AIOU to continue admissions till May 09 with late fee charges

ISLAMABAD: The admissions for various teacher training programs offered in Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Semester Spring 2022 are continuing till May 9 with late fee charges. These programs include Associate Degree in Education, MA Education, one year M.Ed, one and a half / two and four year B.Ed. It should be noted that the […]

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PCB and CAs to conduct nationwide women trials in May

LAHORE: As part of its efforts to develop a strong talent pool of women cricketers and increase the participation of teenage girls, the Pakistan Cricket Board will hold nationwide trials in collaboration with six Cricket Associations next month. The trials will be conducted by highly qualified coaches, including former Test and first-class cricketers, for three […]

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PTI MNAs arrested in Sindh House attack case sent to jail

ISLAMABAD: A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday sent three accused including two lawmakers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) allegedly involved in attacking Sindh House to jail on 14-day judicial remand. PTI MNAs Attaullah Niazi and Faheem, and PTI leader Tanveer Khan were arrested on Tuesday after the cancellation of their interim bail by the Islamabad […]

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Excise police recover 66kg hashish, 500 gram ICE-drug

PESHAWAR: On the directives of Director General Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Aslam Wazir, the Circle Officer Peshawar and Mardan Wednesday recovered 66 kg hashish and 500 gram ICE-drug. According to details, SHO Excise Mardan Police Station Akif Nawaz along with other personnel carried out a major operation on Nowshera GT Road, […]

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PM visit to Saudi Arabia to bolster trade relations

ISLAMABAD: The business community Wednesday hoped that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s maiden official visit to Saudi Arabia would bolster trade relations besides further cementing the existing strategic cooperation between two the countries tied in unwavering strong bonds of Muslim brotherhood. Commenting on Prime Minister’s maiden visit to Saudi Arabia, Meher Kashif Younis, former senior Vice […]

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Imran harping on ‘conspiracy letter’ to cover up his govt’s nil performance: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Wednesday said former prime minister Imran Khan had been harping on the so-called “conspiracy letter” in order to cover up his “nil performance” in four-year rule. “He has been waving the conspiracy paper as he has nothing on his credit on account of his government’s performance, ” […]

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Imran wants to pressurize constitutional institutions: Zahid Khan

PESHAWAR: Spokesman Awami National Party (ANP), Zahid Khan said on Wednesday that it was ironic that PTI, who appointed the Chief Election Commissioner, was now itself protesting against him. In a statement here from Bacha Khan Markaz, Senator Zahid Khan said the foreign funding case would expose all illegal and unfair means of findings to […]

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Tobacco Taxes: Potential source of large revenue to decrease budget deficit

ISLAMABAD: The Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) organized a discussion to highlight tobacco taxation as a potential remedy to Pakistan’s ailing economy on Wednesday at a local hotel in Islamabad. Khalil Ahmed Dogar, Program Manager SPARC, said that Pakistan was at the crossroads where sound decision-making was required. He […]

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