PESHAWAR: The Khyber district administration, in partnership with the Community Resilience Activity North (CRA-N), conducted a grant program aimed at empowering women through community resilience workshops. In the 13 five-day workshops and 10 two-day training sessions on community resilience and social cohesion, a total of 550 women from Bara and Tirah tehsils were imparted training. […]
GH Farooqui DROSH: A number of shops selling Iranian products were sealed in Drosh bazar, promoting protest by shopkeepers and others. The protest was held against the Consumer Protection Council during which the Chitral-Peshawar road was blocked for over an hour. Addressing the protesters, Qari Jamal Nasir and others criticized the government for sealing the
KAKUL: Army has started training players of national cricket team at its school of physical training in Kakul. According to the schedule, the players undergo fitness training in two sessions daily. The first session is conducted before and the second after Iftar. The training include cycling, badminton and running bedsides different drills. The army launched
RAWALPINDI: Police here have arrested five persons who were granted bail by Supreme Court of Pakistan a week ago in the May 9 vandalism case. After their release, the New Town police arrested the five persons under Maintenance of Public Order ordinance. The police said the arrest order was issued by the deputy commissioner. An
CHITRAL: The district administration of Lower Chitral organized a snow sport festival in Madaklasht and attributed it to Aziza Gul, a skier from the area. Aziza Gul recently returned after representing Pakistan at the Asian Winter Games held in China. In the festival, scores of teams participated in snow sports such as skiing. The Aziza
LAHORE: A lady doctor committed suicide at her house at Ghousia Colony located in the Mughalpura area of Lahore, police said. A brother of the deceased told police that her sister had exchanged harsh words with her mother in the Sehri on Wednesday and went to her room. In the evening, when she didn\’t come
ISLAMABAD: A meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad expressed concerns over sanctuaries on Pakistan\’s border areas from where terrorists were carrying out their activities in the country. The meeting was convened after five Chinese engineers were killed in a suicide attack in Besham area of Shangla district in Khyber Pakthunkhwa on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD: A full court of the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been formed into allegations made by six of the eight judges of Islamabad High Court against intelligence officials for intimidating and interfering in judicial matters. The six judges of the high court in their statements endorsed a demand by former Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui
CHITRAL: A meeting chaired by the secretary culture and tourism in Peshawar today discussed arrangements for the annual Shandur festival 2024 – about four months in advance. The festival is held in the first week of July every year in Shandur located in the Upper Chitral district. The office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral
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ISLAMABAD: JUI-F chief Molana Fazlur Rehman is on warpath against establishment. After facing severe drubbing in the February 8 general elections, the JUI-F has announced to boycott the forthcoming by-election. In a video message on social media, Rehman\’s party announced a protest movement from Balochistan from April 25. It said the current assemblies were do
