ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government on Wednesday approved the establishment of a National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). Briefing media after a meeting of the caretaker federal cabinet, minister for information technology (IT) Umar Saif said the agency was needed in the wake of growing cyber crime. He said the agency would work to ensure safe […]
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Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Speakers at a symposium on tourism in Chitral held here urged the government to remove hurdles that keep tourists from visiting the scenic valley. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tourism Department, Frontier Corps North and Pakistan Army jointly organized the symposium. The event highlighted the importance of the conservation of Chitral\’s magnificent cultural heritage
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CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police during a \’search and strike operation\’ arrested a woman wanted in a case registered against her and others a year ago in which she was absconding. The search operation was conducted in Kochangol, Baradam and nearby areas keeping in view the prevailing security situation and in order to search for
KARACHI: The new Christian Marriage Law in Pakistan has come into force under which a youth has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment for contracting second marriage. The judicial magistrate east Karachi also fined the young man Rs.25,000. According to the case details, J. Ilyas had married a woman identified as Easter a year ago
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PESHAWAR (APP): A study on peatland consumption in Broghil National Park of Chitral has warned of over-extraction of the natural resources resulting in shrinkage of grazing lands, degradation of wildlife habitat and increase in fume emission. The study conducted by two research scientists – Khurshid Ali Shah and Hamid Ahmad – suggested holding detailed scientific
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BOONI: PTI Upper Chitral district president and veteran polio player Shahzada Sikendarul Mulk, his cabinet members and scores of party activists have been arrested under section 188 of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). The section states, \”Disobedience to an order lawfully promulgated by a public servant, if such disobedience causes obstruction, annoyance or injury to persons
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PESHAWAR: Taraqee for Social Change performed 52 theater performances with the cooperation of UNICEF under a project of Sarhad Rural Support Program (SRSP). This theater was based on the rights of children and their protection which has been presented in different schools and union councils of five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – Chitral Upper, Chitral
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BOONI: A court here on Friday ruled that Qaqlasht is a Shamilat land of the people of Booni and nearby areas. The court added that only 12 chakorams of land at Sholiri, comprising the Qaqlasht playground, was state property. The court ptonnounced the verbal ruling in a case filed by residents of Booni and other
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has declared illegal sales tax on cooking oil as well as steel industry in the now merged FATA and the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA), including Chitral. The apex court issued the ruling after overruling a judgement of the Peshawar High Court on the appeal of steel mill and
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ISLAMABAD: Six women have been arrested in different cities on the charge of drug peddling and having links with drug mafias. The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in a statement said that these women were caught smuggling narcotics in different cities of Pakistan. The women were working for national and international mafias. It said 26 kilograms of
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