Section: Pakistan
- Dunya TV (Pakistan) (1,451)
- Geo TV (Pakistan) (288)
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- The Nation (Pakistan) (115)
Moonshine kills at least 23 in east Ukraine
KIEV: At least 23 people have died after drinking moonshine in impoverished rural regions of eastern Ukraine that border on the former Soviet republic´s war zone, officials said on Tuesday. The prosecutor´s office of the eastern city of Kharkiv reported the deaths of another five people over the past 24 hours, adding to the 13 killed by the...
Boxing: Klitschko poised for title bout against Joshua
BERLIN (AFP) – After his world title rematch with Tyson Fury was again postponed, ex-champion Wladimir Klitschko is on the verge of sealing a new heavyweight bout against IBF belt-holder, Britains Anthony Joshua.Joshuas promoter Eddie Hearn and I have actually agreed things financially, Klitschko manager Bernd Boente told SID, an AFP...
Kashmiris ask UN Chief to take up Indian brutalities with Security Council
Leaders from Kashmir delivered a letter on Monday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, seeking his personal intervention to take up the Kashmir dispute with the Security Council, saying tension over the lingering issue could lead to a nuclear war between Pakistan and India. The letter was delivered to the UN Secretary-General on the day Indian...
EU parliament backs visa-free travel for Ukraine
BRUSSELS: Ukrainians´ hopes of securing visa-free travel to the European Union received a boost on Monday when a key committee of the European Parliament backed their cause, but further hurdles remain. Ukraine, an ex-Soviet republic of 45 million people, faces stiffer resistance from some EU member states at a time of heightened public concern...
Israel risks FIFA ban over occupied land row
At an average match, Ariel City attracts fewer than 100 spectators at home in a West Bank settlement — yet they have been called one of Israel’s “most important” football clubs. That’s because they, along with five other Israeli clubs, play their matches in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, considered occupied land by the...
Lahore: Congo virus claims another life
LAHORE (Web Desk) – A patient who had symptoms of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (Congo fever) died on Sunday at the Jinnah Hospital in Lahore, Dunya News reported.Sixteen-year-old Zahir Abbas was brought to Lahore’s Jinnah Hospital on September 15 with symptoms of Congo virus. His blood samples were sent to National Institute of...
Boxing: Fury ‘medically unfit’ to defend title: management
LONDON (AFP) – Britains controversial world heavyweight champion Tyson Furys title rematch with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko has been called off for a second time as the titleholder is medically unfit to fight, his camp said.The 28-year-old champion — who sensationally took the title off long-time holder Klitschko last year —...
Guardiola thinks he’s ‘God’, snipes Toure’s agent
LONDON (AFP) – Four-time African Player of the Year Yaya Toures chances of ever playing for Manchester City again diminished further Friday after his fiery agent launched another withering attack on club manager Pep Guardiola.Guardiola had said earlier this week Toure would not play for the club until his agent Dimitri Seluk apologised for...
Balotelli prop helps send Nice tip of Ligue 1
Mario Balotelli (L) on Sep 21, 2016 during Allianz Riviera Stadium in Nice. PHOTO: AFP PARIS: Controversial star Mario Balotelli continued his excellent start to life on a French Riviera by assisting glow Nice to a tip of Ligue 1 on Wednesday. The Italy general scored his second prop in as many joining appearances for Nice in a 4-0 thumping of...
SBP refutes report of $4.9bln remittance flow to India
ISLAMABAD (APP): State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday, while taking notice of a report suggesting an outflow of US$ 4.9 billion from Pakistan to India as remittances, categorically rejected these estimates terming them contrary to facts.The actual Balance of Payments data shows that outflow of workers’ remittances from Pakistan to India...
