CHITRAL: People belonging to different political parties and civil society organizations staged a protest sit-in here on Friday, demanding the closure of flour mills and supply of wheat to consumers at subsidized rates as was the case in the past. Protesters in a large number reached polo ground and held a rally to the Chitral […]
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LAHORE: As many as 16 people, including a former PTI MPA, allegedly involved in arson attacks on military installations on May 9 were today handed over to the Army for trial under the Army Act 1952. The 16 arrested persons were produced before an Anti-Terrorism Court which ordered their handing over to the commanding officer
SWAT: The representatives of traders here have asked government to refrain from imposing taxes in Malakand division. Addressing an emergency meeting in Mingora, they threatened that the people of Malakand would start civil disobedience if taxes were imposed in the division. The meeting was called by Malakand Division Traders Federation. The office-bearers of trader federations
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GH Farooqui CHITRAL: The recent increase by the government in wheat price by 100pc was on Friday protested by all political, religious parties and traders in Chitral by closing markets, blocking the main Chitral-Dir road and holding a rally. Addressing the gathering of people, speakers belonging to different political and religious parties regretted that Chitrali
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Responding to the press release published yesterday by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) indicating the Pakistan military’s intention to bring ‘arsonists’ during last week’s violent protests to trial under the Pakistan Army Act and Official Secret Act, Dinushika Dissanayake, Deputy Regional Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “It is alarming to note
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