HEC to continue admissions for USAT till Sept. 9

ISLAMABAD:The Education Testing Council (ETC), HEC has announced that its portal etc.hec.gov.pk will remain open until September 9, 2022 midnight for the second batch of students who wish to take the Undergraduate Studies Admission Test (USAT). Their USAT will be tentatively held on September 18, 2022, HEC in a statement on Wednesday said. It is […]

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Protest against notice to vacate the house of govt employees

KARACHI:The government employees on Wednesday protested peacefully against the issuance of eviction notices to 238 government employees by the section officer of the Department of Services and General Administration in Shadman and demanded that the Sindh government to review the allotment policy of government residences. In one of its decisions, the court has allowed the […]

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Dengue cases continuously rising, 36 more infected in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI:In an alarming development, dengue fever cases have registered a sharp rise in the Rawalpindi district as 36 more persons had become victims during the last 24 hours. District Coordinator Epidemics Prevention and Control (DCEPC), Dr Sajjad Mehmood, on Wednesday said that the number of dengue fever patients at district health facilities was continuously increasing […]

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Court send Gill to jail, rejects police’s request for more physical custody

ISLAMABAD:A lower court of Islamabad on Wednesday rejected the request of prosecution for further physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Shahbaz Gill and sent him to jail on judicial remand. The Islamabad Police produced accused Shahbaz Gill before the court of Judicial Magistrate Malik Aman after expiry of his physical remand, and requested for his […]

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Asfandyar remembers martyrs of Spin Tangi massacre

PESHAWAR:President Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan here on Wednesday while remembering the martyrs of Spin Tangi massacre in Domel district Bannu in 1930 said that those who sacrificed their lives for motherlands were our real heroes. In a statement issued by Bacha Khan Markaz, the ANP chief lauded the services of Fazal Qadar […]

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Consumers received hiked bills of July due to addition of fuel surcharge; Khurram Dastagir

KARACHI:Federal Minister for Energy Engineer Khurram Dastagir Khan on Wednesday said the power consumers across the country had received increased electricity bills due to the fuel surcharge of June which was added in the bills of July. Addressing a news conference at the head office of K-Electric, the minister said although the consumers had utilized […]

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ADC Revenue reviews applications for new mosques

NAROWAL:Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Jaweria Maqbool chaired a meeting of the District Masjid Committee and reviewed applications for construction of new mosques in the light of the law-enforcement agencies’ reports. The meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioners (ACs) Salman Ahmad Lone, Arshad Wattoo, Allama Pir Muhammad Tabassam Bashir Awaisi, Allama Ahmed Saeed Tufail, In-charge Security […]

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Fresh spell of monsoon rain doubles the plight of flood afectees manifold

QUETTA:With onset of the fresh monsoon spell on Wednesday, flood-ravaged south and northern parts of Balochistan have once again started receiving heavy downpour increasing the plight of calamity-hit people to manifold. “As many as 230 people, women and children among them, have died in rain related incidents since June, 1, 2022,” Director General Provincial Disaster […]

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