2015-09-01 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Indian Express   

US expresses deep concern over terror threat from groups inside Pakistan   
The Indian Express
America was responding to a question about Aziz's earlier statement that the infrastructure supporting Haqqani network in North Waziristan had been dismantled. Google +. Comments. By: PTI | Washington | Published:September 1, 2015 8:18 am. pakistan.
Pakistan's economy witnessing a turnaround, says Nawaz   Daily Times
Germany lauds Pak peace efforts in Afghanistan   The News International
Haqqani network almost wiped out   The Nation
Voice of America   
The Express Tribune   
Business Standard   
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BBC News   

Viewpoint: Ghani is running out of options in Afghanistan   
BBC News
Afghanistan is in dire crisis as the Taliban battle a weak government, and peace talks with the militants are put on hold, writes guest columnist Ahmed Rashid. The Taliban have captured most of Helmand province, including for several days a strategic ...
Succession row: Clerics set deadline for Taliban chief   The Express Tribune
Taliban say Omar death covered up to wait out Nato drawdown from Afghanistan   The News International
Afghan Taliban admit covering up Mullah Omar's death   Daily Times
The Nation   
The Week Magazine   
The Times (subscription)   
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Sydney Morning Herald   

Scientists discover secret to slow-melting ice cream   
Sydney Morning Herald
Ice cream fans could soon savour a slower-melting treat on a hot day thanks to a new ingredient developed by scientists. Researchers discovered a naturally occurring protein that can be used to create ice cream which is more resistant to melting than ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Science

Sydney Morning Herald   

Scientists discover secret to slow-melting ice cream   
Sydney Morning Herald
Ice cream fans could soon savour a slower-melting treat on a hot day thanks to a new ingredient developed by scientists. Researchers discovered a naturally occurring protein that can be used to create ice cream which is more resistant to melting than ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Health

Daily Times   

New PMDC legislation to help provide quality medical education: Saira Afzal   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Saira Afzal Tarar has said that the new management committee of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has been given full powers in order to ensure ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Entertainment

Times of India   

Kanye West to run for president in 2020!   
Times of India
Kanye West, 38, received the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the event and closed his acceptance speech by announcing he is running for president in 2020, reported Verge. "Two thousand and fifteen. I will die for the art, for what I believe in.
Would Americans actually vote for Kanye?   NEWS.com.au
Kanye for 2020? White House welcomes bid   Sky News Australia
Yes, Kanye West announced his 2020 presidential bid | 2015 MTV Video Music Awards   Los Angeles Times
RollingStone.com   
TV3.ie   
The Nation   
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Hindustan Times   

Pak actor Mawra Hocane's Phantom tweets kick up a storm   
Hindustan Times
The hit film Phantom, which features a group of Indian operatives hunting down a Hafiz Saeed-like terrorist after the Mumbai attacks, has sparked angry exchanges on social media among Pakistanis who are divided on the movie. Veteran Pakistani actor ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Sports

Times of India   

Tempers flare up as India close in on a famous series win at the SSC   
Times of India
COLOMBO: Fast bowlers, it seems, don't easily forget or forgive. A day earlier, Ishant Sharma had got the fireworks going in this Test, rapping Dhammika Prasad on the fingers followed by a barrage of bouncers to Rangana Herath and Kusal Perera.
Tempers rise as India close in on series win   DAWN.com
Ishant Sharma to Dhammika Prasad: Hit me on my head!   Cricket Country
India closes in on victory over Sri Lanka after fourth day of final Test   ABC Online
The Express Tribune   
The New Indian Express   
Chandigarh Tribune   
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The Nation   

Tamulis rallies for first LPGA victory   
The Nation
PRATTVILLE - Kris Tamulis, a 10-year LPGA veteran, rallied from three shots back on Sunday to lift her first tour title at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. The American fired eight birdies in a seven-under par 65, her 17-under total of 271 giving her a ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Technology

Daily Times   

Top 10 video games of 2015   
Daily Times
Assassin's Creed: Victory – The last major Assassin's Creed release was a disaster in about every way imaginable. Perhaps “Victory” should be re-titled “Redemption” for 2015, because Ubisoft needs to knock this one out of the park just to save face.
This Assassin's Creed Video Shows Off Every Hilarious Bug In The Series   Cinema Blend
Assassin's Creed Syndicate PC Release Announced by Ubisoft; Franchise Features ...   Venture Capital Post
How can we avoid buying broken games?   TrustedReviews
PlayStation Universe   
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ExtremeTech   

