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  MUMBAI:Actor and film-maker Nandita Das, who is gearing up for her next directorial venture Manto, has said she was no air fone one t trying to put Sadat Hassan Manto, the author and playwright, on a pedestal.She also believes that the audience from this side of the border will be able to relate to it just as easily.Nandita Das' 'Manto' makes it to Cannes Film FestivalSpeaking at the teaser launch of of the film adidas forum bold  along with Nawazuddin Si adidas spezial verdi ddiqui, Rasika Dugal and Tahir Raj Bhasin, Nandita said Manto聽was not a message-driven film. PHOTO: INDIAN EXPRESS Jpdl Brexit deal  possible this week  EU s Barnier
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  KARACHI:While the economy is experiencing a slowdown and the automobile sector has been badly hit, Pak Suzuki Motor Company sees light at the end of the tunnel as it plans to expand its plant.According to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of Pak Suzuki Motor s expansion project post air force women ed on the Sindh Enviro adidas spezial rot nmental Protection Agency (Sepa) website, the company would construct the new plant adjacent to its existing plant at the Pakistan Steel Industrial Estate, Karachi.The plant would occupy an area of 75.062 acres and would include storage areas and an inter aj4 nal road network.Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan, the parent company of Pak Suzuki Motor, would fund the project with an investment of $450 million. Initially, the plant will have the capacity to produce 120,000 four-wheelers per annum but later it will be enhanced to 200,000 vehicles per year.Pakistan's auto sector in trouble but used car demand rises We have submitted our environmental impact assessment report to the Sindh gove Pfjd 5 neem masks you need to try ASAP!
 KARACHI:Pakistan s hydroelectric power production hit a historic high at 5,668 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in August 2019 as the environment-friendly and cheap energy resource made a major contribution to the tot shoes adidas samba al energy mix.The high production from the renewable energy source helped reduce the country s reliance on expensive oil-based power generation and slashed the nike jordan 3  overall cost of production by 13% to Rs4.83 per unit. Hydel-based power generation registered an all-time high 鈥?during August 2019,  Arif Habib Limited analyst Rao Aamir Ali said while commenting on the ele new balance nb 530 ctricity production data released recently by the regulator - the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra).The rise in hydel power generation came following the addition of new plants to the system which included the Neelum-Jhelum and Tarbela 4th Extension projects, he said.The Neelum-Jhelum hydroelectric power project, with installed capacity of 969 megawatts, came on line in a phased manner between April and Au

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  LAHORE:After the name of Chaudhry Moonis Elahi appeared in Pandora Papers on Sunday, a spokesperson for Chaudhry brothers said that the assets of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Moonis were   ldquo dec adidas campus red lared as per applicable law  rdquo .The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists unveiled Pandora Papers   ndash  a major international research into the financial secrets held by high-profil jordan blau e individuals around the world.Apart from Moonis, the papers named Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, Senator Faisal Vawda, PPP  rsquo s Sharjeel Memon and others among those with alleged links to offshore companies.Also read: Nearly 700 Pakistanis named in    39 Pandora Papers   39 The spokesperson said,   ldquo In the past due to political victimisation, mis samba og shoes leading interpretations and data have been circulated in files for nefarious reasons against them in the name of so-called accountability.  rdquo Separately, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Sunday said in a t Cawn Seeking justice man commits suicide outside PM Secretariat
 ISLAMABAD:In yet another violation of the international law on diplomatic ties, Indian intelligence officials on Thursday stopped the vehicle of Pakistan's Charge d'Affaires Syed Haider Shah in New Delhi and misbehaved with him.Sh nike jordan low ah was returning from work when he was harassed by personnel belonging to spy agencies.The unpleasant incident has been described as a blatant violation of the Vienna Convention on diploma adidas originals handball spezial tic relations and is t adidas originals he latest in New Delhi s recent harassment of Pakistani diplomats.A few days ago, India had ordered the expulsion of two Pakistani diplomats posted in New Delhi after declaring them as persona non grata.The Indian External Affairs Ministry claimed that the two diplomatic staff members of the Pakistani mission were apprehended by Indian law enforcement agencies for  indulging in espionage activities.  Authorities, however, did not identify the two individuals. The government has declared both these officials persona non grata for indulging in activities i

