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Girl commits suicide over domestic pressures

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FAISALABAD – August 22 (ONLINE) A young girl from Faisalabad on Sunday engulfed toxic pills amidst domestic pressures, which eventually took her life. According to Online, Amina, 17, a resident of Faisalabad’s Peoples’ colony had a violent disagreement with her family and she was scolded […]

Confusion over Jameel Farooqui’s ‘arrest’

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ISLAMABAD / KARACHI – August 22 (ONLINE) Islamabad Police on Monday claimed Bol TV’s anchor Jameel Farooqui has been arrested from Karachi over ‘falsely accusing the law enforcement agency of physically and sexually assaulting PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’. However, DAWN.com while quoting Zaman Town SHO […]

MLA Pir Mazhar Saeed calls on president

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Islamabad(PID, AJK) President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Barrister Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry has said that the government was paying special attention to the construction and development of the Neelum Valley. The President said this while talking to Member Legislative Assembly and Parliamentary Secretary for Zakat and […]

Australia looks to foreign workers to help ease labor shortage

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SYDNEY, Aug. 17 (Xinhua/APP):Australia’s peak union body, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), has joined calls to increase the nation’s cap on overseas workers to help address widespread labor shortages, a problem drawing attention across industry and government. The report came following the Australian […]

UK Water Company says hosepipe ban to start next week

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LONDON, UK, Aug 17 (AA/APP): A major British water company on Wednesday announced a hosepipe ban for the south of England from next week, following prolonged heat waves and an official drought. In a statement, Thames Water, which provides water services to over 15 million […]

Tokyo Olympics exec arrested over bribery allegations

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Tokyo, Aug 17 (AFP/APP): A board member for the Tokyo Olympics was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking bribes, prosecutors said, along with three other men connected to the scandal. Haruyuki Takahashi allegedly received $380,000 from high-street business-suit retailer Aoki Holdings, an official partner of […]

Singapore’s NODX grows by 7 pct on year in July

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SINGAPORE, Aug. 17 (Xinhua/APP): Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (NODX) rose by 7 percent year on year in July, following a revised 8.5 percent growth in June, Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, reported on Wednesday. It is the 20th consecutive month for Singapore’s NODX to grow […]

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