/taxonomy/term/223401 en /node/2107226/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2022-06-20 18:11</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Pakistani doctors in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday performed lifesaving surgeries on two Afghan children suffering from congenital heart diseases (CHD), the first among 40 children whose treatment is being facilitated by Pakistani and Afghan non-governmental organizations (NGOs). </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022/06/20/3294256-322900464.jpg" width="1300" height="882" alt="" title="An afghan child with congenital heart diseases sit inside a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan in this undated photo. These children were brought to Pakistan for treatment by the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society and Pakistan&#039;s Al-Khidmat Foundation.(Al-Khidmat Foundation, Pakistan) " /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/afghan-red-crescent-society">Afghan Red Crescent Society</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/al-khidmat-foundation">Al-Khidmat Foundation</a></div></div></div> Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:25:53 +0000 fatimah.amjad 2107226 at /node/1867271/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-05-30 10:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Once prominently present in the architecture of the Indian subcontinent, the art of fresco painting may soon disappear in Pakistan, craftsmen say, as their skills are no longer sought after by contemporary patrons, except for preserving times long gone.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/05/30/2641221-1656032666.jpg" width="3264" height="1731" alt="" title="Fresco art on the walls and ceilings of historical buildings in the Walled City of Lahore. (AN photo by Adil Lahori)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lahore">Lahore</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 30 May 2021 07:34:55 +0000 farheen.fatima 1867271 at /node/1798051/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2021-01-25 10:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE – Winter expeditions to Pakistan by Gulf falconers to hunt the rare houbara bustard every year have helped uplift impoverished hunting towns, some locals say, though conservationists have raised alarm about continued hunting in the absence of annual population surveys of the birds.<br /> The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the bustard — a shy, rare bird, the size of a chicken — as a vulnerable species with a global population of between 50,000 and 100,000. The bird has nearly vanished on the Arabian Peninsula.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/01/25/2444011-1689032693.jpg" width="1432" height="843" alt="Wildlife officials release a falcon in Peshawar on Oct. 23, 2019. (AFP/File)" title="Wildlife officials release a falcon in Peshawar on Oct. 23, 2019. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/gulf-falconers">Gulf falconers</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/world-wildlife-fund">World Wildlife Fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/falcons">falcons</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:17:20 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1798051 at /node/1783121/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-12-26 12:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE – The ‘highest levels of Turkish government’ have contacted a waste management company in an ongoing row between two Turkish contractors and municipal authorities in eastern Pakistan, a spokesperson for the company said on Friday.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/12/26/2401866-1318674991.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="In this undated photo, an Oz Pak worker stands next to a garbage truck. (Photo courtesy: Glassdoor website)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lahore">Lahore</a></div></div></div> Sat, 26 Dec 2020 10:36:01 +0000 fatimah.amjad 1783121 at /node/1776591/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-12-13 09:15</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has announced it will march towards Islamabad by the end of January to topple the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, at a massive opposition rally which took place on Sunday in the grounds of Lahore’s historic Minar-e-Pakistan.<br /> The PDM is an alliance of 11 major political parties campaigning nationwide to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan who they accuse of coming into power through a rigged election. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/12/13/2383891-351303967.jpg" width="2000" height="1125" alt="Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, center, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, right, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, left, leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, wave to supporters during an anti-government rally in Lahore on Dec. 13, 2020. (AP)" title="Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, center, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, right, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, left, leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance of opposition parties, wave to supporters during an anti-government rally in Lahore on Dec. 13, 2020. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-democratic-movement-pdm">Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM)</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lahore-procession">Lahore Procession</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lahore-rally">Lahore Rally</a></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Dec 2020 15:36:15 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1776591 at /node/1772881/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-12-05 16:11</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to continue with the Pakistan Cricket team’s tour of New Zealand after considering pulling them out during a meeting a day earlier, a senior official told Arab News on Saturday.