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Mother languages festival pledges to promote cultural diversity

February 21, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Mother Languages Literature Festival concluded on the eve of the International Day of Mother Languages on Sunday, pledging to promote cultural diversity and demanding institutions concerned take proactive measures to safeguard endangered languages of the country. The three-day festival held at at the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) left behind yet another

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Protest sit-in announced against power crisis

February 20, 2022

MROI (CHITRAL): Social, political activists and members of Tehreek Huqooq-e-Awam at a meeting here on Sunday gave the government departments concerned 72 hours to end power outages otherwise a protest sit-in would be held at Koghuzi. The meeting was held at the residence of Ghaffar Khan Lal in Mroi with senior lawyer Abdul Wali Khan

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Chitral students’ body holds education expo

February 20, 2022

Muhammad Irshadullah PESHAWAR: An educational, social, cultural and entertainment programme was organized by Chitral Students Association in Peshawar on Sunday. The Chitral Educational Expo 2022 was held at the Pashtun Cultural Museum Hall, University of Peshawar, in collaboration with the Directorate of Youth Affairs. Special guest at the programme was District Police Officer (DPO) Khyber

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Booni to Torkhow Road – construction and quality

February 20, 2022

Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig It should be noted at the beginning of the article that initial work on the survey of the Booni-Torkhow road had been started in 2007. I very well remember the opposition shown by the inhabitants of Istaru when the whole sketch was not very clear when they came out against it

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Punishment made harsher for criticizing army, judiciary

February 20, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved a summary of a five-year sentence for criticising the state institutions including Pakistan army, judiciary and others on electronic media. According to sources, the government has decided to make amendments in the Electronic Crimes Prevention Act. The federal cabinet approved the amendment in the Electronic Crimes Prevention Act through an

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