NA committee on National Food Security meets

ISLAMABAD:National Assembly Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research on Thursday was informed by Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) about various verities of potato plants production through tissue culture in order to get more potato seed production for achieving the objectives in terms of bumper, potato crop. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship […]

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Asad Umar reviews progress of South Balochistan Development Programme

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Asad Umar chaired a progress review meeting on the South Balochistan Development Plan here on Thursday and expressed satisfaction over the progress of the projects under the Plan. In line with the vision of the prime minister for the development of unprivileged and less developed areas in Pakistan, […]

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NEPRA reserves decision into K-Electric tariff hike

ISLAMABAD:National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday reserved its decision after concluding public hearing into K-Electric monthly fuel cost adjustment for July and 4th quarterly adjustment petition . The hearing was presided over by NEPRA Chairman Tauseef H Farooqi. Member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Masood Anwar Khan and Member Balochistan Rehmatullah and members Sindh Rafique […]

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Veteran Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani laid to rest at Haiderpora

ISLAMABAD ::The veteran Hurriyat leader and the icon of Kashmir Freedom Movement, Syed Ali Gilani in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has been laid to rest in tight military siege at Haiderpora in Srinagar early Thursday morning. According to reporter, the occupation authorities had put strict restrictions on the movement of the people and […]

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NRFA claims heavy casualties to Taliban during their Panjshsir offensives, Taliban denies

ISLAMABAD:The Northern Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRFA) on Thursday claimed heavy casualties to Taliban fighters during their multiple attempts to enter Shotul from Jabul-Saraj in Panjshir valley but failed each time and bodies of more than forty Taliban were left on the battlefield. The Taliban, However, in a statement refuted the NRFA’s claim and stated […]

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President, FM condole demise of Sardar Attaulah Mengal

ISLAMABAD:President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday expressed his grief and sorrow over the sad demise of veteran politician Sardar Attaullah Mengal. He in a message expressed his sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul. Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi also expressed his grief over the demise of Sardar Attaullah […]

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Qureshi asks int’l community to help Afghanistan in achieving peace, prosperity

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Foreign Affairs Shah Mehmood Qureshi Thursday said the international community should fulfill its responsibility and help Afghanistan in achieving peace, stability and prosperity. Speaking at the 4th Think Tank Forum here, he said Pakistan was supporting efforts to establish sustainable peace in Afghanistan. The use of force in Afghanistan put hurdles in the […]

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Geelani ‘epitome of Kashmir’s struggle for freedom’: Amb. Munir Akram

Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, mourned the demise of the “great” Kashmiri leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, with the hope that the struggle to secure self-determination and freedom for Jammu and Kashmir will continue with “renewed vigour and determination.” “The Pakistan Mission to the UN and I join the freedom-loving people of […]

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