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Four-day visit: South Korean premier arrives in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: South Korea’s Prime Minister Chung Hong-won arrived in Islamabad on Sunday, kicking off a four-day official visit to enhance existing bilateral cooperation with Pakistan. Hong-won, who is...
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Partnership: Islamabad proposes free trade with Seoul
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to strengthen the existing bilateral cooperation between them, Pakistan offered to prepare a ‘country partnership strategy’ with South Korea for the next three years. Apart from...
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Vandalising Islamabad and the rule of law
This can happen only in Pakistan: the prime minister rides through a bone-jarring road that leads up to a hill within Zone 5 — the designated area for a National Park in Islamabad’s master plan....
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Second edition: Islamabad Literature Festival coming to town
ISLAMABAD: Over a 100 writers and academics from Pakistan and abroad will be participating in the second Islamabad Literature Festival (ILF), scheduled to begin on April 25. Announcing the highlights...
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One-on-one: Nawaz and Zardari meet at PM House in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari met on Wednesday at the PM House in Islamabad, Express News reported. This is the second meeting between the two since the...
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National Security Committee meets at PM House in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee meeting took place at the PM House on Thursday, Express News reported. The meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and attended by both government...
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The whirling dervishes come to Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: The image of the whirling dervish, robed in simplicity and steeped in an otherworldly reverence to the creator, is one that has trickled into the mainstream appreciation of Sufism in...
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Islamabad is all set for Musical Fusion Confusion
ISLAMABAD: Fusion has become something of a buzzword in the underground music scene, where the average aspiring musician is constantly seeking to innovate existing sound. Often, this ambitious...
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Moizullah takes lesson from Islamabad defeat
KARACHI: Seventeen-year-old Moizullah Baig, who has become the face of scrabble in Pakistan, said he is hoping to successfully defend his title at the 2014 World Youth Scrabble Championship later this...
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Islamabad Declaration 2014: Jurists call for regulating suo motu powers
ISLAMABAD: Jurists from across the world called for regulating the suo motu powers of the Supreme Court in order to ensure that the “exercise of judicial power neither hampers nor stunts executive...
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Islamabad sabzi mandi: A [un]usual day at the market
A crate of guavas planted with five kilogrammes of explosives wreaked havoc in the lives of hundreds of families in the federal capital on an early April morning last week. The blast not only claimed...
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Islamabad literati on Marquez
ISLAMABAD: Millions of admirers across the world offered tributes to the Colombian Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez who popularized the genre of magic realism most notably through...
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Islamabad Club Polo Ground: First ever match sees Serena win, and lose
The first polo match of the capital after the inauguration of the picturesque new ground was held by Serena Hotels this Saturday. The exhibition match took place at the beautiful Islamabad Club Polo...
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In solidarity with army: Rallies staged in Lahore, Islamabad
ISLAMABAD / LAHORE: Approximately 500 workers of Sunni Tehreek and Namoos-e-Risalat Mohaz carried out a rally from the Lahore Press Club to Geo News’ office at Davis Road on Tuesday. The protestors...
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Commuting conundrum: Islamabad Traffic Police fail to plan, announce...
ISLAMABAD: As work on the Islamabad section of the metro bus project gets under way, traffic congestion on main arteries has increased. It also has exposed the Islamabad Traffic Police’s (ITP)...
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National hockey camp underway in Islamabad
KARACHI: The Pakistan hockey team began its training camp at the Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium, Islamabad on Sunday for the upcoming 17th Asian Games to be played at Incheon, South Korea from September...
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The new Islamabad airport: PAC stops govt’s land acquisition for runway
ISLAMABAD: While suspecting money minting in the process of land acquisition as the sole motive behind the construction of a new airport in Islamabad, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday...
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Islamabad Administration rejects PTI’s NOC for protest
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Administration has not permitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold a protest at D Chowk against alleged rigging in the May 11, 2013 elections, Express News reported on...
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Islamabad seeks 15-day reprieve for travellers
ISLAMABAD: Expressing displeasure over the travel ban recommendation, Islamabad has requested the World Health Organisation to announce that Pakistani travellers should not be asked for polio...
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Access to new Islamabad airport: PAC clears way for constructing new road
ISLAMABAD: The accountability arm of parliament has allowed the government to press on with its plan to build a new road for access to the new Islamabad airport, which is under construction, but...
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