Ashes dev dishes on DX12, AMD vs. Nvidia, and asynchronous compute   
ExtremeTech
When Ashes of the Singularity launched two weeks ago, it gave us our first view of DirectX 12's performance in a real game. What was meant to be a straightforward performance preview was disrupted by a PR salvo from Nvidia attempting to discredit the ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Business

The Nation   

Dar directs opening of Pakistan micro-finance investment company   
The News International
ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday directed the SECP and the Finance Division to thoroughly examine the proposal about the establishment of Pakistan Micro-finance Investment Company and come up with concrete recommendations to ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan Pakistan

The Indian Express   

US expresses deep concern over terror threat from groups inside Pakistan   
The Indian Express
America was responding to a question about Aziz's earlier statement that the infrastructure supporting Haqqani network in North Waziristan had been dismantled. Google +. Comments. By: PTI | Washington | Published:September 1, 2015 8:18 am. pakistan.
Germany lauds Pak peace efforts in Afghanistan   The News International
Haqqani network almost wiped out   The Nation
Pakistan's economy witnessing a turnaround, says Nawaz   Daily Times
The Express Tribune   
Voice of America   
Business Standard   
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The Express Tribune   

Indira Gandhi considered bombing Pak's nuclear program in 1981   
Times of India
WASHINGTON: India was cognizant of the threat from Pakistan's nuclear weapons program and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi may have considered eliminating it when she returned to power in 1981 long before it neared fruition, a CIA assessment from ...

2015-09-01 Pakistan World

Washington Post   

Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; 1 officer killed   
Washington Post
KIEV, Ukraine — A grenade exploded outside Ukraine's parliament during a nationalist protest against a vote to give greater powers to separatist regions in the east, killing one police officer and injuring 122 people, the Interior Ministry said. It ...
Grenade explodes during Ukraine clashes; one officer killed   Firstpost
Ukraine clashes: deadly protests in Kiev   Irish Times
Violent Protest Follows Kiev Vote on Autonomy for East Ukraine   New York Times
Gawker   
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BBC News   

Viewpoint: Ghani is running out of options in Afghanistan   
BBC News
Afghanistan is in dire crisis as the Taliban battle a weak government, and peace talks with the militants are put on hold, writes guest columnist Ahmed Rashid. The Taliban have captured most of Helmand province, including for several days a strategic ...
Succession row: Clerics set deadline for Taliban chief   The Express Tribune
Taliban say Omar death covered up to wait out Nato drawdown from Afghanistan   The News International
Afghan Taliban admit covering up Mullah Omar's death   Daily Times
The Nation   
The Week Magazine   
The Times (subscription)   
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NDTV   

China's World War II Military Parade a Show of Strength   
NDTV
Visitors walk by old army tanks parked outside the Chinese Military museum in Beijing on August 29, 2015. (Agence France-Presse). Beijing: Soldiers will march, gleaming hardware will roll, and warplanes will fly above Tiananmen Square at China's WWII ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Express Tribune   

Restoring peace in Afghanistan a shared responsibility: military   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Hitting back at the US allegations that Pakistan was not doing enough to tackle the Haqqani network, the military said on Sunday that Pakistan was not alone to blame and that restoring peace in Afghanistan was a shared responsibility. “It is ...
US asks Pakistan to advance regional peace and stability amid tensions with India   IBNLive
Barack Obama invites Pakistan PM Sharif for October visit: Adviser Rice   Financial Express
Proof of RAW's interference handed over to US   The News International
The Nation   
The Hindu   
Daily Times   
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Daily Times   

52 officials arrested in Sindh anti-corruption drive, Qaim told   
Daily Times
KARACHI: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) has registered 72 first information reports, opened 209 inquiries and arrested 52 officials of various departments for corruption, embezzlement and misappropriation of government funds within two months.
Sindh ACE wakes up to cleansing winds   The Nation
CM exhorts ACE to help eradicate corruption: 52 officials nabbed   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Curbing crime: 200 inquiries opened by anti-corruption establishment   The Express Tribune
Pakistan Today   
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Daily Times   

Prohibition of enforced disappearances is 'absolute': UN   
DAWN.com
UNITED NATIONS: Asserting that “prohibition of enforced disappearance is absolute”, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has denounced the “alarming” number of disappearances and appealed to all member states to ratify or accede to the ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Science

The Straits Times   

Time and tide not waiting for climate negotiators   
The Straits Times
A 325m-high giant observation tower was set up in the heart of the Amazon to monitor climate change. The UN goal is to limit global warming to 2 deg C over pre-Industrial Revolution levels.PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE. Published. 6 hours ago. More.
Essence of the Paris agreement will be a co-operative approach: France's ...   Economic Times
UN climate talks in Bonn from Aug 31-Sept 4   Business Standard
Clock ticking as climate negotiators meet in Bonn   The Times (subscription)
Climate Central   
The Asian Age   
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Daily Times   

China introduces new amendment in anti-pollution law   
Daily Times
BEIJING – Local governments in China will no longer be able to restrict or ban vehicles from plying on the road to keep its air clean, according to a new amendment introduced on Saturday to the central law that governs anti-pollution efforts ...

