KIIR seeks UNHRC’s intervention for early release of Khurram Pervaiz, other rights defenders:

MIRPUR [AJK]: Prominent rights activist and world-fame Kashmiri think tank Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Chairman Altaf Hussain Wani has said that the Indian state has crushed every space for human rights defenders in the Occupied Kashmir besides using its notorious agency and draconian laws such as UAPA to harass and intimidate civil society […]

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Fact-finding committees to find out reasons of 9th class unsatisfactory results

MULTAN:Secretary, School Education Department, South Punjab on Sunday took notice of unsatisfactory examination results of 9th class and ordered to form fact-finding committees at division level to find out the reasons for the unexpected results. The committees will review the issues of teaching learning, scheme of studies, curriculum, course duration, paper pattern, paper checking, marking […]

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1493 power pilferers nabbed in September

MULTAN:Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) have caught 1,493 power pilferers during separate operations launched throughout the South Punjab during last month of September, MEPCO official said on Sunday. MEPCO teams accompanying task forces raided at different places in Multan, Vehari, Sahiwal, Rahimyar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal, and Dera Ghazi Khan and detected theft of over […]

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PRCS chairman distributes relief items among flood affectees

KARACHI:The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) distributed relief items among 283 flood affected households in Dadu and 380 families in Khairpur. According to a communiqué here on Sunday, Chairman of PRCS, Sardar Shahid Ahmed Laghari distributed the relief items among the affected families, included a hygiene kit, tarpaulin sheets, blankets, mosquito nets and a family-sized […]

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58 drug dealers, 06 POs, 134 suspects arrested during last 24 hours: RPO

PESHAWAR:Regional Police Office (RPO), Mardan Mohammad Ali Khan Sunday said that the district police have arrested at least 58 drug peddlers in ongoing crackdown and recovered huge cache of narcotics from their possessions. Briefing the journalist at his office, the RPO appreciated the efforts of the district police and said that police have recovered six […]

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PIDE organizes webinar on ‘Sports and Society’

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) on Sunday organized a webinar on Sports and Society here. The speakers included Dr. Ameer Ali Abro from the University of Sindh, Nasrullah Rana, a fitness coach and expert of the Pakistan Strength and Conditioning Association, and Shan Muhammad Sham represented Pakistan’s national karate team from 1999 to 2004 […]

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Quddus-Jam meeting an important development in Balochistan: BAP leader

QUETTA:Former Information Secretary and Spokesman of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Chaudhry Shabbir on Sunday said Quddus-Jam meeting is an important development in Balochistan politics. “The end of the difference of the two leaders would pave way for the betterment of the province and make the Balochistan Awami Party active and organized,” he said in a […]

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DC visits new building site of Lakki Marwat University

LAKKI MARWAT:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Fazal Akbar Sunday visited the Lakki Marwat University and inspected the ongoing construction work on building here. He underlined the need for the authorities concerned to complete the ongoing development projects in the district within scheduled time. He also visited under construction road which is being built by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

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