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Sat, 12 Jun 21 07:51:46 +0500
Govt allocates Rs6b for law division
Funds to be used to execute ten ongoing, seven new schemes

Sat, 12 Jun 21 07:02:54 +0500
PM Imran urges world leaders to crackdown on online hate following Ontario attack
Speaks with CBC, stresses action against online extremism in wake of recent terror incidents in the West 

Sat, 12 Jun 21 05:01:49 +0500
PM Imran may visit UK next month
Premier's visit might take place alongside Pakistan cricket team’s tour of England in July

Sat, 12 Jun 21 05:51:46 +0500
Govt proposes Rs37.9b budget for G-B
Rs18b suggested in block allocation in region’s ADP

Sat, 12 Jun 21 05:40:53 +0500
SC orders formation of bench to take up quackery
Top court grants bail to two vendors of alternative medicines

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Fri, 11 Jun 21 06:05:04 +0500
At least 20 killed as bus falls into gorge in Khuzdar
Around 50 people including women and children injured; majority deaths reported of people sitting on roof

Fri, 11 Jun 21 07:48:07 +0500
NCOC to step up vaccination drives in AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan
Umar says imperative to speed up vaccinations in the two regions owing to upcoming elections and tourism season

Fri, 11 Jun 21 07:03:06 +0500
FIA decides not to arrest Tareen, Shehbaz
NAB tells court it does not require to round up PML-N's Capt (retd) Safdar

Fri, 11 Jun 21 13:24:29 +0500
US envoy visits Karachi to promote economic, military ties
Chargé Viguerie meets Sindh CM, navy officials, and business leaders and women entrepreneurs to promote bilateral ties

Thu, 10 Jun 21 19:59:32 +0500
Pakistan's donkey population increases by 100,000
Population growth of horses and mules remain stagnant, reveals economic survey

Thu, 10 Jun 21 06:06:59 +0500
Stalemate on appointment of ECP members continues
Stalemate on appointment of ECP members continues

Thu, 10 Jun 21 18:39:09 +0500
After poultry programme, PTI govt launches rabbit farming in G-B
Farmers can annually get up to six invaluable shawls from the fur of a single rabbit, says PM’s aide

Thu, 10 Jun 21 16:08:27 +0500
‘Over 3m fake domiciles issued to non-Kashmiris to change IIOJK demography’
India continues to employ rape, torture as instruments of state terrorism in occupied territory, says FO spokesperson

Wed, 09 Jun 21 17:55:46 +0500
Persons with ‘mental disorder’ allowed to open bank accounts
Bank account can be opened with the help of a court-appointed manager, says State Bank of Pakistan

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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