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Thu, 23 Dec 21 15:40:17 +0500
Pakistan seeks ‘pathway’ for unfreezing Afghan assets
FO hails UNSC resolution as reflecting ‘sense of urgency’ to help people of war-torn country

Fri, 24 Dec 21 05:06:29 +0500
Umar wants SDGs status report presented
A national policy framework urged for collection of data

Thu, 23 Dec 21 19:37:42 +0500
Teachers threaten to lock schools permanently
Ask govt to reverse decision of putting capital’s educational institutions under MCI

Fri, 24 Dec 21 07:54:21 +0500
CJP again proposes Justice Ayesha Malik's name for SC post
In Sept, JCP had failed to evolve consensus on her nomination

Fri, 24 Dec 21 05:05:51 +0500
Officers facing ‘graft cases’ promoted
Senate panel told even those under corruption probes upgraded

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, 24 Dec 21 06:37:18 +0500
PM Imran to chair PTI consultative meeting today
Important organisational and policy matters will be discussed, says Fawad

Fri, 24 Dec 21 04:27:24 +0500
Only parliament will decide mini-budget’s fate: Fawad
Minister clarifies the air, saying it is not being passed through an ordinance

Fri, 24 Dec 21 04:23:47 +0500
Faraz inaugurates ‘hemp harvest’ in Rawalpindi
Seeds for current crop were obtained from K-P, Balochistan, G-B

Thu, 23 Dec 21 17:39:24 +0500
Senate to debate Sialkot lynching on Friday
Upper house of parliament would set aside its normal business to discuss killing of Priyantha Kumara

Thu, 23 Dec 21 06:28:13 +0500
Sindh-Centre tussle over water projects continues
Approval of Greater Thal Canal Phase II, Chobara Canal put off for second time

Thu, 23 Dec 21 05:58:48 +0500
Minister denies abolishing 1,000 BPS 1-15 posts
Tells Senate that panel on institutional reforms had asked for abolishing posts lying vacant for one year

Thu, 23 Dec 21 05:58:50 +0500
IHC reserves decision on maintainability of Gilani’s appeal
Not a single voter was given extra ballot -paper to cast his vote after the rejection of his previous vote

Thu, 23 Dec 21 06:31:27 +0500
NAB opposes acquittal pleas in RPP reference
Hearing adjourned till Jan 6

Thu, 23 Dec 21 06:07:48 +0500
US gives 5m more Pfizer doses to Pakistan
Pakistan has received more vaccines from the US than any other country in the world

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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