ISLAMABAD:At least six people were killed when a passenger bus veered off a mountain road and plunged into a deep ravine in Khaira Gali Abbottabad on early Monday morning. According to district administration, the bus carrying up to 30 passengers when it plunged into a deep ravine while negotiating a sharp turn and claimed six […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday reappointed Dr Saeed Akhtar as Chairman of Pakistan Kidney and Liver Institute (PKLI) besides reviving the board. The prime minister took the decision in line of the meeting of the PKLI Board of Governors, which he had presided over the previous day. Dr Saeed Akhtar has been recalled from […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Mashal Malik, wife of Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik Monday appealed Pakistani government for a strong legal assistant to raise the matter of Yasin Malik in the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court and other United Nation forums. All Hurriyat leadership in Indian occupied Kashmir is being deliberately eliminated, she feared while speaking to PTV […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH:At least three persons including two women and child injured when a passenger bus hit a truck due to brake failure. According to rescue sources, the bus hit the truck at Muzaffargarh-DG Khan road due to brake failure, resultantly bus passenger Batool Mai wife of Shahid, 40, Zaib-un-Nisa, 23, wife of Muzaffar and Shahid, 12, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Capital Development Authority (CDA) Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed on Monday said aerial support would be sought from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in future to combat the large scale fire in mountains and forests. “It is very difficult to put out fires in forests and mountains and in most places it is almost impossible for […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore DIG Bilal Siddique Kamyana on Monday paid homage to the Lahore police martyrs who sacrificed their lives to safeguard lives and properties of the citizens, and invited five families of martyrs from the rank of constable to inspector at his office and spent valuable time with them. Family members […]
Read MoreKARACHI:The State Bank of Pakistan’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) on Monday raised the policy rate by 150 basis points to 13.75 percent on pretext of rising inflationary pressures and need of fiscal consolidation measures. The MPC also emphasised the urgency of strong and equitable fiscal consolidation to complement recent monetary tightening actions to alleviate pressures […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed a petition filed by singer Meesha Shafi for permission to complete her cross examination through video link in a defamation suit filed by singer-actor Ali Zafar against her. Justice Safdar Saleem Shahid heard the appeal filed by Meesha Shafi. Meesha Shafi through the petition submitted that a […]
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