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Mountain pride award announced for eight professionals

March 24, 2022

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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Hired assassin sentenced to death in couple murder case

March 21, 2022

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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19 PTDC motels handed over to KP tourism authority

March 12, 2022

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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56 killed in suicide attack on Shia mosque

March 4, 2022

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

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Poverty forces Afghans to sell their kidneys

March 1, 2022

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

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