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  KARACHI:On the fifth day of the budget session that has seen a week of mud- 4er jordan slinging and crass discourse from the province's elected representatives, one major source of contention was,  Who is the real Bhutto  Tahira Dua Bhutto, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MPA from Larkana, claimed in her budget speech that she was the  real Bhutto representing the Bhutto clan in Sindh , casting doubt over  air max tw the Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson's middle name.Bilawal Bhutto steals the showThe treasury members, who were until this point, patiently listening to the budget speeches, grew incensed at the remarks.  Janab speaker, in the name of Bhutto, they have looted and plundered the resources. Roti, Kapara aur Makaan was the PPP founder Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's vision, but they work totally against it,  she said, without paying heed to the protesting lawmakers. Defending their colleague, PTI lawmaker air max plus max s also stood up from their seats and requested the speaker to bring the House in order.Speaker Agha Siraj Du Yluu Federer hopes to avoid three-set matches ahead of Wimbledon
 QUETTA:Jamaat-e-Islami Provincial Ameer Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi has said that the federal government lacks interest in resolving public problems, eliminating corruption and giving rights to Balochistan.He also said ordinances were being patronized by corrupt elements and that the gas crisis, unemployment and corruption were on the rise in Balochistan, adding that no relief was being provided to the people by the federal government.Maulana Hashmi was addressing the inaugural session of the first Provincial Council meetin jordan rose g. Members o adidas samba pink f the Shura, provincial leaders and provincial organizers also attended the meeting.Abdul Haq Hashmi further said that the eli adidas gazelle bold donna mination of inflation and unemployment was not a priority of the government. Only empty promises and unrealistic claims are being made and the acquisition of heavy interest loans remains the only target of the government , he said.For this reason, he said, the country's industrialists, traders and well-educated investors had decided t

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  KARACHI:The post of Sindh inspector general of police (IGP) has once again become the bone of contention between the ruling parties in Sindh and at the Centre 鈥?Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) 鈥?after the provincial cabinet gave a green signal to replace the incumbent police chief on Wednesday.The Sindh cabinet, in a meeting held on the province s overall law and order situation earlier in the day, expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of IGP Kaleem Imam.Names of Ghulam Qadir Thebo, Mushtaq Mehar and Dr Jameel came under consideration as Imam nike af  s replacement during the meeting. Majority of the cabinet members chose Thebo as their first choice, but left the final decision on the issue to the Sindh chief minister.Sources privy to the development told The Express Tribune that the provincial gover air force women nment would forward all three names to the federa nikeair l government. Reasons behind the decision would also be explained in the summary, they added.The leadership  Ldpa Window narrowing for global economy warns IMF
 WASHINGTON:US President Jo air force 1 e Biden denied on Tuesday a media report that his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, last week turned down an o air jordan aj1 ffer from Biden for a face-to-face meeting.The Financial Times cited multiple people briefed on a 90-minute call between the two leaders last week as saying Xi did not take Biden up on the offer and instead insisted that Washington adopt a less strident  adidas spezial tone toward Beijing.  quot It   39 s not true,  quot  Biden said when asked by reporters if he was disappointed that Xi did not want to meet with him.Biden   39 s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in a statement earlier on Tuesday that the report was   quot not an accurate portrayal of the call. Period.  quot A source who was among those briefed on the call confirmed the report was accurate.  quot Xi apparently intimated that the tone and atmosphere of the relationship needed to be improved first,  quot  the source told Reuters.Read China says US army must be held accountable for Afghanistan actions

