Court seeks comments against acquittal plea of accused

ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday sought comments from National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on acquittal pleas of co-accused in Nooriabad Power Plant Project reference against Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah and others. The acquittal petitions were filed by co-accused including Khawaja Abdul Ghani Majeed, Agha Wasif, Najamul Hasnain and others. The court served […]

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Tatara police busted six-member gang of robbers

PESHAWAR:The Tatara police Tuesday busted a six-member gang of robbers and recovered 38 precious smart phones, arms and a bike from their possession. The arrest was made on complaint of a citizen Adnan, lodged with Tatara police station after which the Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Abbass Ahsan ordered action against the criminals, said a […]

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NEPRA takes notice of unscheduled load-shedding by DISCOs

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has taken serious notice of consumer complaints regarding AT&C (Aggregate, Technical and Commercial) based load shedding in the country particularly in the areas of Peshawar, Quetta, Sukkur, Hyderabad Electric Supply Companies (PESCO, QESCO, SEPCO, HESCO) and K-Electric. The Authority categorically directed power distribution companies (DISCOs) to avoid […]

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Gilani most compromised leader of opposition in Senate: Qureshi

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Tuesday said Yusuf Raza Gilani was the most compromised leader of the opposition in the Senate as everyone knew very well how he [Gilani] secured the Senate seat. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, he said the House knew that the present leader of opposition had won the Senate […]

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Farrukh asks Shehbaz to explain his links with Masroor Anwar

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday asked Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) President Shahbaz Sharif to explain his links with Masroor Anwar, who kept depositing money in his personal bank account. Emedding a video of the Ramzan Sugar Mills employee Masroor Anwar in his tweet, the minister said he (Mansoor) […]

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FO rejects ‘Indian disinformation campaign’ over Masood Khan’s appointment as envoy to US

ISLAMABAD:The Foreign Office spokesperson on Tuesday said India was using fake news to run a “wider disinformation campaign” against Pakistan, including over the appointment of Sardar Masood as envoy to the United States. Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar Ahmad stated this in response to a question regarding the reports carried by Indian media on the appointment of […]

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Philip Morris (Pakistan) celebrates decade of good agricultural labor practices program

ISLAMABAD:Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited (PMPKL), along with Philip Morris International (PMI), celebrated the10-year anniversary of the Agricultural Labor Practices program (“ALP”) that has been in place for a decade to continuously reform its green leaf supply chain and improve the lives of its contracted farmers (“Farmers”). Marking ALP’s anniversary, PMI published a report that also […]

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48 more test positive for COVID-19 in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD:As many as 48 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the district during the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department spokesperson, 628 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 1,008 while 26,204 patients had so far recovered […]

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