BAJAUR:A school teacher was killed when a roadside bomb exploded at an area of Mamond Tehsil on Wednesday morning, say police. Shafiullah was going to school when an improvised explosive device (IED) placed by unidentified persons went off. As a result he was critically injured. Soon after the blast, local and rescue 1122 personnel reached […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has appointed Dr. Muhammad Saqib as Associate Medical Director Medical Teaching Institute (MTI) Bacha Khan Medical Complex (BKMC). According to a notification issued by Secretary Board of Governors BKMC, Dr. Saqib has a vast experience of orthopedic surgery and has done specialization from Khyber Teaching Hospital. He has also […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:A senior Pakistani diplomat has underscored the importance of UN’s 2023 Water Conference, which is aimed at ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation, as he pointed out that Pakistan is among the world’s top ten water-scarce countries. “Because of climate change and other developments, we suffer from floods during the summers […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:1st meeting of the Board of Governors of Centre of Excellence on Countering Violent Extremism was held here on Wednesday with Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan in the chair. Provincial Minister for Higher Education Kamran Bangash, Special Assistant to CM on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, MPA Dr. Ayesha Asad, administrative secretaries of Higher […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday deferred the cross arguments till April 27, on acquittal pleas of co-accused in reference against ex-finance minister Ishaq Dar. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case pertaining to graft reference lodged by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The petitioners had challenged the NAB reference under amendments in NAB ordinance. The […]
Read MoreKASUR:A trader was gunned down near Qadirabad chowk in the limits of A- division police station here on Wednesday. Police said that Salamat Parandha was present in his mobile shop when five armed men riding motorcycles opened indiscriminate firing at him and killed him on the spot.The unidentified accused managed to escape. On getting information,police […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The police arrested 15 outlaws in the last 48 hours from different areas of the city and recovered a cache of narcotics and weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. He said that following orders of the IGP Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younas massive crackdown against criminal elements was going on in the […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:Commissioner Sargodha Nabil Javed Wednesday chaired the Divisional Development Working Party (DDWP) meeting, revised seven ongoing development schemes of roads across the division and approved two new schemes. The meeting was attended by deputy commissioners of all four districts and officers of departments concerned. The meeting also approved revision of estimates of two ongoing development […]
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