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  ISLAMABAD:The Chief Justice of Pakistan s directive to withdraw police secu adidas campus 80s rity for all unentitled persons may put the security of Aasia Bibi s attorney at risk. On Friday midnight, adidas originals  I had been intimated by the Punjab police that they are withdrawing the three police guards in view of CJP Mian Saqib Nisar s fresh directives,  says Saiful Malook advoc jordan bajos ate, who is representing Aasia Bibi and four other blasphemy accused persons in separate cases. Malook was also the prosecutor in the Salmaan Taseer assassination case.CJP Nisar on Thursday directed the federal and all provincial governments to withdraw police security within 24 hours of all unentitled people and to submit an affidavit attested by an oath commissioner in the hearing scheduled for April 23 in Islamabad.Supreme Court stays Aasia Bibi's executionIn view of his order, the Punjab police were quick to withdraw all protection provided to Aasia Bibi s counsel. The legal community is also expressing surprise over the Punjab governmen Vknt Rehman Baba Express derails near Karachi
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  Riz Ahmed-starrer Sound of Metal is winning big at the 15th Zurich聽 International Film Festival.聽Darius Marder's debut feature聽won the Golden Eye for best film at the prestigious film awards and has received adidas samba pink  raving reviews from critics.The British-Pakistani actor portrays the character of聽 adidas originals superstar Ruben, a drummer who loses his hearing in the midst of a nomadic music tour with Lou (Olivia Cooke), and finds solace in the deaf community.Before filming, Ahmed聽embarked on intensive six-month drumming lessons. But still, he claimed that his skills are not up to scratch.  I should not play the drums at all,  he said in an interview with Deadline.  Luckily the kind of genre that Ruben exists in is one that is  yellow dunks more about passion than technical prowess. It s very much a cathartic form of expression for him.  PHOTO: FILE Rsos Owners workers protest against closure of brick kilns in Punjab
 BEIJING:A Sino-US trade war could ease somewhat but wid adidas spezial beige er conflicts between the world s two largest economies will continue, Lou Jiwei, a former Chinese finance minister, said on Saturday. Look at the next development, there could be compromises in the trade war at a certain stage, and we have seen signs of compromising,  Lou, now an official with a body that advises China s  new balances 480 parliament, told an economic forum in Beijing.Officials from both countries on Thursday said China and the United States had agreed to roll back tariffs already put in place on each other s goods if a  phase one  deal was concluded, but the idea has been met with opposition from some quarters of the administration US President Donald Trump.Trump, himself, in comments that hit stock prices and the dollar, said on Friday air max one  he had not agreed to a tariff rollback. Washington has adopted a strategy to contain China s economic rise by preventing the country from climbing up the global value chain, Lou said. Containment and

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 LA jordan azzurre HORE:The Afghan war has proven to be another longest conflict in history with multiple changes of strategies followed with the change of government in the US. However, over the past few months, the Afghan government has sped up its work to redevelop the country. Building of new dams and opening up of new air and land trade routes are indicative of the era of nike force 1  redevelopment the country ha 1 jordan 1 s boarded on.Amna ShakeelPublished in The Express Tribune, December 15th, 2018.Like Opinion   amp  Editorial on Facebook, follow @ETOpEd on Twitter to receive all updates on all our daily pieces.

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  PESHAWAR:A Pashto stage actress and singer was聽allegedly shot dead by her husband in the Nowshera Kalan locality of Nowshera district on Wednesday.A police official speaking to The Express Tribune said actress Resham s brother, Obaidullah, lodged a First Information Report (FIR) with the local police and accused her husband of the crime.Resham was married to Fayda Khan, a resident of Rahimabad, and her husband was residing and working outside the country聽due to an ongoing domestic dispute between t nike air he couple.Drug overdose  : Man, woman found dead in Yakatoot homeResham s brother wrote in the FIR that the accused had recently returned to the country and had convinced his wife to visit his ailing father. He further claimed that聽when the two did not return for some t adidas originals multix ime,聽he went to Resham s residence and found her body.Newlywed woman killed by husband for textingPolice registered the FIR and began an investigation into the case. Resham was a popular stage new balance 420  actress and singer who performed i Lhet Private schools protest fee deduction decry heavy taxes
 PESHAWAR:The Khyber-Pakhtunkhw adidas 00s campus a (K-P) gove jordan sneaker rnment has taken the initiative to convene a meeting of the provincial price control committee for the first time in a year. The primary objective of  adidas samba ladies this meeting is to address the rising prices of everyday essentials.

