ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has set aside deputy speaker\’s ruling to dismiss the no-trust resolution against Prime Minister Imran and the subsequent dissolution of the NA by the president on the PM\’s advice, with all five judges unanimously voting 5-0 against it. The apex court ruled that President Dr Arif Alvi\’s decision to dissolve the National […]
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ISLAMABAD: Eight dedicated professionals serving the mountain communities and putting their best efforts into the conservation and development of mountains’ natural resources, mountaineering and promoting mountain music will be given the 2nd Pakistan Mountains Pride Award (PAMPA) on March 31. A grand ceremony will be organised by the Development Communications Network (Devcom-Pakistan) in Islamabad with
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CHITRAL: A hired assassin belonging to Dir was on Monday sentenced to death on two counts and fined Rs1.5 million for killing a youth from Garam Chashma and his pregnant wife three years back. Announcing the judgement in the couple murder case, additional district and sessions judge Muhammad Qasim convicted Attaur Rehman of Patrak village
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PESHAWAR: The federal government has transferred 19 motels of the Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Tourism Authority (KPCTA), which would help facilitate tourists and boost tourism in the province. “We are taking tangible steps to facilitate tourists and promote tourism in the upcoming season. The transfer of PTDC
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Muhammad Irshadullah PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber struck inside a Shia mosque in Peshawar during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding 194 others. Peshawar police chief Ijaz Khan said the armed attackers opened fire on the police deployed outside the mosque. One policeman was killed in the gunfight with the attackers. Later, one
HERAT: Jobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice but to sell a kidney — one of a growing number of Afghans willing to sacrifice an organ to save their families, according to a report in Dawn.com. The practice has become so widespread in the western city of
PESHAWAR: A total of 31,545 candidates are running for tehsil mayors and chairmen and village and neighbourhood council members in 18 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Lower and Upper Chitral, as their nomination papers for the second phase of local body elections on March 31 have been accepted by the returning officers. The nomination papers
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Prime Minister Imran Khan, on a two-day visit to Moscow, held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday during which the premier reaffirmed the importance of the Pakistan Stream gas pipeline as a flagship economic project between the two countries, his office said, according to Dawn.com. The Kremlin issued a brief statement, saying the
ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet approved a summary of a five-year sentence for criticising the state institutions including Pakistan army, judiciary and others on electronic media. According to sources, the government has decided to make amendments in the Electronic Crimes Prevention Act. The federal cabinet approved the amendment in the Electronic Crimes Prevention Act through an
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CHITRAL: The communities of two villages have demanded action against a group of people involved in the illegal sale of plots in public land located in the Yarkhun valley of Mastuj and accused the officials of the concerned department in Upper Chitral of not taking action against them. The barren land called Khotan Lasht, which
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