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dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 06, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x Bangladesh’s ex-prime minister Khaleda Zia, chair of the powerful Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), returned home to cheering crowds on Tuesday after months abroad for medical treatment.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan’s resolve to fight was for freedom and not for conflict, amid the growing tensions with India in the wake of a militant attack in occupied Kashmir. An attack on April 22 in Pahalgam killed , mostly tourists, in one of the deadliest assaults since 2000. India has implied cross-border links without evidence. Pakistan has firmly rejected the claim and called for a neutral probe.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
Bangladesh hoped to celebrate progress towards eradicating tuberculosis this year, having already slashed the numbers dying from the preventable and curable disease by tens of thousands each year. Instead, it is reeling from a $48 million snap aid cut by US President Donald Trump’s government, which health workers say could rapidly unravel years of hard work and cause huge numbers of preventable deaths.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
The US Department of Education informed Harvard University on Monday that it was freezing billions of dollars in future research grants and other aid until the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college concedes to a number of demands from the Trump administration, a senior department official said.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
Shares at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed a rebound on Tuesday as investors gained confidence from yesterday’s “unexpected” reduction in the interest rate. The benchmark KSE-100 index increased by 990.87 points, or 0.87 per cent, to stand at 115,093.10 from the last close of 114,102.23 at 10:03am.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
At least three people died and seven others, including two children, were missing after a small boat capsized in choppy seas off the California coast in a suspected migrant smuggling attempt north of San Diego, US officials said on Monday. Four survivors rescued after the “panga “-style open fishing vessel washed ashore near Torrey Pines State Beach were transported to hospitals, and two other people found on a nearby beach were detained by authorities, according to US Coast Guard officials.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 06, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications Listen to article 1x 1.2x 1.5x RAWALPINDI: Civil Defence Officer Rawalpindi Talib Hussain told Dawn on Monday that the department had activated its 14 posts in the garrison city in the wake of tension on the Pakistan and India borders.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
PESHAWAR: Members in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Monday questioned why the much-debated Mines and Minerals Bill, 2025, was not applicable to the merged tribal districts. During an assembly session chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati here, the lawmakers noted that the province’s largest mine and mineral reserves were located in the tribal districts but the region was excluded from the bill just to enable the federal government to have a direct control over the province’s resources.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
DAWN.COM E-Paper | May 06, 2025 Subscribe to notifications Get the latest news and updates from Dawn Not Now Allow Notifications LAHORE: A petitioner has approached the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on soft drinks and synthetic juices in the schools of Punjab. The petitioner, Azam Butt, through his lawyer Rana Sikandar, pleaded that soft drinks contain artificial colours, which are used to enhance taste and are harmful to health.
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1 week ago | 
dawn.com | Jawed Naqvi
BAHAWALPUR: The katcha gangs honeytrapped and kidnapped a man with cheap solar plates through a woman. The victim was identified as Mukhtar Ahmed, who had a tuck shop at Mailsi Chowk, Kahrore Pucca, in district Lodhran. The kidnappers posted a video of him online in which he could be seen in chains while pleading with his family to pay the amount demanded by his abductors. There are reports that an unidentified woman had been frequently visiting him at his shop.
