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Daily COVID-19 mortality rate up by 140pc

ISLAMABAD: Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar on Tuesday said people in the country were \”committing a collective blunder by recklessly ignoring\” all standard operating procedures (SOPs) against coronavirus, the results of which have started to show in the form of increased deaths. \”Last week, daily Covid mortality rate was 12. This is a 140 […]

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Kalash Marriage Act on the card

PESHAWAR: For the first time in the country’s history, a move has been sought to extend marital laws to the Kalash community, living in the vales of Chitral. The Kalash Marriage Act, which will be formulated in consultation with 74 indigenous judges, is expected to be completed by December 2020. The implementation of the decree

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Fast bowler Umar Gul calls it a day

Fast bowler Umar Gul has announced he will be retiring from all forms of cricket after a 20-year professional career as his side, Balochistan, failed to qualify for the National T20 Cup semifinals. In a statement, he said he had made the decision with a \”heavy heart and after a lot of thinking\”.\”I have always

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Rs1.2bn to be spent on tourist activities in merged districts

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will spend Rs1.2 billion in three years on organising festivals and tourist activities in the merged tribal districts despite the fact that neither any infrastructure exists there nor has any tourist spot been identified there. The newly-established Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cultural and Tourism Authority will sponsor the festivals, an international cycle

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Unchecked flow of water destroying Chitral\’s roads

چترال(گل حماد فاروقی) ویسے تو چترال کی تمام سڑکوں کی حالت نہایت حراب ہے جس کی وجہ سے آئے روز سڑک حادثات پیش آتے ہیں جن میں کئی قیمتی جانیں ضائع ہوئی ۔ مگر چترال کے سڑکوں کی تباہی کا ایک اور بنیادی وجہ سڑک پر بہتا ہوا پانی ہے جو تارکول کو قلیل عرصے

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