President MWM urges Ulema to promote inter-faith harmony in Muharram-ul-Haram

KARACHI: President of Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen (MWM) Sindh, Allama Syed Baqir Abbas Zaidi on Friday said that the holy month of Muharram 1444 AH is at our door step and urged the scholars of all schools of thought to play their role to further promote interfaith harmony. He said this while addressing a press […]

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PTI’s Muhammad Sibtain Khan elected as PA Speaker

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Muhammad Sibtain Khan has been elected as Speaker Punjab Assembly by securing 185 votes. Punjab Assembly session on Friday started at 5: 09 pm behind its scheduled time of 4: 00 pm with Panel of Chairman Wasim Badozai in the chair. Muhammad Sibtain Khan was a joint candidate of PTI and […]

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Woman gets life imprisonment for killing her daughters

VEHARI: A local court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to a woman on charge of killing her two minor daughters. Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Saeed Wattu also imposed Rs 200, 000 fine on the accused woman. According to prosecution, two minor girls namely Alishba and Areeba were found dead at their home in […]

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Police finalises security arrangements for Muharram

HYDERABAD: Jamshoro district police have finalized arrangements to provide foolproof security to some 317 majalis, and 204 mourning processions to be taken out in the district during Muharram. The police spokesman informed here on Friday that 10 mourning processions including the main procession of 10th Muharram had been declared ‘very sensitive’ while 57 mourning processions […]

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Secretary Housing for strict action against encroachment on federal land

ISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Works Iftikhar Ali Shallwani urged the Sindh government to take stern action against encroachment on federal government land in Karachi. He passed the directions during his visit to Karachi to inspect different projects of the housing Ministry, where he had a detailed meeting with Chief Secretary Sindh Dr. […]

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Pakistan asks Indian govt to refrain from victimizing Kashmiri leaders: FO Spokesperson

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday called upon the Indian government to refrain from victimizing the true representatives of the Kashmiri people by way of inhuman and illegal detentions and implications through sham trials in baseless and fictitious cases. Addressing the weekly press conference here, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said India, the serial violator of human rights, would […]

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