</p> <p> Six members of the Pakistan squad tested positive for the novel coronavirus after their arrival in Christchurch last month. Another player tested positive two days later. Subsequently, all players were moved into 14-day quarantine and the team’s exemption to train in isolation was revoked. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/12/05/2373711-1383113590.jpg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="This picture taken on September 7, 2017 shows pigeons resting on a sign for the Pakistan Cricket Board at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. (AFP/File)" title="This picture taken on September 7, 2017 shows pigeons resting on a sign for the Pakistan Cricket Board at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/new-zealand">New Zealand</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pakistan-cricket-board">Pakistan Cricket Board</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pcb">PCB</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 05 Dec 2020 13:15:19 +0000 wasey 1772881 at /node/1769611/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-11-28 14:26</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Shamim Akhtar, the mother of former three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was laid to rest in Lahore on Saturday next to the grave of her late husband at the Sharifs’ private estate.</p> <p> Akhtar died in London last Sunday. Known widely as ‘Shamim Bibi,’ she traveled to London to live with her eldest son, Sharif, in February this year. </p> <p> “Mother of PML-N supremo, Mian Nawaz Sharif, has been buried at Jati Umra,” Rana Sanaullah Khan, president of PML-N’s Punjab chapter, told Arab News.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/11/28/2365081-1961369491.jpg" width="5292" height="3528" alt="" title="Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif (2L), and brother of former Pakistan&#039;s prime minister Nawaz Sharif, arrives to attend the funeral of his late mother Begum Shamim Akhtar, in Lahore on November 28, 2020. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pakistan-muslim-league-nawaz-pmln">Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN)</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/nawaz-sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/shehbaz-sharif">Shehbaz Sharif</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 28 Nov 2020 11:30:10 +0000 farheen.fatima 1769611 at /node/1766701/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-11-22 16:20</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif will not be travelling to Pakistan from London to attend the funeral of his mother, Begum Shamim Akhtar, his party’s Information Secretary told Arab News on Sunday.<br /> The deceased nonagenarian, known widely as ‘Shamim Bibi,’ travelled to London to live with her eldest son, Sharif, in February this year. She had been advised by doctors not to travel due to her age.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/11/22/2357371-2112409486.jpg" width="2000" height="1177" alt="" title="Pakistani former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, right, leaves the Kot Lakpat jail after his release in Lahore on March 27, 2019. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/nawaz-sharif">Nawaz Sharif</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/shahbaz-sharif">Shahbaz Sharif</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/shamim-akhtar">Shamim Akhtar</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase exclusive"> Exclusive </span> Sun, 22 Nov 2020 13:29:51 +0000 wasey 1766701 at /node/1761981/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2020-11-12 09:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Rising levels of air pollution in Pakistan’s second largest city could cause “serious” medical complications for people suffering from COVID-19, doctors say, as Lahore ranked first on Swiss firm IQAir’s list of the world’s most polluted cities on Thursday. <br /> Pakistan has so far reported over 349,000 infections and more than 7,000 deaths. On November 11, Pakistan recorded 34 deaths, its highest single-day coronavirus death toll in four months, according to government data. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/11/12/2344606-1224550190.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A vendor selling facemasks waits for customers on a bridge amid heavy smoggy conditions in Lahore on November 10, 2020. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/coronavirus-pakistan">CORONAVIRUS PAKISTAN</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/smog">smog</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Nov 2020 07:02:48 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1761981 at /node/1733836/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-09-13 14:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: A man who was recently identified as one of two suspects in the gang rape of a woman who was dragged from her car on a motorway and attacked in front of her children, surrendered himself to police on Sunday and denied involvement in the crime, officials said.<br /> The woman, who police say is in her early 30s, was driving late on Tuesday night outside Lahore with her two children when her car ran out of fuel. She phoned police for help, but before they arrived two men took her and her children out of the vehicle at gunpoint and raped her beside the highway.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/09/13/2268676-669194178.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="People march in Peshawar on Sept. 12, 2020, protesting gruesome gang rape of a woman in front of her two children after her car ran out of fuel near Lahore late on Sept. 9. