PESHAWAR: Officials concerned at a meeting here discussed enhancement of seats in public and private sector medical and dental colleges in Khyber Pakthunkhwa. The meeting was chaired by caretaker Chief Minister Syed Arshad Hussain Shah. The meeting was told that there were a total of 21 medical and 11 dental colleges both in the public […]
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PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker cabinet approved the draft of an ordinance amending various sections of Pakistan Panel Code and Criminal Procedure Code to enhance punishments and penalties for those organizing unlawful assembly, rioting and disobeying an order lawfully promulgated and/or causing obstructions or injury to persons lawfully employed. Specifically, these amendments relate to the
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RAWALPINDI: Four prisoners in the Adiala jail of Rawalpindi have murdered another inmate by hanging, jail authorities said on Wednesday. They said the five prisoners, all aids patients, were kept in the aids ward. On the night of December 2 and 3, the four prisoners hanged the fifth in the ward. The officials said there
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PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday evening restored the decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan to take back the election symbol of \’Bat\’ from the embattled PTI. On December 22, the ECP took back the election symbol of the PTI for its failure to hold the intra-party in accordance with its constitution. The
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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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