Detentions, lack of opportunities and deteriorating mental health: Report sheds light on IIOJK kids

ISLAMABAD:The reading down of Article 370 has contributed to structural and social changes that have perhaps been most keenly felt by children, a section that has the least amount of wherewithal to respond and protect itself, a report by the Forum for Human Rights in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has noted.   […]

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CPPA seeks Rs7.96 per unit power tariff increase for May

ISLAMABAD:Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA-G) has sought Rs7.96 per unit increase in power tariff for May under monthly Fuel Cost Adjustment (FCA) mechanism.   According to the petition submitted to National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA), the CPPA-G maintained that actual cost remained Rs13.8969 per unit against the reference fuel charges of Rs5.9322 per unit […]

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England’s Rashid to miss India white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage

Leeds:Adil Rashid is set to miss England’s white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Makkah.   Rashid has so far found it difficult to make the journey because of his cricket commitments, but the 34-year-old leg-spinner, who will be travelling with his wife, has been […]

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PM leaves for Gwadar to oversee development projects

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday left here for a day-lond visit to Gwadar to oversee the development of the port city.   He was accompanied by Federal Ministers Maulana Asad Mahmood, Syed Naveed Qamar, Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti, Ahsan Iqbal, Agha Hassan Baloch, Engineer Khurram Dastgir, Minister of State Dr. Musaddiq Malik, Special Assistants Tariq […]

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‘I was advised not to give subsidy on flour for legal repercussions but I did’: Hamza Shehbaz

LAHORE:Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has said that he decided to give subsidy on flour to provide relief to the people of Punjab against advise of friends who said not to do so.   Speaking at the floor of the House during the budget session at Aiwan e Iqbal here on Friday, he said he was […]

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Four of a family killed, two injured in road accident

KASUR:Four persons were killed while two others sustained injuries in a road accident  near Jumber area at Changa Manga road.  Rescue-1122 said that Munir, 30, son of Bashir, was travelling on a motorbike along with  his wife Munaza Bibi,18, and two sons Faizan, 7, and Ahmad,4, from Lahore towards  his native town Hujra Shah Muqeem, […]

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Imran Khan given interim bail in 15 FIRs

ISLAMABAD:Two lower courts of Islamabad on Friday granted interim bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan and stopped the police from arresting him in 15 different FIRs pertaining to vandalizing the public property during the long march.   District and Sessions Court Islamabad Judge Kamran Basharat Mufti heard a pettion filed by Imran Khan seeking […]

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