[Picture: Manzoor Ul Mulk] BOONI: Work on the establishment of a hydel powerhouse near Drasun village of Mulkhow remains incomplete even after about seven years. The project at Qaqlasht side in front of Drasun was funded by the Khyber Pakthunkhwa government and its contract was awarded to AKRSP. A few months into the work, however, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said the government will ensure best possible security arrangements for Chinese engineers, workers and their families in Pakistan. He was addressing Chinese engineers and workers at Dasu Dam project site in Koshistan today. “Our friendship will march forward and the enemies of this friendship will be defeated comprehensively.”
ISLAMABAD: Retired judge of the Supreme Court Tasaduq Hussain Jilani has refused to investigate the allegations of six judges of the Islamabad High Court against intelligence officials. The federal cabinet had approved the appointment of the retired judge after a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa on
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday suspended the sentence of Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi in the Toshakhana corruption case. A two-member bench of the high court headed by the chief justice ordered the release of the former prime minister and his wife. The couple was handed down 14 years\’ imprisonment on January 31
SARGODHA: A man committed suicide after shooting his three minor daughters, police here said on Monday. The incident occured in the Bhera tehsil of Sargodha. Police said the man had divorced his wife and his three daughters were living with her mother. The father took the three minor daughters home after taking permission from court
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ISTANBUL (Reuters): Turks dealt President Tayyip Erdogan and his party their biggest electoral blow on Sunday in a nationwide local vote that reasserted the opposition as a political force and reinforced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the president\’s chief rival. With most of the votes counted, Imamoglu led by 10 percentage points in the mayoral
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers on Sunday held a rally from Peshawar Press Club to the Peshawar High Court, demanding the release of party founder Imran Khan. National Assembly Members (MNAs) Umar Ayub, Ali Muhammad Khan and Barrister Gohar Ali Khan also attended the rally. Outside the Peshawar High Court, party leaders addressed
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CHITRAL: The dead body of Chitral\’s Sufi poet Abdul Ghani alias Dool Mama was brought home from Peshawar and laid to rest at his hometown of Broze on Sunday. A large number of people attended his funeral prayer. Dool Mama breathed his last at Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar on Saturday. The death of the popular
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board has announced its decision to make Babar Azam captain of the national cricket team again in T20s and One Day Internationals. The PCB selection committee held a meeting yesterday and announced the decision to bring back Babar to lead the team in white ball format once again. Babar was first made
PESHAWAR: At least eight people, including four children, lost their lives in rain-related incidents in different parts of Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Saturday. According to Rescue 1122, roofs of houses collapsed in Peshawar, Bajaur, Nowshera, Bannu and Shangla in which many lives were lost. Moreover, walls of mud houses caved in in other parts of the
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