ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday filed an appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) challenging dismissal of his acquittal plea by an accountability court in the Narowal Sports City Complex reference. Ahsan Iqbal, in his petition, stated that Article 164 of the Constitution authorized the Federal Government to release funds for […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) on Tuesday recovered 2412 grams charras and arrested an accused at Islamabad International Airport. According to ANF Headquarters spokesman, ANF recovered 2412 grams charras tactfully concealed in trolly bag of a passenger and arrested Asim Shehzad resident of Mandi Bahauddin. He informed the accused was travelling from Islamabad to Bahrain by […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indonesian Ambassador to Pakistan, Adam Mulawarman Tugio Tuesday said his embassy would establish a ‘facilitation corner’ on the premises of the Peshawar University aimed at facilitating students and enhancing people-to-people contact. Addressing an online internship programme titled “Contemporary Dynamics of Indonesia,” he said the facility would also share Indonesia’s social, cultural, and economic information with […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Two persons were killed and three injured in two separate incidents in Nowshera and Kurram districts, said police on Tuesday. Unknown assailants opened fire at Jahangir main Chowk Nowshera and killed Muslim Khan (46) and injured Saeed Anwar (52). Similarly, unknown assailants opened fire at Kashmir Chowk Upper Kurram and killed a person and injured […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:As many as 48 factories have been registered in the Federal Capital under Factories Act, 1934 during last three and half years. The government has fixed minimum Rs 20,000 wage as well as by the Chief Commissioner, ICT under Section-4 of the Minimum Wages Ordinance, 1961 for unskilled workers/ in all the Industries/Commercial establishment, sources […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Member Mufti Ali Asghar Tuesday said there were some myths about fast in the public which needed to be addressed on priority. Talking to reporter, he said in the light of Shariah and Sunnah, fast could not be affected by involuntarily vomiting, swallowing spit, nocturnal emission, using hair oil, wearing Surma, removing […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Punjab Food Authority (PFA) imposed fine of Rs 8.8 million on 555 shopkeepers and issued warning to 3800 others for selling substandard food items. According to official sources, PFA teams visited 4900 shops during month of March. PFA Director General Shoaib Khan Jadoon in a statement also remarked that 28 food points were sealed. Apart […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Cheng Xizhong, visiting Professor of Southwest University of Political Science and Law said on Tuesday that with the transformation of Pakistan’s national strategy from geo-politics to geo-economy, the country has become an economic hub, centering on economic security and focusing on connectivity and development. Now, Pakistan is firmly committed to peaceful co-existence and cooperative […]
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