LAHORE: Speakers on Thursday stressed the need for accelerating the pace of collective efforts by all stakeholders to eliminate gender based violence and harassment to achieve sustainable development goals, besides ensuring a healthy society. They were speaking at a penal discussion on activism to end gender-based violence with the title ‘community-centric approaches to ending violence […]
Read MoreLAHORE:During the current year, 40,618 smoke-emitting vehicles have been challaned and 4,508 of those impounded so far. A police spokesperson said here on Thursday that 2,333 vehicles were challaned and 437 impounded in Rawalpindi region. In Sargodha region, 1,971 smoke-emitting vehicles were challaned and 159 impounded. In Faisalabad region, 10,895 vehicles were challaned and 761 […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) on Thursday night issued a joint statement after five more positive cases were reported in the West Indies camp following Wednesday’s PCR testing, raising the total number of positive cases to nine since their arrival in Karachi on December 9. “On Thursday morning and as […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) urged the government to sustain the decision of “Corporate Guarantee” in provisional assessment dispute case instead of Bank Guarantee or pay order. A spokesman for the LCCI told the media here on Thursday that in various letters written to government functionaries, LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir, Senior […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday despite the passage of seven years, the nation could not forget the tragedy of Army Public School. In a statement, he said cowardly miscreants attacked the future of the nation, unarmed minors and martyred them. The minister said no one could hold back […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi Thursday said the solution to national issues and terrorism eradication lies in implementing National Action Plan (NAP) in true letter and spirit. Talking to media, flanked by Christian leaders and notables, he said the government was working to review […]
Read MoreKarachi: Five more members of the West Indies cricket squad — including three players — have tested positive for Covid, officials said Thursday, leaving the rest of their Pakistan tour hanging in the balance. Four members of the touring party tested positive on Saturday, bringing the total to nine since they arrived last week for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing of review petitions filed by police officials against convictions in case regarding manhandling of former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by police. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Maqbool Baqar, […]
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