ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister\’s Special Assistant for Political Affairs Naeemul Haq on Tuesday announced that the government has agreed to all demands put forth by employees of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC). USC employees have been protesting on the streets of various cities while claiming that Abdul Razzaq Dawood, adviser to the prime minister on industries, […]
SWAT: Army on Monday formally handed over administrative control of Swat to the civil government after restoring peace and the government’s writ in the militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. In 2007, after the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had taken over Swat, armed forced were called in to prise the valley out of their possession — a process that
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LAHORE: In the wake of the details released concerning the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has said that it ‘regrets the Pakistani government’s failure to take an appropriate stand on the incident.’ In a statement issued today, HRCP has said it also
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CHITRAL: In connection with the clean and green Pakistan programme launched by the federal government, a cleanliness campaign was launched by the village council of Balach in which people from different walks of life including elected representatives, students and others took part. On this occasion, the participants stressed the importance of a clean environment. They
By Prof. Rahmat Karim Baig The Hindu Kush chain of mountains spreads over a thousand kilometres from a point close to Chilinji Pass in the south of Pamir westward rising at every few km till it reaches the highest point of the chain that is Terich Mer (7708m) with four sister massifs that stand above