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ABC News   

'Mission isolation' to experience Mars life   
Times of India
What do you get when you put four Americans, a French astrobiologist and a German physicist in a dome with a diameter of just 36 feet? A simulation of life on Mars, apparently. Six recruits have began the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Health

The Express Tribune   

First kidney transplant operation at Bahria Town Hospital   
The News International
LAHORE: First successful operation of kidney transplant was carried out in Bahria Town Hospital here, making the hospital one among the few in the country with kidney transplant facility. The operation was carried out by a team of expert doctors led by ...
Successful kidney transplant operation at Bahria Town Hospital   The Express Tribune

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The Express Tribune   

Faysal Bank donates Rs10m to SIUT   
The Express Tribune
Faysal Bank Limited (FBL) has donated Rs10 million to the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). President and CEO of FBL Nauman Ansari handed over a cheque for Rs10 million to the head of SIUT, Dr Adeebul Hasan Rizvi, while visiting ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Entertainment

Sydney Morning Herald   

MTV Music Awards 2015: Kanye West announces 2020 presidential candidacy   
Sydney Morning Herald
In a stunning move that managed to be both shocking and utterly predictable at the same time, Kanye West has announced he intends to run for President of the United States of America in 2020. West used his speech while accepting the Video Vanguard ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Sports

Times of India   

Bowlers take India-Sri Lanka Test to the edge   
Times of India
COLOMBO: The red cherry has held centre stage on this Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) green top and every batsman is dancing to its tune. The technique to handle the seaming ball has been so suspect that this rain-hit third Test suddenly came alive on the ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Technology

Pakistan Today   

Broadband subscription including 3G, 4G surpasses 18m   
Pakistan Today
The total broadband subscription in the country has surpassed 18 million with mobile internet penetration showing a reasonable growth till end of July this year. The number of 3G and 4G users reached 14.6 million till month of July, constituting around ...

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Tech News Today   

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 Breaks Record For The Biggest Beta On PlayStation 4   
Tech News Today
The latest addition to the Call of Duty series, Black Ops III, has just broken the record for being the biggest beta on PlayStation 4 after Activision, the publishers, announced earlier today that it was played by millions of people around the world ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Largest beta in PlayStation 4   Ledger Gazette
Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Beta Now Open to PC and Xbox One Gamers   Gameranx
Call of Duty World at War beta remake, Black Ops 3   FreeDistrict
High-Def Digest   
VentureBeat   
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GameSpot   

Xbox One's Metal Gear Solid 5 "Holds Its Own" vs. PS4 Version   
GameSpot
An independent technical analysis of the game, by Digital Foundry, found that the Xbox One edition delivers on offering a native 1600x900 resolution at 60 frames-per-second. The PlayStation 4 version, meanwhile, rendered at a slightly more advanced ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Business

The Nation   

Industry refutes govt's loadshedding claim   
The Nation
Lahore - The rulers are shy of getting cheaper gas and electricity from Iran but are very enthusiastic to get LNG from Qatter on very expensive prices. The electricity tariff in Pakistan is the highest in the region and this is the major cause of ...
Three-year framework: Trade policy likely to meet the same fate as earlier ones   The Express Tribune

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The Nation   

Traders to launch drive against withholding tax on Sept 2   
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR: The local traders have decided to hold rallies and demonstrations on Sept 2 to protest imposition of 0.6 per cent withholding tax on bank transactions. They have displayed black banners inscribed with slogans against the imposition of tax in ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan Pakistan

The Express Tribune   

Restoring peace in Afghanistan a shared responsibility: military   
DAWN.com
ISLAMABAD: Hitting back at the US allegations that Pakistan was not doing enough to tackle the Haqqani network, the military said on Sunday that Pakistan was not alone to blame and that restoring peace in Afghanistan was a shared responsibility. “It is ...
US asks Pakistan to advance regional peace and stability amid tensions with India   IBNLive
Barack Obama invites Pakistan PM Sharif for October visit: Adviser Rice   Financial Express
Proof of RAW's interference handed over to US   The News International
The Nation   
The Hindu   
Daily Times   
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DAWN.com   

Ruling PTI gets nazim slots in nine districts of KP   
DAWN.com
PESHAWAR: The candidates of ruling PTI were elected nazims in nine districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, followed by four district nazims of its coalition partner Jamaat-i-Islami, as the process of local government elections completed on Sunday in the province.
PTI forms local govts in nine KP districts   The News International
PTI takes lion's share in KP nazim polls   The Nation
PTI leading as final phase of KP LG elections completes   Daily Times
The Express Tribune   
Geo News, Pakistan   
Business Recorder (press release) (blog)   
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Business Recorder   

LG elections for Islamabad to be held on November 30   
PakTribune.com
ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) announced the schedule of local government elections for Islamabad. The elections will be held on November 30. The Election Commission has started the process of new delimitation of ...

