Mehmood and actress Amna
Ilyas are romantically involved — some even suggest that they’ve
PYT Published a day ago

Business & Finance

Low-cost housing: banks go all in

Deep in choppy waters

Weekly rupee-dollar parity

The railway lines in Pakistan and the stories they tell

The pleasures and perils of sheltering animals

What lies behind the spread of HIV in Larkana

Aurora

Will the construction industry revive Pakistan's

economy?

Swiss Miss has a makeover

Sunday Magazine

HEALTH: VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINES

Interview: A dose of Bose

CINEMASCOPE: THE JAWS OF RACISM

Young World

The power of forgiveness

Mailbox

Story Time: No pain no gain

Books & Authors

NON-FICTION: WHEN PUNJAB ROSE UP

NON-FICTION: LESSONS FROM ROY'S AZADI

BOOKS IN BRIEF

Newspaper
Front Page

‘Blackmailers’ will face justice, vows PM

AGP finds non-recovery of over Rs1.1tr in

petroleum sector

Divide growing between masses and institutions,

says Maryam

Minister slammed over Taliban attack remarks

Imran wants even-handed treatment from US
with respect to India
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Back Page

PTI plans public meetings to ‘counter PDM

campaign’

Stage set for Umra by foreign pilgrims

Europe braces for fresh lockdowns as Covid-19

cases double in 5 weeks

Swordsman in mediaeval clothing kills two in

Quebec

HK opposition politicians held for protest in

legislature
Read More
National

SITUATIONER: The killer highway in Balochistan

Smuggled goods seized in raid

PML-N leaders condemn leadership’s ‘anti-state’

narrative

No complaints of hardship from Pakistani

diaspora in France, says FO

Dialogue urged for reducing political tension

Read More
Karachi
Anti-France rallies over blasphemous caricatures
grip city

Shipbreaking industry workers seek protection,

due rights

‘PM should move UN to get sacrilege declared

terrorism’

PTI holds rally to condemn anti-army statements

Saleem Asmi: an excellent teacher of newspaper

editing
Read More
Lahore

Ri with PAS: PMS pledges to fight for due share

of posts

Punjab Notes: Language and power are

inseparably linked

JUI-F protests provisional status for GB

‘Three fleeing dacoits shot dead by accomplices’

Citizens renew calls for public university in

Gujranwala
Read More
Islamabad

Islamabad saw drastic rise in Covid-19 cases in

October

Woman killed over domestic dispute

Girl gang-raped

Expedition set to make attempt on K2 in winter

Protest held against blasphemous caricatures

Read More
Peshawar

Free treatment scheme extended to Malakand

division

Minorities alliance protests ‘forced conversions’

Two killed while shi ing mobile tower to

mountain top

31 newspapers removed from media list for not

fulfilling criteria

Imran most incompetent PM in country’s history:

Siraj
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Business

Low-cost housing: banks go all in

Deep in choppy waters

Weekly rupee-dollar parity

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

US elections: what’s at stake for Pakistan’s

economy?
R dM
Sport

I ikhar, Babar seal Zimbabwe’s fate as Pakistan

clinch ODI series

ZC chairman lauds Pakistan for restoring

international cricket

Maria looks to make her mark with Pakistan

Sarfaraz roars into form with unbeaten ton

‘Karachi to host Queen’s Baton Relay for CW

Games in Dec 2021’
Read More
Editorial

America’s choice

Rao Anwar’s trial

Fertiliser subsidy

Irresponsible remarks

Dangerous path
Read More
Column

Dangerous deadlock

Protecting against the second wave

Neutral platforms?

Zero hunger
Politicising terrorism
Read More
International

Biden joined by Obama as Trump targets

Pennsylvania in election finale

Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at

90

Berlin’s much-delayed new airport welcomes first

flights

Macron seeks to calm tensions with Muslims

Canadian premier says free speech has limits

Read More
Sunday Magazine

HEALTH: VOICES FROM THE FRONT LINES

Interview: A dose of Bose

CINEMASCOPE: THE JAWS OF RACISM

Past present: Mixed feelings

GOING ONLINE: LESSONS FROM THE CLASSROOM

Read More
Books & Authors
Business & Finance

Low-cost housing: banks go all in

Deep in choppy waters

Weekly rupee-dollar parity

KSE 100-share index fluctuations

US elections: what’s at stake for Pakistan’s

economy?
Read More
Young World

The power of forgiveness

Mailbox

Story Time: No pain no gain

Poet's Corner

Book review: Disney’s Scary Storybook Collection

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