PESHAWAR: The session of the Khyber Pakthunkhwa Assembly scheduled to meet at 11am today (Wednesday) faced mismanagement and couldn\’t start on time to administer oath to the members. The members were administered oath after a delay of over three hours. Over 1,000 passes were issued to visitors against a few hundreds capacity and the unruly […]
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GWADAR: Heavy rain lashed most parts of Balochistan on Tuesday leaving many cities and villages submerged in water. Gwadar was worst hit as rainwater flooded residential areas forcing residents to flee. Life has come to a standstill after 16 hours of downpours. Newly-elected MNA Hidayatur Rehman of Haq Do Tehreek on social media said that
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Monday expressed deep concern over the overall deterioration in human rights in the country. “Foremost is the blatant manipulation of the electoral landscape in which one political party among others has been singled out for systematic dismemberment,” HRCP co-chairperson Munizae Jahangir, Afrasyab Khattak and others told
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) late on Friday night announced the schedule of the February 8, 2024, general elections on the direction of the Supreme Court. The court earlier at an emergency sitting suspended a ruling of the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the appointment of returning officers from the district administrations and
PESHAWAR: The caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has approved grant of subsidized loans to the province’s youth and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The Bank of Khyber will offer concessions on these loan schemes with favourable terms with the provincial government covering the associated costs. This approval was given during a meeting of the caretaker provincial
ISLAMABAD: The theme for this year\’s World Sight Day, \’Universal eye health,\’ underscores the urgent need to address the eye health disparities existing in our society. In Pakistan, millions of people continue to face significant challenges in accessing adequate eye care, resulting in unnecessary vision loss and impaired quality of life. This World Sight Day
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat to the Foreign Office on Friday and handed him a demarche over the terrorist attack on two border posts in Lower Chitral which left four soldiers martyred on Sept 6. The Foreign Office demanded that the interim Afghan government stop its soil from being used against Pakistan. Earlier
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday disqualified former prime minister Imran Khan for five years following his conviction in the Toshakhana case last week, Dawn.com reported. An Islamabad trial court on Saturday sentenced Imran — who was absent from the hearing — to three years of imprisonment and imposed a fine of
TIMARGARAH: A 35-year-old Indian woman, Ms Anju, has arrived in the Upper Dir district to spend time with her 29-year-old Facebook friend, Nasrullah. Official sources disclosed that the woman, belonging to Kailor area of Uttar Pradesh, is holding valid travel documents for visiting village Kulsho, Upper Dir district, to which Nasrullah belonged. Born on Dec
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GILGIT: Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly in its session held in Gilgit today elected Sadia Danish as the deputy speaker of the GB assembly unopposed. The session was presided over by Speaker Nazir Ahmed. Soon after election, the speaker administered oath to her, Radio Pakistan reported. Formerly, she served as GB\’s Minister for Information,Tourism, Sports and Culture. Ms
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