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/motorway-incident">Motorway Incident</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lahore">Lahore</a></div></div></div> Sun, 13 Sep 2020 11:28:44 +0000 sehrish_ghaffar 1733836 at /node/1712276/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2020-07-30 19:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: The Pakistan Air Force on Thursday issued a public service message to emphasize the importance of safe disposal of animal offal and remains ahead of Eid al-Adha, saying the carcasses and remains of sacrificial animals could be hazardous for its aircrafts and aircrew since they attracted large number of birds. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/07/30/2209191-738994870.jpg" width="2000" height="1178" alt="" title="In this picture taken on July 27, 2020, Sheikh Sagheer, right, washes a cow for a customer at his car service station ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha or the &#039;Festival of Sacrifice&#039;, in the Pakistan&#039;s port city of Karachi. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/eid-al-adha-0">Eid Al Adha</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sacrifice">sacrifice</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Thu, 30 Jul 2020 16:08:26 +0000 wasey 1712276 at /node/1707386/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-07-20 15:23</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Two major Pakistani opposition political parties said on Monday they would hold a joint conference after the Eid Al-Adha holiday to kickstart a campaign to oust the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan. </p> <p> The decision was taken at a meeting of senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) at Bilawal House in Lahore. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/07/20/2195631-370382765.jpg" width="1011" height="574" alt="" title="Senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) and the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) meet at Bilawal House in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 20, 2020 (PPP Twitter handle)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pti">PTI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/pmln">PMLN</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ppp">ppp</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/imran-khan">Imran Khan</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:29:53 +0000 farheen.fatima 1707386 at /node/1696846/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2020-06-28 17:22</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Cyber Crime Wing on Saturday arrested two Pakistani-Americans who have been on the run from the FBI for carrying out an armed bank robbery in Buffalo, New York, in 2016.<br /> The two – Waqar Ghumman and Mohsin Zamir – were arrested in Lahore, and have been on the FBI’s most wanted criminals list with a combined $30,000 reward for reports leading to their capture. Their runaway driver was arrested soon after the robbery in New York and sentenced to seven years in prison but the two eluded capture and escaped to Pakistan.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/06/28/2166691-72225244.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="Waqar Ghumman and Mohsin Zamir have been on the FBI&#039;s most wanted list since they robbed a New York bank in 2016, with a combined $30,000 bounty for reports leading to their capture. (Photo courtesy: FBI)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/new-york">New York</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bank-0">Bank</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/fbi">FBI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/federal-bureau-investigation">federal bureau of investigation</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/crime">crime</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sun, 28 Jun 2020 14:24:56 +0000 wasey 1696846 at /node/1696256/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2020-06-27 15:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday announced Pakistan’s willingness to reopen the Kartarpur Corridor from June 29 and allow Sikh pilgrims to commemorate the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh by visiting one of the holiest shrines in their faith.<br /> Singh ruled a large swathe of territory in the northwestern region of the Indian Subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. He is usually regarded as the greatest Sikh ruler of all times since he fought a series of battles to expand his empire and captured several strategic locations in Punjab.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/06/27/2165191-839740882.jpg" width="1500" height="883" alt="" title="In this file photo, Sikh pilgrims gather at the shrine of Guru Baba Nanak in Pakistan’s Kartarpur on Nov. 4, 2019. (AN photo by Sib Kaifee)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/india">India</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/kartarpur-corridor">Kartarpur corridor</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/coronavirus-pakistan">CORONAVIRUS PAKISTAN</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 27 Jun 2020 12:40:26 +0000 wasey 1696256 at /node/1693841/pakistan <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/223401">RAJA RIAZ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2020-06-22 20:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday three players, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan, had tested positive for the coronavirus ahead of a tour of England in July.<br /> Last month, PCB announced it would send a 25-man squad to England in July, with the matches taking place behind closed doors as part of measures to combat COVID-19.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2020/06/22/2159346-1449694386.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="In this file photo taken on January 25, 2020 Pakistan&#039;s Haris Rauf (2ndL) celebrates with teammates the wicket of Bangladesh&#039;s Mahmudullah Riyad during the second T20 international cricket match of a three-match series between Pakistan and Bangladesh, at the Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/pcb">PCB</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Mon, 22 Jun 2020 17:44:04 +0000 farheen.fatima 1693841 at