41 citizens receive injuries as storm, rain hits Kot Addu

MUZAFFARGARH:About 41 persons including women and kids sustained injuries during storm and rain in tehsil Kot Addu on Saturday late night. The storm and rain badly hit the city and its suburbs and also uprooted electric poles, trees and demolished walls and roofs of many houses. According to Rescue 1122, 41 persons including three kids […]

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Saghar denounces crackdown on IIOJK political activists, religious scholars

ISLAMABAD:Convener All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC ), Mehmood Ahmed Saghar said here on Sunday that massive crackdown on political activists and religious scholars under the infamous Public Safety Act was a part of India’s clampdown campaign to silence Kashmiris. In a statement issued here, the APHC convener while citing the arrest of prominent Hurriyat leader […]

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Developing nations need financial support for education development: UN chief

Underscoring the importance of International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd), UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for support to the inflation-hit developing countries in order to widen access to educational opportunities. At a stakeout on the margins of the ‘Transforming Education Summit’ underway at the UN General Assembly, the UN chief, alongside his Special Envoy […]

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Death anniversary of classical singer Ustad Amanat Ali Khan marked

ISLAMABAD:The 48th death anniversary of legendary classical singer Ustad Amanat Ali Khan marked on Sunday (Sept. 18. He was born in 1922 in Indian city Hoshiarpur. He belonged to a famous Patiala gharana of musicians. In 1948, he migrated to Pakistan. He got fame both in classical as well as in Ghazal formats of singing. […]

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Seven men arrested, weapons recovered

BAHAWALPUR:The police have arrested seven people and recovered weapons from their possession in Chani Goth and Hasilpur areas, respectively. A spokesman for Bahawalpur police said here that acting on a tip-off, the police conducted search of seven people on road and recovered weapons from their possession. The police arrested the accused. The recovered weapons included […]

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Police arrest 14 suspects, 720 liters liquor recovered

BAHAWALPUR:The district police have arrested 14 alleged suspects and recovered 720 liters liquor during raids conducted at dens in different areas of the district. A spokesman for Bahawalpur police said here that police parties of several police stations including PS Cantt, PS Civil Lines, PS Chani Goth, PS Uch Sharif, PS Dhor Kot, PS Baghdadul […]

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SBC’s member urges SHC’s CJ to take notice of alleged fake encounters

HYDERABAD:The Sindh Bar Council’s Member senior advocate Sajjad Ahmed Chandio has urged the Sindh High Court’s Chief Justice Ahmed Ali M. Shaikh to take notice of the alleged fake encounters being carried out by the police of Dadu district. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of SHC, the advocate said he had received […]

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