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  DUBAI:Iranian officials told Reuters on Friday that Tehran had received a message from US  af1 one Pr nike air max esident Donald Trump through Oman overnight warning that a US attack on Iran was imminent.They spoke shortly after the New York Times reported that  nuove air force 1 Trump had approved military strikes against Iran on Friday in retaliation for the downing of a US surveillance drone, but called off the attacks at the last minute. In his message, Trump said he was against any war with Iran and wanted to talk to Tehran about various issues ... He gave a short period of time to get our response but Iran's immediate response was that it is up to Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali) Khamenei to decide about this issue,  one of the officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.Trump pulls back from launch of military strikes on Iran after initial approval - NYTA second Iranian official said:  We made it clear that the leader is against any talks, but the message will be conveyed to him to make a decision ... Howe Nvjt Indian court jails former diplomat on charges of  spying for Pakistan
 LONDON:British housing minister Robert Jenrick said there was no reason for anyone to be concerned about the data behind the Oxford and AstraZ jordan nere eneca vaccine and said the independen blue sambas t regulator w adidas originals dragon ould work to assess it.  ldquo I don  rsquo t think there is any reason to be unduly concerned,  rdquo  he told Sky News.   ldquo We have now written to the body that will independently assess the veracity and the safety of the vaccine.  ldquo We have to let the independent evaluation happen now.  rdquo Some questions have been raised about the Oxford/AstraZeneca data and the robustness of that result.

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  CANBERRA:Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms.Australia and the social nike 95  media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week after the government introduced legislation that challenged Facebook and Alphabet Inc  rsquo s Google  rsquo s dominance in the news content market.Facebook last week blocked Australian users from sharing and viewing news content on its popular social media platform, drawing criticism from publishers and the government.But after a series of ta nike af1 femme lks between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a concession deal has been struck, with Australian n adidas superstar damen ews expected to return to the social media site in the coming days.Facebook, Twitter outpaced by smaller platforms in fight against harmful contentThe issue has been widely watched internationally as other countries including Cana Glab I am the chosen one  Trump defends China trade war
 ISLAMABAD/NEWS DELHI:India allowed shops in residential areas to reopen from Saturday, more than a month after the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus, federal and state officials said.The federal home ministry said late on Friday that retailers could resume operations with the staff numbers reduced by half as long as employees wore masks and gloves and appropriate social distancing was ma dunk purple intained.The sale of liquor and other non-essential items continues to be banned and jordan2  no shops in large market places or multi-brand and single-brand malls will be allowed to reopen until May 3.Members of industry groups welcomed the partial resumption of activity but said a large number of businesses faced bottlenecks due to a lack of raw materials and police restrictions on the movement of workers.India has reported 24,942 cases of Covid-19, the disease ca af1 one used by the coronavirus, and 779 deaths. The authorities have set up teams to focus on compliance with lockdown measur

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  LONDON:A new poll found on Sunday that 49 per cent of Brits believed Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum.The poll was carrie nike force 1 d out by Opinium for The Observer newspaper, and came after the release of parliament  rsquo s Russia report, which found that the UK had   ldquo badly underestimated  rdquo  the threat posed by Russia to the UK.The poll asked Brits about Russian interference in the 2014 Scottish independence refe jordan nere rendum, the 2016 Brexit referendum, and the 2019 UK general election. In all three elections, Brits were more likel adidas campus grey y than not to believe that Russia had interfered.It found that 40% of Brits believed Russia interfered in the Scottish independence referendum, and 49% believed that it had interfered in the Brexit referendum.Those who voted Remain were more likely to believe Russia interfered in the referendum than those who voted Leave, 63% and 39%, respectively.Regarding the 2019 UK general election, 47% believed Russia had interfered: 70% of centrist Liberal Democrat  Yxqy SC returns PTI s petition challenging Election Act 2017
 Google has launched a new service called Keen as part of Area 120, Google s workshop for experimental projects.The productivity service allows users to curate content that interests them which they can then share with others and continue to discover more. We worked in close collaboration with a team at Google called People and AI Research (PAIR), dedicated to human-centered machine learning systems, to develop this experiment,  Google said on their blog. On Keen, which is a web and Android ap stan smith bebe p, you say what you w air force nocta ant to spend more time on, and then curate content from the web and people you trust to help make that happen. You make a  keen,  which can be about any topic, whether it s baking delicious bread at home, getting into birding or researching typography. Keen lets you curate the content you love, share your collecti campus 00s adidas on with others and find new content based on what you have saved. You can use Keen on desktop or mobile to build a collection of your best resources on a topic you kno