2015-08-31 Pakistan World

The Nation   

Border firing kills 10 on Pakistan-India war anniversary, 63 injured   
Kashmir Watch
Jammu: Cross-border firing between India and Pakistan killed at least ten people on Friday, the day India marked the 50th anniversary of a 1965 war with Pakistan. Reports said that seven persons were killed from Pakistan side while three causalities ...
HC summoned to Foreign Affairs Ministry   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)

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Scottish Daily Record   

Indian village council orders rape of two sisters   
The Nation
New Delhi - An unofficial, all-male village council in India's Uttar Pradesh state has ordered the rape of two young sisters after their brother eloped with a woman of a higher caste, a report published on the Hindustan Times said. The 'sentence' was ...
Thousands urge help for Indian sisters 'ordered raped'   The News International
Sisters sentenced to be raped in India   Sky News Australia
Indian sisters facing rape as dishonour punishment   New Zealand Herald
Arab News   
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Philippine Star   

Egypt sentences 3 Al-Jazeera reporters to 3 years in prison   
Philippine Star
Marwa Fahmy wife of Canadian Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohammed Fahmy, left, talks to policemen following the verdict in a courtroom in Tora prison in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015. An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced three Al-Jazeera ...

2015-08-30 Pakistan More Top Stories

The Nation   

UN team inspects affected Sialkot villages   
The Nation
SIALKOT - A team of United Nations peacekeeping observers yesterday visited Pakistani villages hit by Indian shelling the other day. The same day Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan would respond (to aggression) strongly if India did not stop ...
Pakistan will respond 'with full force' to India border attacks: Defence ...   Daily News & Analysis
India to be taught a lesson: Kh Asif   The News International
UN observers visit Sialkot villages to assess damage   Daily Times
The Express Tribune   
The Hindu   
Radio Pakistan (press release)   
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The Express Tribune   

Disclosures: PTI, PPP fail to submit financial details to ECP   
The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: Two of the three largest opposition parties in the country have yet to file their annual financial statements with the Election Commission of Pakistan, in violation of the Political Parties Order 2002. A senior ECP official told The Express ...
Imran gives ECP bosses five weeks   The Nation
Imran's move can rattle PML-N   The News International
PTI announces sit-in outside ECP on Oct 4   Daily Times

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The Express Tribune   

Auditing pension system: Minister orders probe of 600000 'ghost pensioners'   
The Express Tribune
As the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) backtracks on its original disclosures about the existence of 600,000 'ghost' pensioners, the government on Saturday constituted a committee to review its pension system and identify malpractices. Finance Minister ...

2015-08-30 Pakistan Science

Phys.Org   

UN climate talks: the sticking points   
Phys.Org
The 195-nation UN climate talks resume Monday when rank-and-file diplomats gather in Bonn to lay the foundation for a global climate pact to be inked in December. Dozens of issues have stymied the negotiations, now into their third decade under the ...

2015-08-30 Pakistan Health

The Express Tribune   

Public-private: YDA protests privatisation of health facilities   
The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Scores doctors led by Young Doctors' Association on Thursday took out protest rallies and blocked traffic near public hospitals to demand an end to what they called was privatisation of health facilities. The YDA blocked traffic around Sir ...
Call to trace cyber crime accused   The News International
Pak woman doctors, medical students allege blackmail by gang   Free Press Journal
Protesting again   Daily Times
The Nation   
Pakistan Today   
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Seminar speakers raise alarm over rising autism in children   
Daily Times
LAHORE: Speakers at an awareness seminar on autism have raised the alarm, saying that according to some recent statistics, one in every 50 children in Pakistan can be autistic, while awareness among parents about the disease is virtually non-existent.
Corporate corner   The Nation

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The Express Tribune   

You & the rest of Pakistan should have been tested for HIV years ago   
The Express Tribune
Every child, every man, and every woman should be screened. They should be screened in hospitals, schools, communities. By Asfandyar Niazi. Published: August 30, 2015. 0SHARES. Share Tweet Email. The writer is a physician, freelance writer and public ...