Three including husband, wife arrested, drugs recovered

KARACHI: Gulshan Iqbal police arrested three drug smugglers including husband and wife and recovered 64.100 kg hashish and 10.800 kg opium from their possession on Thursday. According to Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) officials, Police on a secret information intercepted a suspicious car near Al-Asif Square, Super Highway and arrested Amanullah and his wife Yasmeen and […]

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No confidence motion to prove to be another failure of PDM: Gill

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Thursday said that no confidence motion would prove to be another failure of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Giving reaction to the statement given by Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, he said the nation was well aware about those corrupt elements who plundered the country […]

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Youth urged to become flag bearers of Clean Green Pakistan drive

ISLAMABAD:Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Shehryar Khan Afridi Thursday urged youth to become flag bearers of Clean Green Pakistan drive. Addressing the students and youth at the Clean Green Pakistan movement launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan by Air University here at Pir Sohawa, Shehryar Afridi urged youth to actively participate in the […]

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PM urges int’l community to reinforce Afghan peace efforts

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to support the Afghan peace process and urged the international community to reinforce those efforts as peace in Afghanistan was a shared responsibility. The prime minister, in a meeting with Foreign Minister of Iraq Dr. Fuad Hussein, who called on him here, outlined Pakistan’s consistent support for […]

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Committee formed to decide abandoned properties’ future

ISLAMABAD:Federal minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem had constituted a committee of ministers with co-opted members to formulate a strategy to dispose of abandoned properties administered by the government. The Federal Cabinet had directed to formulate a strategy to dispose of, in consultation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry […]

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Pakistan offer huge opportunities for investment in tourism

ISLAMABAD:The Board of Investment (BOI) on Thursday said that Pakistan has huge potential for investment in the tourism sector and the government has offered huge opportunities in the sector. Pakistan had a liberal investment regime and there were numerous opportunities for investment in Pakistan, Secretary BOI said. Fareena Mazhar said this while on a call […]

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Work on master planning of 28 Punjab cities in fast pace

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday chaired the meeting of National Coordination Committee on Housing wherein he was apprised that work on master planning of 28 cities of Punjab province with over 60 million population, was going on fast pace. Federal ministers, special assistants to prime minister and relevant senior officials attended the meeting. The senior […]

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Arrests of Palestinian rights defenders part of Israel’s ‘wider crackdown’: UN expert

UNITED NATIONS:UN expert has expressed concern over arrests, harassment, criminalization and threats against human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and within Israel, and called on Israeli government to make sure all Palestinian human rights defenders are protected. “Arrests and raids on the homes of Palestinian human right defenders form part of a wider […]

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