Peshawar board extends deadline for Matric annual exam admissions

Peshawar: The Peshawar Education Board has announced an extension for the submission of admissions for the Matric Annual Examination 2025.

According to Alamzeb, spokesperson for the Peshawar Education Board, the extension has been granted to provide students with additional convenience. Students can now apply with a normal fee until January 27.

The decision allows students to complete their registration with a normal fee by the new deadline, he added.

'The extension aims to facilitate students further, ensuring they can register on time and focus on their exam preparations,' said Alamzeb, who also serves as Deputy Controller of Examinations.

Police arrest 6 absconders during operation

Attock: On the directions of District Police Officer (DPO), the district police on Monday nabbed 6 absconders in operation.

The police spokesman said, a Basal Police team arrested absconders including Naveed Aslam and Muhammad Ijaz.

The city police arrested outlaw, Zamrud Khan who had been wanted to police in various cases since 2021.

Meanwhile, Hassanabdal police apprehended criminals, Afsan alias Ahtasham and Sultan Mehmood .

A team of Hassanabdal Saddar Police Station arrested an absconder, Rustam Khan a resident of Shaya Hassanabdal.

ANF recovers over 123 kg drugs in 7 operations

Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting 7 operations across the country managed to recover over 123 kg drugs worth over Rs 10 million and arrested three accused, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Monday.

He informed that 320 grams opium was recovered from two parcels booked for Italy and Spain through a courier office in Karachi.

60 kg hashish hidden in machines sent from Peshawar through railway cargo was recovered in Natha Khan Bridge, Karachi.

10.8 kg opium and 22.8 kg hashish were recovered during a raid conducted on a house near Nankana Sahib in Lahore and an accused was arrested.

In an operation conducted in Gwadar, Balochistan, 28 kg hashish was recovered.

1.2 kg hashish was recovered from the possession of an accused rounded up on M-1 Motorway, Islamabad.

In 6th operation, 316 grams hashish was recovered from the possession of the accused netted on Adiala Road in Rawalpindi.

In 7th operation, 44 grams hashish was recovered from a parcel sent to Lahore from a private courier office in Quetta.

Cases have been registered against the arrested accused under the Narcotics Control Act and further investigations are under process.

Rs 400m worth of smuggled items seized in operation

Multan: A joint team of the Customs Enforcement and police seized fifteen truckloads of smuggled items worth over Rs 400 million in an operation at the Main Foodgrain Market in the city on Monday.

A police spokesman said that the joint team also had assistance from the intelligence agencies and was able to overpower the resistance by the law violators through their professional capabilities.

The smuggled business goods taken into custody included imported cigarettes, flavored tobacco, tobacco, betelnuts and fifteen trucks.

CPO Sadiq Ali Dogar said the operation was led by SSP Operations Kamran Amir Khan and commended

the efforts of the joint team that comprised SP cantonment Javed Tahir Majeed, DSP Abdur Rauf, SHO Faizan Qayyum and others.

Kamran Amir Khan said the success in operation was the result of cooperation between different law enforcement agencies and highlighted their combined commitment to root out illegalities and crimes from the city of saints. Operations to eliminate crime and illegal business practices would continue, he added.

Crackdown launched against illegal fuel agencies in DI Khan

Dera ismail khan: The district administration has launched a crackdown against illegal fuel agencies in Dera Ismail Khan under 'Awami-Agenda' program of the Khyber Pakhutnkwha Chief Minister.

According to district administration, Assistant Commissioner Headquarters Muhammad Faseeh Ishaq Abbasi, following the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Ms. Sarah Rehman, paid a surprise visit to bypass road to inspect fuel agencies and sealed six illegal diesel agencies.

During inspection, the assistant commissioner asked the owners of that agencies to stop their business activities otherwise strict legal action would be taken against them.

ANF recovers over 123 kg drugs in 7 operations

Rawalpindi: Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) while conducting 7 operations across the country managed to recover over 123 kg drugs worth over Rs 10 million and arrested three accused, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Monday.

He informed that 320 grams opium was recovered from two parcels booked for Italy and Spain through a courier office in Karachi.

60 kg hashish hidden in machines sent from Peshawar through railway cargo was recovered in Natha Khan Bridge, Karachi.

10.8 kg opium and 22.8 kg hashish were recovered during a raid conducted on a house near Nankana Sahib in Lahore and an accused was arrested.

In an operation conducted in Gwadar, Balochistan, 28 kg hashish was recovered.

1.2 kg hashish was recovered from the possession of an accused rounded up on M-1 Motorway, Islamabad.

In 6th operation, 316 grams hashish was recovered from the possession of the accused netted on Adiala Road in Rawalpindi.

In 7th operation, 44 grams hashish was recovered from a parcel sent to Lahore from a private courier office in Quetta.

Cases have been registered against the arrested accused under the Narcotics Control Act and further investigations are under process.