IGP issues “displeasure letters” to two SDPOs

ISLAMABAD:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younus has issued “displeasure letters” to the two Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) for not following the time line given for resolving the complaints received during the “Khuli Kachehri” (open court). During the open court proceeding, he also warned the Station House Officer of Khana Police Station for […]

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Imran’s poor policies plunged country into energy crisis, price-hike: Ikhtiyar Wali

PESHAWAR:The Spokesman of Pakistan Muslim League-N KP and Member Provincial Assembly, Ikhtiyar Wali Khani here Thursday said the poor economic and fiscal policies of former Prime Minister Imran Khan have plunged the country into energy crisis, inflation and price-hike affecting lives of common man. PMLN leader in a press statement said Imran Khan has failed […]

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NA passes resolution urging India to reverse illegal actions of August 5, 2015

ISLAMABAD:The National Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution calling upon the international community to ensure accountability of India’s grave and persistent violations of human rights, war crimes being committed in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK). The resolution was moved by Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari that urged India to immediately halt and reverse […]

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$33 mln pledged to prevent ‘catastrophic’ oil spill from Yemen oil tanker

The United Nations has received $33 million in new pledges towards a $144 million operation to avoid an oil spill from a tanker stranded off the coast of Yemen, which threatens a major environmental disaster. The FSO Safer, which is holding more than a million barrels of oil, has been described as a “time bomb” […]

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Sindhi OCR software system formally launched at Majid Bhurgri Institute

HYDERABAD:The Sindhi Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software system was formally uploaded at the Abdul Majid Bhurgri Institute of Language Engineering, Hyderabad on Thursday. AMBILE Hamiz Ali Sindhi OCR Application is a Windows operating system based software that can only be used on a computer and can be downloaded free of charge from ‘ambile.pk’. A ceremony […]

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KP minister demands release of funds for tribal districts

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Finance Taimur Saleem Jhagra Thursday urged the Federal Government to release the fourth quarterly grant for the development of tribal districts. Addressing a press conference here, he said that Rs 17 billion development funds for the tribal districts and Net Hydel Profit had yet to be released by Federal Finance Division. […]

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IHC instructs FIA to consult PFUJ regarding actions against journalists

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday instructed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to consult the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for taking actions on complaints against journalists. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the matter of a campaign against the judiciary in the context of opening courts at […]

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Islamabad police prepare proposal for new recruitments

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad police have prepared proposal for increase in its present strength and the formal approval would be sought for new recruitments in the upcoming budget. Islamabad police would seek budgetary allocations for the purpose and to formally forward the summary to the Ministry of Interior for increase in its strength, the police source told reporter […]

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