ISLAMABAD:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious reservations concerning freedom of expression in 2021,said in HRCP annual report for 2021 here on Friday. In at least nine cases, journalists were intimidated or silenced altogether, whether in the form of assault, enforced disappearance, murder or overt censorship. Additionally, the previous government will be […]
Read MoreHARIPUR:Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan and Inspector General of Prisons Khalid Abbas on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr announced a special pardon of 60 days for prisoners. Special amnesty in sentences will apply from April 29, 2022. This special amnesty will not apply to the terrorists and prisoners involved in anti-state activities. A formal notification […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:The UN Security Council has strongly condemned Tuesday’s “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack in the Karachi University, and called for bringing those responsible for it to justice. The attack, which was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, resulted in the deaths of three Chinese nationals and one Pakistani as well as several injured. “The […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: Eid shopping spree of traditional bangles and henna has reached to climax with a great rush of buyers mostly girls and youth being witnessed on these stalls in city markets. The youth, girls, and women buyers in droves are being seen in readymade clothes, henna, and bangles’ stalls in lucrative markets of Peshawar, where […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National Highway Authority plans to build model prison Interchange at 17th Avenue near H 16 sector on link Road from Grand Trunk Road and Motorway. An official of NHA told reporter on Friday that basically the “Construction of Model Prison Interchange at 17th Avenue (H-16) on Islamabad Link Road from N-5 to Motorway M-1/ M-2 […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:Jumma-tul-Wida, the last Friday of holy month of Ramzan, was observed in Hyderabad like other parts of the country on Friday with religious reverence amid struct security arrangements. The worshipers gathered in the mosques in their respective areas for the Nimaz Jumma and special prayers were offered for prosperity and peace of the Muslim Umma. […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:Pakistan and China Friday welcomed the UN Security Council’s statement calling for bringing those responsible for the deadly terrorist attack in the Karachi University to justice. “We expect international community’s full cooperation in identifying the perpetrators, organizers and sponsors of this terrorist act, and to hold them accountable,” Ambassador Munir Akram’s said, while reacting […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The price control magistrates imposed Rs. 79,000 fine on 43 shopkeepers on the charge of profiteering in the district during the past 12 hours. A spokesman for the administration said on Friday that price control magistrates inspected 957 shops in different markets and bazaars of Faisalabad and found dozens of shopkeepers involved in profiteering and […]
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