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Ex-Media Adviser to @BBhuttoZardari , Dawn, ET, ARY,Samaa, @pakistancheck Chevening 2013, Columbia & UChicago grad, DMs open

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The $7 billion IMF facility is a loan and will have to be paid back like any other loan. Also, like any other loan, it will add to the country’s debt burden. And like most loans, it will have certain stringent conditions, some of which are bound to impact the lives of many

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4 years

At least we arrested our guy

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NZ PM Jacinda Ardern speaks to the NZ Muslim community - speaks from the heart and with great sensitivity

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In the middle is the Pakistan Air Force pilot who shot down the IAF jet A massive salute to you sir from the entire Nation

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Police in the Pakistani city of Peshawar arrest a young man on New Year’s eve - for wearing a costume mask to scare people

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Not often that you see a TV news anchor bring her own child to her news cast - @SAMAATV 's Kiran Naz did precisely that to make a point about how she felt as a mother in Pakistan #JusticeForZainab #Justice4Zainab

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JUST IN: Imran Ali sentenced to death in the murder and rape of Zainab -- the judge sentenced him to death on four counts

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Not a highway in America or Europe - but Pakistan

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Dear Indian media, Jab Pakistan pay undercover video banana ho tau remember 1. We don’t say moja- it’s moza 2. We don’t say fir - we say phir 3. We don’t say gajab - we say ghazab 4. And we don’t randomly say ‘janab’ in the middle of our sentences

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PAF Sqaudron Leader Hasan Siddiqui upon his return to base from a successful mission where he shot down an IAF MiG 29

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😂😂😂😂😂

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A polio vaccinator in Pakistan risks severe cold weather and several feet of snow to reach out to families with children living in remote mountainous areas in the country's north Via @PakFightsPolio

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A teenaged kid hits Australian Senator Fraser Anning on the head with an egg - and the Senators slaps and punches the kid!

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Very happy to report that my 86 year old father Khalid Quraishi (who is also diabetic) has beaten Covid-19 He was fully vaccinated with SinoPharm in late March Alhamdullilah

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Hahahahaha

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A male leopard spotted on a camera installed on one of Islamabad’s main hiking trails in the Margalla Hills - local authorities which have put up these cameras say this is a larger male who has been seen near the hiking trails for the first time

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White privilege: 18 year old Mohd Amir banned for 5 years after he was found guilty of bowling deliberate no-balls to throw a match 28 year old Steve Smith banned for 1 match after he admitted to making and implementing a plan to tamper with the ball to win a Test match

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HBL offers free Sputnik vaccine doses to all permanent staff and all contractual third party staff including guards, drivers, janitors etc

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A 91 year old man has recovered from COVID-19 in Pakistan

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I left my IPhone 11 at an ATM this morning - tracked it, called it & someone answered! Bank Al Habib Saba Ave branch manager Adeel Ahmed told me his staffer Mohd Danish Siddiqui had found it & kept it hoping the owner wud call May Allah Bless Him & Adeel sb - This is Danish below

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Yeh kya 👀👀

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College student from Chakwal gets highest ever marks in BA/BSc exam for Punjab University Naushaba Zafar's father, now deceased, used to be a truck driver - after her parents death, her grandparents supported her pursuit of education - she got 714 marks out of a possible 800

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I am very pleased and proud to announce that my wife has successfully defended her PhD thesis at the University of Southampton in the UK The topic of her thesis was: Female Entrepreneurs in Pakistan's Informal Sector

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Anwar Lal Dean lives in a rented flat in Karachi's Saddar area - drives a leased motorbike - he has 6 daughters & a son - eldest graduated from KU, youngest is in Class 6 - in March 2018 he became a member of Pakistan's Senate - on a reserved seat for minorities on a PPP ticket

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Police constable Amir who laid down his life today in the Chinese Consulate attack is the 3rd member of his family to die in the line of duty - he follows in the footsteps of his father and brother

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Born and bred in the UK - had his schooling in the UK - was jailed by a UK court - was released on parole by the UK prisons system by UK judges But yes, he's most definitely a Pakistani

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Imran Khan's ODI record as Captain vs India: Played 24, Won 19, Lost 4, No result 1 Imran Khan's Test record as Captain Vs India: Played 15 matches, Won 4, Lost 0 Jitni tasveerain hatani hain hata lo, yeh records tau nahin mita saktay

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Towards the end of his 4-day trial, Imran Ali confessed to raping & killing Zainab -- at which point his lawyer recused himself from the case saying he couldn't defend him - he was given a state-appointed lawyer then Today he has been sentenced to death on four counts of murder

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PTI rally crowd estimates according to ARY: 500,000 Bol: 750,000 Purana Geo: 25,000 Naya Geo: 1 million PTV News: What rally? Andaleeb Abbas: 1 billion

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Matiullah Jan - big critic of PTI govt - laid off by Waqt TV Murtaza Solangi - big critic of PTI govt - left Capital TV Nusrat Javeed - big critic of PTI govt - laid off by Dawn News Talat Hussain - big critic of PTI govt - leaving Geo TV Who's next on the chopping block?

