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Mon, 28 Jun 21 22:10:10 +0500
Salary cuts to pay for K-P employee pensions
Third pension policy overhaul to rein in rising payouts

Tue, 29 Jun 21 04:44:54 +0500
MPs to get briefing on Afghanistan on July 1
NA speakers convenes in-camera meeting on Parliamentary Committee on National Security

Tue, 29 Jun 21 04:59:44 +0500
Imran foreign trips seven times cheaper than that of Nawaz’s
PM undertook 26 foreign visits in three years, costing national kitty $1.1 million

Tue, 29 Jun 21 07:05:41 +0500
Pakistan desires good ties with US, Afghanistan: NSA
Durable peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of regional countries including Pakistan, says Dr Moeed Yusuf

Tue, 29 Jun 21 05:34:33 +0500
ECC allows 100,000 tons of sugar to maintain strategic reserves
Cabinet body extends PM’s package of subsidy on essential food items

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, 25 Jun 21 15:40:52 +0500
Sold into a nightmare
The ordeal of one survivor of child trafficking highlights how the dangerous practice persists in plain sight

Mon, 28 Jun 21 16:57:32 +0500
'Mufti Azizur Rehman should be hanged at Minar-e-Pakistan'
Open public punishment should be given by setting up special courts to prevent cases of child abuse, says Ashrafi

Mon, 28 Jun 21 18:24:47 +0500
TikToker Hareem Shah weds 'mystery' PPP minister
Picture showing two hands with wedding rings goes viral

Tue, 29 Jun 21 05:55:22 +0500
BISP stipend extended to Intermediate students
Higher secondary boys would get Rs3,500 cash stipend and girls would get Rs4,000 on a quarterly basis

Mon, 28 Jun 21 17:30:23 +0500
NA concludes process of demands for grants
Lawmakers reject all 535 cut motions proposed by opposition

Mon, 28 Jun 21 22:00:32 +0500
PTI politician survives attempt on life
Isa Khan had lost his wife in a similar attack at the same spot on June 17

Mon, 28 Jun 21 22:01:47 +0500
Crumbling apartment building evacuated at midnight
Many rush out in sleeping pyjamas; residents not even allowed time to collect valuables

Mon, 28 Jun 21 22:06:18 +0500
Two killed by electrocution
One of the deceased was shifted to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital for medico-legal formalities

Mon, 28 Jun 21 21:59:15 +0500
Police claim arresting two suspects after shootout
Alleged robber caught getting medical treatment at Civil Hospital

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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