WASHINGTON:The United States has a “healthy military-to-military relationship” with Pakistani armed forces and it expects to continue that relationship, the Pentagon has said, days after Shehbaz Sharif took over as Pakistan’s prime minister. “We recognize that Pakistan plays a key role in the region,” Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday in response to a question […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:An anti-terrorism court Wednesday awarded fives-year rigorous imprisonment to two accused each in an explosive material recovery case. The court also ordered for confiscating properties of the convicts. ATC Judge Muhammad Hussain announced the verdict after hearing arguments of the parties and examining evidence. According to the prosecution, a Counter-Terrorism Department team had arrested the […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: Peshawar Mayor Haji Zubair Ali on Wednesday urged the business community to extend relief to the people by providing them food items at affordable prices during the holy month of Ramzan. He was of the view that the provincial government and district administration should immediately take notice of artificial increase in prices of food […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday reserved its judgment on maintainability of an intra court appeal (ICA) seeking investigation of ‘letter gate’ and placing name of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on exit control list. A division bench headed by Justice Aamer Farooq heard the case filed by a citizen Molvi Iqbal Haider. Earlier a […]
Read MoreDI KHAN::The residents of the district on Wednesday took out to street against 16 to 20 hours unscheduled power loadshedding and removal terminals from transformers by PESCO especially during Sehr and Iftar times. The protesters blocked Liaquat Park road in front of Toppan Wala Chowk for all kinds of traffic and burnt tyres on the […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD:Keeping in view of an increasing number of complaints Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi Wednesday has expanded the jurisdiction of the regional ombudsman office and appointed Abdul Ghafoor Baig a retired commissioner of KP government at the regional Office Abbottabad as an advisor to provide uninterrupted and immediate justice to the people of the region. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday chaired an urgent meeting on power and petroleum sectors with a focus on addressing the related challenges. The meeting was attended by MNA Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismael, and officials of the Ministry of Petroleum and the Ministry of Finance, the PM Office said. Various issues including ensuring […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Wednesday announced the schedule for the first phase of local government (LG) elections in Sindh. According to the ECP spokesman, the first phase covers a total of 14 districts of Sukkur, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, and Mirpurkhas divisions. The local government elections will be held in these districts on […]
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