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North Korea test-fires most powerful missile since 2017

North Korea on Sunday tested its most powerful missile since 2017, ramping up the firepower for its record-breaking seventh launch this month as Seoul...

Authority to implement Benami law to function from tomorrow

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has set up administrative structure to implement Benami Act, 2017 and the adjudicating authority has been constituted to take action against Benami holders of bank accounts or properties with effect from July 1, 2019 (tomorrow).

Canada saw a spike in hate crimes in 2017

OTTAWA: The number of hate crimes reported to police in Canada jumped by 47 percent in 2017 from the previous year, targeting mostly Muslim,...

Syria recorded 68,000 deaths in 2017: report

BEIRUT: Syria's civil registries recorded 68,000 deaths in the war-torn country in 2017, pro-regime daily Al-Watan reported its head said. "Last year, we confirmed 68,000...

PSP chief challenges census results in SC

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court against the provisional results of census 2017. Kamal filed a petition...

1.75 million tourists visited Pakistan in 2017: report

KARACHI: Following a significant improvement in the security situation, tourism in Pakistan has increased by 300 per cent over the past few years, a...

Global carbon emissions hit record high in 2017

LONDON: Global energy-related carbon emissions rose to a historic high of 32.5 gigatonnes last year, after three years of being flat, due to higher...

Global dividends hit record of $1.25 trillion in 2017, more to come

MILAN: Global dividends rose 7.7 percent to an all-time high of $1.25 trillion (£891 billion) last year boosted by a buoyant world economy and...

Costliest year in history: Natural disaster damage cost America $306 billion in 2017

NEW YORK: Last year was the most expensive in US history for natural disasters, with a barrage of fires, freezes, floods and hurricanes that...

US police shot and killed 987 people in 2017: WPost

WASHINGTON: Police officers shot and killed nearly 1,000 people in the United States in 2017, slightly more than the previous year, according to a...

How Pakistan’s economy fared in the year 2017

Pakistan's economic growth has historically been tumultuous and unsteady, which adds to the uncertainty of the country’s economic conditions. However, the latest trends show...

Malala Yousafzai pens down list of achievements in 2017

As 2017 culminated people made new year resolutions and many reminiscined their successes and failures all the yearlong with prayers for the new year. Pakistani...

Flight that takes off in 2018 and lands in 2017

With fake news being named ‘word of the year in 2017’ and intense use of this phrase in the outgone year, and as we...

Chief Justice asks litigants to satisfy how Election Act violates constitution

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday questioned the maintainability of as many as 13 petitions challenging the Election Act 2017, which paved the way for ousted...

Pakistan, rest of the world welcome 2018 with new hopes and ambitions!

KARACHI: Tonnes of fireworks were set off in different cities of Pakistan as the clock struck midnight to welcome new year of 2018. People in...

Shah Rukh Khan names his favourite 2017 movies

'Bollywood King' Shahrukh Khan, in a recent interview named his most favorite movies of 2017 (in fact, a complete list of films). Shah Rukh Khan...

Here are political turncoats who switched sides in 2017

Driven by self-interests and political convenience rather than any principles, values, and ideology, politicians (political leaders) in Pakistan change party colours faster than the...

2017 in review: Tumultuous happenings that jolted Pakistan’s politics

It has been quite a tumultuous year with full of surprises that sought to redraw the country's political landscape. The Panama Papers that came to...

‘The Year of AI’: Top trends and innovations in science and technology in the year 2017

2017 was an eventful year for innovations in science and technology as the world started embracing Artificial Intelligence , more countries announced ambitious projects...

9 fake stories of 2017 that people believed were true!

2017 has been an eventful year and if we look back at the outgoing year – a number of stories came into global spotlight...
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