GWADAR: Terrorists carried out an attack on the Gwadar port authority complex with multiple blasts and gunfire. Security forces killed eight of the attackers on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, the terrorists first detonated explosive devices and then opened fire in the building. Security forces reached the spot and in an exchange of fire killed […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have reached a staff level agreement on the second and final review under the standby arrangement. The agreement was reached during meetings between Pakistani authorities and the IMF team led by Nathan Porter in Islamabad, Radio Pakistan reported. Under the agreement, Pakistan will receive $1.1 billion after
PARACHINAR: An employee of a bank has been arrested on the charge of murdering a customer who visited the bank to deposit a huge amount of cash and disappeared a few weeks ago, police said on Wednesday. The police said the bank cashier was put behind bars after the dead body of the missing man
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QUETTA: The dead bodies of seven of the total 18 people stuck in a coalmine in Harnai area of Balochistan have been retrieved, rescuers said. The 18 workers got trapped inside after an explosion caused by a gas leakage in the coalmine. A senior rescue official said two teams were trying to retrieve the workers
PESHAWAR: The World Health Organization (WHO) has refurbished 63 health facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that had become almost non-functional after being affected by climate-induced disasters, especially floods in 2022. The refurbished health facilities are in Charsadda, Chitral, Dera Ismail Khan, Upper Kohistan, Nowshera, Swat, Tank, Hangu, Lower Dir, Haripur, Manshera and Abbottabd. The initiative was
Zulfiqar Ahmad ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Aslam Khan, a man of many titles – a fighter, a nationalist, a shining star of Pakistani diplomacy, a civil servant and an eloquent spokesperson for his country – passed away at the age of 69 in Kuwait. His voice resonated with passion, his smile was infectious, and his gestures commanded
Irshadullah Khan PESHAWAR: Professor Dr Ali Muhammad Khan assumed charge as the acting vice chancellor of Islamia College University Peshawar. In this regard, a notification has been issued by the Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakthunkhwa. \”Dr Ali Muhammad brings with him an impressive academic and administrative background, boasting 25 years of teaching and administrative experience,\”
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ISLAMABAD: The federal government has formulated a new policy on the foreign visits of ministers and public servants. Under the new policy, the ministers and government officers will not be entitled to staying in five-star hotels abroad which has been a routine so far. They will also be not allowed to take along any support
CHITRAL: Representatives of political, religious parties and civil society have resolved to foil an attempt of the Auqaf department to take control of Chitral\’s Shahi Masjid, Xang Bazar mosque and Bilal mosque in Drosh. At a meeting with former MPA Molana Abdur Rehman here on Sunday, a resolution was passed by the participants asking the
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal says the center of artificial intelligence can uplift the nation\’s economy through product commercialization and digital exports for economic growth. He expressed these views during a visit to National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad. The visit to
