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WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump threatened to keep the US government partially shut for months or years on Friday after he and Democratic leaders failed to resolve their dispute over Trump’s request for $5.6 billion to build a wall on…

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim order, accepting the excuse of National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) chief Khaliq Dad Lak from heading a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) in Pakpattan land case. According to…

LOS ANGELES: A collection of draft scripts for “The Wizard of Oz” and other material from the archives of the 1939 film are going up for auction in December and could fetch up to $1.2 million. Los Angeles auctioneers Profiles in History…

ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said Islamabad has invited Saudi Arabia to invest in the Beijing-funded, multi-billion dollar infrastructure corridor being constructed in Pakistan. The China Pakistan Economic Corridor…

One of the veteran politicians of Pakistan, Sheikh Rasheed has been into electoral politics since 1985. He has been elected as a member of the National Assembly six times in a row from 1985 to 2002. He is often rebuked by opponents for…

ISLAMABAD: As official results of general elections start trickling in, various political contenders have expressed reservations on the election outcomes and pleaded to the Returning Officers (ROs) for recounting of votes. Usman Dar,…

Asfandyar Wali Khan, the son of a prominent Pakhtun nationalist and politician, Khan Abdul Wali Khan, was born in Shahibagh in Charsadda town of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on February 19, 1949.  He got his early education from the…

Amir Khan is a senior leader of MQM-Pakistan’s Bahadurabad faction formed after the February disagreement between him and then party chief Farooq Sattar. Amir and his likeminded leaders formed the new faction, a second blow to the party…