5 killed as speeding bus mows down pedestrians in Mandi Bahauddin

ISLAMABAD:At least five people were killed and 11 other wounded after a passenger bus hit pedestrians in Mandi Bahauddin on wee hours of Saturday. According to Police sources, the pedestrians were gathered to attend a wedding event. The accident was caused by a dense fog that has hit various parts of Punjab, a private news […]

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CM Balochistan strongly condemns blast of Quetta

QUETTA:Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo strongly condemned the blast of Quetta and expressed his sorrow on loss of life on Saturday. In a statement, he said such cowardly attack could not weaken the moral of citizens and security forces and nefarious design of terrorists would be foiled under contribution of security forces and […]

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Minister cuts Christmas cake at PIC Lahore

LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs (HR&MA) Ejaz Alam Augustine Saturday said a series of celebrations regarding the upcoming Christmas was in full swing across the country. He was addressing a Christmas cake-cutting ceremony at the new OPD (Outpatient Department) Auditorium of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) here. The ceremony was organised […]

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CTD Punjab arrests 9 suspects, recovers explosives

LAHORE: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Punjab conducted 42 information-based operations (IBOs) in different districts of the province, investigated 45 suspects and arrested nine of them. According to a CTD spokesman, one suspect identified as Romanullah, son of Noor Alam Khan, was arrested from Multan. The officials recovered from him half-a-kilogram of high explosives, quarter-a-kilogram of […]

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OIC FMs visit evidence of Pak constructive role in Afghan situation: minister

LAHORE:Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood Saturday said that visit of foreign ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Islamabad to attend the conference on Afghanistan was an evidence of the fact that Pakistan was playing a leading and constructive role in Afghanistan situation. Addressing a press conference here, he […]

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China-Nepal freight train service launched, links Qinghai, Kathmandu

BEIJING:The China-South Asia freight train service linking Haidong, Northwest China’s Qinghai Province and Nepal has been launched, beefing up the country’s ever-expanding rail freight network. The first train departed from a railway freight yard in Haidong on Wednesday. The 30-car train, carrying some 1,350 tons of supplies, including everyday items and farm byproducts, set out […]

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