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Brexit bill to go before MPs from Monday

  • LONDON, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): British MPs will meet on Monday to discuss amendments made to a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to trigger Brexit, with further debate possible on Tuesday and Wednesday, the government said. The legislation is a requirement from the Supreme Court, which said that May needs lawmakers’ approval to be able to invoke […]

  • PSG supporter hurt in Motta car incident

    PARIS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP): After the humiliation of letting in six goals against Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Motta’s night went from bad to worse after he hit a supporter with his sportscar after flying back home early Thursday. Around 30 supporters, furious about the team’s defeat, were waiting for the Paris players as they emerged from […]

  • Poland threatens to derail EU summit

    WARSAW, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Poland’s rightwing government has threatened to derail an EU summit Thursday on the bloc’s post-Brexit future if its leaders go ahead and re-elect Pole Donald Tusk as the bloc’s president despite Warsaw’s opposition. “We will inform our (EU) partners that the entire summit is at risk, if they will force the vote […]

  • Pakistan takes measures to strengthen maritime security: Beijing Review

    BEIJING (China), (MILLAT/APP): China and Pakistan are working together to implement the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) programme at full speed, which provides further impetus for the two nations to extend their cooperation from land to sea. CPEC will become a 3,000-km-long route connecting Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to Gwadar Port in […]

  • Bangladesh 312 all out against Sri Lanka

    GALLE, Sri Lanka, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Bangladesh were all out for 312 runs in their first innings on the third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle on Thursday. Sri Lankan skipper Rangana Herath took the final wicket in the first over after the tea break, helping his side take a 182-run lead […]

  • Various uplift projects under compeltion in Astore

    ASTORE (MILLAT/APP): Parliamentary Secretary Health and member Gilgit Baltistan Legislative Assembly Barkhat Jamil has said due to better policies of the present government of GB, construction work on various development projects was continuing in different areas of District Astore. All the concerned contractors have been strictly instructed to complete the projects in time, he told […]