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😲😲😲🤔🤔

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Our relationship with Pakistan is a very good one - thanks to these efforts we are beginning to see signs of big progress with Pakistan: US President Trump to Modi supporters in Ahmedabad Pin-drop silence and shock from audience

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Former Pakistan President and former army chief Pervez Musharraf awarded death sentence by a special court - he was charged with treason for suspending the Constitution & imposing emergency in 2007 - the retired general was tried in absentia since he is in the UAE

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The best part of today's 11-page short order: "Thirdly, if a Judge has unconsciously followed an incorrect view of the law, he has by conscious application of mind the freedom to adopt the correct view of the law subsequently."

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Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi gets his driver's licence renewed from the general public counter

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India ki full taking by Trevor Noah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Lake DHA

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BREAKIKG: First audioleak of today as promised by the hacker

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Italy's lockdown working See below the coronavirus case total - on right is the daily percentage Mar 17 31,506 Mar 18 35,713 13.35% Mar 19 41,035 14.9% Mar 20 47,021 14.58% Mar 21 53,578 13.94% Mar 22 59,138 10.37% Mar 23 63,928 8.1%

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You have to admit that's cute....

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This could be just about any couple on a Karachi road - good for these people that they had a mobile phone with them and managed to film this and send it to others - so this is how senior Karachi police officials & their guards operate

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Not at all surprised to see that the Times Now guest who was told off by the anchor "The door is there - you can go to Geo TV in Pakistan if you like" happens to be a Muslim

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Indian pilot in custody of the Pakistan military

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Mein protocol kay beghair safar karoon ga - mein nahin chahta kay aam sheriyon kay liaye traffic rukay

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Almost 30 vehicles in President Arif Alvi's convoy in Karachi

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My nephew who is a second year undergraduate student at Cornell University in the US has been awarded an annual scholarship in the form of a grant for $71,800 per year Who says hard work and good grades don't pay off Alhamdullilah

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Pakistan and Indian soldiers exchange sweets at the Line of Control on the ocassion of Diwali

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Senior Pakistan Railways official applies for 730 days leave - says cannot work with new railways minister saying he is "extremely non-professional and ill-mannered"

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Malala Yousufzai in her native Swat Valley in northern Pakistan Great pic by AFP's Abdul Majeed

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The martyrs of the Karachi Chinese Consulate attack Assistant Sub-Inspector Ashraf Dawood Constable Ashraf Khan Shaheed Ko Qaum Ka Salam

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Roughly 1 in 7 Pakistanis slept last night out in the open without a home - that’s the scale of the floods devastation

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😂😂😂😂😂 Next level trolling by Express News reporter of Aamir Liaquat

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Imagine how the Indian media would have portrayed IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan had the situation been reversed - no one in Pakistan calling him a terrorist - in India, koi Pakistan ghalti say bhi bhatak kay chala jaye Indian media calls him a terrorist

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Grade 20 GoP officer stealing a Kuwaiti official's wallet - the official was part of a visiting delegation which had come to meet the PM

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Whoever did this is a genius

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Help the people of Pakistan - in the worst flooding the country has seen in decades

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کیا TV anchors لاہور کی بارش کے اثرات کا اتنی ہی تنقیدی نظر سے کریں گے جتنا وہ کراچی کی بارش کا کرتے ہیں؟

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EAC Atif Mian - sacked - BSc, PhD MIT, taught at U Cal Berkeley & Univ of Chicago - currently at Princeton Asim I Khwaja - resigned BSc MIT, PhD Harvard, taught at Berkeley & Yale - currently at Harvard Imran Rasul - resigned BSc LSE, MPhil Oxford, PhD, LSE - teaches at UCL

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My beloved mother Tanvir Khalid passed away this morning -- she was 80 years old and lived a full and vibrant life -- till yesterday she went for her daily evening walk -- please remember her in your prayers

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How is it possible that we hang elected prime ministers but we can't banned orgs on trial? There is ehtesab only for the opposition but none for the banned orgs - There can be a JIT on my breakfast but there can't be a JIT on banned orgs: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari in Parliament

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My father who is 86 years old & fully vaccinated (SinoPharm - and second dose in late March) has tested positive for Covid-19 — he is doing well so far - fever goes up & down a bit and oxygen saturation is high 90s Alhamdullilah - but worried given his age Allah khair karay ga

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Size of Shehbaz Sharif's delegation to Saudi Arabia: 13 Size of Imran Khan's delegation to Saudi Arabia: 44

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Celebrated my father’s 86th birthday this morning

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Incredible footage from inside the offices of CNN Turk - shows soldiers being arrested by Turkish police

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The moment Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan told Parliament that a peace gesture to India its pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan will be released tomorrow Also note that all MPs thumped their desks in approval

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The mountains of Kashmir 100 kms away - across the Line of Control - visible from villages in Pakistan’s Sialkot District - the last time residents were able to see this sight was 30 years ago - a lockdown in both India & Pakistan has cleansed the air to make this sight possible

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Only in Pakistan...