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  KARACHI:The Supreme Court (SC)-mandated Judicial Commission on Water and Sanitation submitted its fourth interim report to the apex court during a hearing at the Karachi registry on Saturday.The report outlined orders for improvement in the water supply, drainage and sewage treatm air force homme ent services and its implementation.The commission started working under its head, Justice (retd) Amir Hani Muslim, from January 20, 2018. From January 20 to August 29, a total of 68 hearings and meetings have been conducted. The commission paid 55 visits to the water supply, drainage and other sites in all distr adidas forum bold icts of Sindh from January 21 to August 11.Supply scheme: RCB seeks NOC for cutting GT Road for water lineDuring the last two months, the commission has received 170 complaints from the citizens. Of these, 140 stand resolved.TargetsIn the third interim report, a tar campus green adidas get of initiating 92 new water supply and drainage schemes in rural and semi-urban Sindh was set. Against the target, 66 have been complete Mhag Green passport
 As  MeToo gains momentum globally, it has reached Pakistan with full fo campus 00s shoes rce. Renowned personalities such as social media influencer Junaid Akram and Edhi Foundation Chairman Faisal Edhi recently came聽under fire by several women for sexual misconduct.However, w adidas original campus hile this just might be the opening of a Pandora's Box, Osman Khalid Butt reveals why he won't be accused of harassment by any woman. PH air force femme OTO: INSTAGRAM/OSMAN KHALID BUTT

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  Pakistanis are often caught in the pincer of international and national situations. As a result of lack of job opportunities, they leave their own country in search of a good future in foreign lands. Often they are so desperate that they make unplanned journey and fall into the trap laid out by human smugglers. Recently, an NGO ship rescued 31 Pakistanis travelling in a air max90  wooden  air force 1 boat off the Italia nike air max270 n island of Lampedusa. Others rescued from the boat are said to be Sudanese. Ffme Talks between Saudi Arabia and Qatar good for the region Iran
 LAHORE:On the direction of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, steps are underway to curtail expenditures of the CM Office.Previously, Rs62.9 million was spent on repair of vehicles of the CM Office in 2016-17 and Rs42.4 million was spent in 2017-18 for the same purpose.However, only Rs29.3 million w adidas campus blue as spent in the tenure of the incumbent chief minister for the repair of vehicles during 2018-19.Meanwhile, only Rs7.1 million has been spent on vehicles  repair in the first six months of the current financial year.Similarly, the Communication and Works department spent Rs23.6 million on repair and maintenance of CMO in 2016-17 and incurred an expenditure of Rs28.5 million in 201 nikeaire 7-18 for the same purpose.It spent Rs23 million in 2018-19 and incurred an expenditure of Rs5.4 million till January 2020 in the current financial year.Published in  adidas samba original schwarz The Express Tribune, January 18th, 2020.

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  MOSCOW:Russia is ready to discuss ways out of the crisis in relations with the EU but does not see reciprocity, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.Speaking in an interview with the Russian daily AiF, Maria Zakharova said the EU calls on Moscow and Kyiv to start peace talks are   quot just rhetoric,  qu airmaxes ot  stressing that all EU actions,  stan smith original including military assistance to Ukraine, are aimed at escalation, not easing tensions.Zakharova explained the change in the EU rhetoric -- from   quot  adidas spezial rot winning on the battlefield  quot  to   quot finding a solution at the negotiation table  quot  -- by the growing discontent among EU citizens who are not satisfied with their leader   39 s statements that are ascribing all problems to Russia.  quot Ordinary European citizens are growing tired of permanent confrontational rhetoric and endless unfounded accusations against Russia. There is a growing demand for an end to the conflict in Ukraine and for internal stabilization in the EU member s Rdsq ICCI wants extension in tax amnesty scheme
 Former senator Faisal Raza Abidi was released from Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail on Sunday, Express News reported.The former Pakistan Peoples Party leader's release comes after a three-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed and comprising Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel and Justice Yahya Afridi accepted his unconditional apology and discharged a contempt notice.Faisal Raza Abidi throws himself at mercy of courtThe apex court, however, emphasised that the decision would not affect anti-terrorism court (ATC) proceedings against Abidi, wherein he is facing a similar charge of using derogatory remarks against Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar.Speaking t best air max o media after the release, Abidi said he repen af1 ted during the imprisonment as any law-abiding citizen would. On his political future, he said he would announce final decision in next 15 days.ATC rejects Faisal Raza Abidi s bail pleaIn the apology submitted before the top court, Abidi said he remained behind bars and was presente gazelle adidas uomo d be