ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to send its cricket team to India to participate in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. In a statement, FO spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said Pakistan has consistently maintained that sports should not be mixed with politics. She said Pakistan believes that state of bilateral relations with India should not […]
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CHITRAL: The Lower Chitral police on Sunday said they have arrested a resident of Rehankot after recovery of 52 litres of locally-made liquor from his possession. In a statement, a spokesman for the police said that on the direction of District Police Officer Salahuddin Kundi, the campaign against drug peddlers and bootleggers had been intensified
Salma A. Alam “I took my child, with a broken arm, to a hospital, only to find that an accountant was available in the ER. Looking for treatment, I asked him to operate on my son.” Sounds incredulous and bizarre, doesn’t it? Now consider this: “I took my child to a school only to find
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has unveiled a policy brief on transforming education, which lays out a set of proposals to create inclusive and truly learning societies, and to understand education as a global public good. The brief recognizes that education faces both a crisis of access as well as a crisis of quality and
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Pervez Hoodbhoy What PM Shehbaz Sharif blurted out recently isn’t quite a national secret. Though none in high office can admit it publicly, in a moment of despair he admitted that wherever he visits, disdain is written on the faces of hosts. Respecting those who keep asking for loans and rollovers is hard. This, said
CHITRAL: A man went missing after leaving his house in Kuju village of Lower Chitral on Friday. Rescue 1122 said that a search was launched along the river after a cap of the missing man identified as Muhammad Ali, about 57 years of age, was found on the bank of the river in Kuju. However,
CHITRAL: Members of the village conservation committee (VCC) of Denin Lasht here have asked the caretaker chief minister to take action against the chief conservator and divisional forest officer (DFO) of the wildlife department for ‘manipulating’ the election of the organisation. Addressing a press conference, Qari Ebadur Rahman, Shuaib Ahmed, Mustajab Khan, Baghdad Khan, Noor
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CHITRAL: The Broghil and Yarkhoon valleys of Upper Chitral have been cut-off from other parts of the province for over 10 days due to the failure of authorities to reopen roads damaged by flash floods. Several arteries and four suspension bridges were swept away by floods last week due to the melting of glaciers. Deputy
ISLAMABAD: Throwing a spanner in the works, an opposition lawmaker on Thursday blocked the passage of bills seeking to establish more universities in the country. Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali pointed out a lack of quorum in the National Assembly, compelling Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf to abruptly adjourn the sitting till Friday morning (today), abandoning the
CHITRAL: The Chitral City police have arrested the conductor of a coaster for harassing women passengers. A statement issued by the police said action against the culprit was taken on the direction of District Police Officer (DPO) Lower Chitral Salahuddin Kundi. The City police had received complaints that the culprit harassed women passengers on the
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