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Youthias and Imrandos hating on Shahid Afridi because he refuses to sings praises of Kaptaan

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My father Khalid Rashid Quraishi passed away peacefully this morning - he was three months shy of his 88th birthday. Born in Amritsar, he moved to Pakistan after Partition & lived a full & productive life. Here he is cutting a cake on his 86th birthday Please say a prayer for him

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A painting by a schoolboy at the #SwatScienceFestival

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#10YearChallenge

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Our doctors finally getting the respect that they deserve

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Sindh govt bans sale of carbonated and energy drinks in school and college canteens in the province

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Funeral in Tarnol Islamabad of Pir Azizur Rahman Hazarvi

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Pakistan Army Captain Husnain gave up his life while trying to rescue Caitlin Coleman and Joshua Boyle - Shaheed Tujhay Salam

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Pakistan army soldiers stationed in Multan celebrate the national team's win over India in the #CT17Final

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iPhone banned Audi banned Designer shoes banned Heinz ketchup banned The Body Shop banned Godiva chocolates banned Ray Bans banned Marlboros banned

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BREAKING: Pakistan reports its highest daily increase in Coronavirus cases in 5 weeks

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You beauties

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My good friend and the head of Express News Fahd Husain speaking his heart out on Mohd Malick's show on what can be said and not be said on TV in Pakistan

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Insafians sharing this pic for a couple of days now Incidentally, checked the Sindh Govt motor vehicles registration website and this vehicle's tax has been paid only till June 30, 2017

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A female polio vaccinator helps her colleague get out of waist-high snow in northern Pakistan

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A flag march in Karachi signals the start of a 15-day lockdown in the city

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There is nothing on the FATF website about Pakistan being placed on any 'enhanced blacklist' - there is no 'enhanced blacklist' - interestingly this story has appeared only on Indian news sites - not been reported by any international wire service - Indian propaganda fails

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Mai nam is Jan Rambo...

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The Malian Muslim employee at a kosher store in Paris who hid Jews and saved their lives during a hostage situation http://t.co/SBpg3hBouZ

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I don't get it - the Samaa morning show host repeatedly tells the guest that what he does is vulgar, it's bad, it's not entertaining - ok - tau phir show pay bula kay be izzati kyun kartay ho - why give publicity to someone who you obviously disapprove of - terrible show

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Hasan Nisar says he’s not at all a supporter of the PPP but is all praise for BBZ the way that he has handled the current crisis

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A salute to @rizwangondal333 DPO Pakpattan -- transferred after he refused to apologize to Khawar Maneka when the latter was asked to stop at a police naka & didn't stop - the First Lady is said to have intervened and the DPO was told to go to Mr Maneka & apologise - he refused

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Thousands gather after Jumma prayers in Delhi's Jama Masjid to protest against India's controversial new citizenship law which unfairly targets Muslims

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Paid $79 (Rs 12,226) for two doses of Sputnik V vaccine in Karachi - second dose to be given after 21 days

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Yikes!!!

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England all-rounder Moeen Ali was banned for wearing wristbands that said “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” during a test match against India But it's okay for Dhoni to wear an insignia of a unit of the Indian Army on his wicketkeeping gloves Yeh kahan ka insaf hai?

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The outfit worn here in Islamabad today by Kate Middleton is by @Maheenkhanpk

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Bilawal abhi bachay hain: Fawad Chaudhry Aur Chaudhry sahib, aap 'bachay' kay media adviser thay - 4 saal pehlay

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Priyanka Chopra’s tweet after the Indian Air Force crossed the Line of Control for the 1st time since 1971 and dropped bombs in Pakistan Anupam Kher’s tweet after the BJP Govt revoked Article 370 on Kashmir & imposed a communications blackout Both are UN Goodwill ambassadors

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Shoaib Malik ki Uber driver ki naukri ub pakki

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Imran Khan's convoy arriving at NAB offices in Peshawar earlier today -- traffic was stopped to ensure that the road is kept clear -- but TV channels will still report "Imran Khan nay protocol milnay par ghussay ka izhar kiya"

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Customs authorities in Pakistan seize a Range Rover from a swanky apartment complex in Karachi after it concluded that the owner owed millions in import duties and taxes

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Syed Ali Raza Abidi was a vocal critic of the PTI government and of Naya Pakistan Here is his last tweet

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