PESHAWAR: Three women from Chitral have reached the assemblies on the reserved seats allocated to different political parties. They included Ghazala Anjum of the PML-N, Khadija Bibi of ANP and Arifa Bibi of JUI-F. Ghazala Anjum has become MNA on the quota of the PML-N while Arifa Bibi (Jughore) and Khadija Bibi (Drosh) reached the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Prominent banker Sultan Ali Allana expressed his inability to accept the new government\’s offer of joining the cabinet as finance minister due to his preoccupation. According to media reports, Allana, the chairman of HBL, was the first choice of the new government for the key post because of his experience and expertise in handling
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BOONI: The pedestrian bridge between Meragram No 1 and Parwak villages in Upper Chitral is in a dangerous condition. The bridge was constructed a few months ago but during the heavy snowfall, some of its cables could not withstand the heavy snow and broke. As a result, the bridge us in a dangerous condition. This
PESHAWAR: Over 1,500 religious seminaries have been found unregistered in Khyber Pakthunkhwa, a report said on Tuesday. According to a document, there are 6,482 religious seminaries in the province out of which 5,362 are registered with Fifaqul Madaris Al-Arabia and the remaining with other boards. It said Mardan has 602 madrassas, the highest number among
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LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday granted bail to 21 activists of the PTI in a case registered against them in connection with the May 9 arson attacks. The police produced the accused before the judge of the anti-terrorism court, Muhammad Naveed. The judge after hearing arguments from the defence lawyers and the prosection
CHITRAL: The Lowari tunnel road between Chitral and Dir has been reopened after removing snow, said the office of the deputy commissioner Lower Chitral on Tuesday. It said there is about 62 inch of snow on the Chitral side and 70 inch snow on the Dir side of the tunnel. Transporters have been asked to
WASHINGTON: The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado\’s exclusion of him from its ballot. The justices unanimously overturned a Dec. 19 decision by Colorado\’s top court to kick the former president off the state\’s Tuesday
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected the request of PTI filed under the banner of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) for reserved seats in the assemblies. The ECP had earlier reserved its judgement on the plea which it announced today, rejecting the request for the reserved seats. SIC, meanwhile, said it would challenge the
CAPE CANAVERAL: A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Sunday night carrying a crew of three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) to begin a six-month science mission in Earth orbit. The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with an autonomously operated Crew Dragon capsule dubbed
KHYBER: Six members of a family lost their lives when their ramshackle house collapsed in Khyber district of KP after heavy rainfall early on Sunday morning. The deceased included four children and two women. Local people retrieved the dead bodies from the debris of the house. The house was located in the Zakakhel bazar of
