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ISLAMABAD: National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with a number of higher education institutions (HEIS) to promote human rights education among university students. The NCHR signed the recent MoUs with Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad and Fatima Jinnah Women’s University, Rawalpindi. This collaboration underscores the shared commitment of both entities to empower individuals, foster a...

ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter has expressed its serious concern over the rise in Indian state terrorism in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC-AJK General Secretary Sheikh Abdul Mateen in a statement issued in Islamabad strongly condemned the ongoing killings, arrests, desecration of women and destruction of houses and other...

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and Punjab Information Technology board (PITB) on the direction of the Punjab government have signed an agreement for E-Filing and Office Automation System. According to RDA spokesman, a meeting was held here on Sunday in RDA office for E-Filing and Office Automation System. Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Liaquat Ali Chatta, Director General (DG) RDA, Muhammad Saif Anwar...

ISLAMABAD: Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional of the world, Arfa Karim Randhawa was remembered on 12th death anniversary on Sunday. Born on February 2, 1995 in a small village near Faisalabad, she became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) by passing the MCP examination at the age of just nine in 2004. Microsoft owner Bill Gates invited her to visit the...

ISLAMABAD: The 124th birth anniversary of renowned Urdu poet, the creator of the country’s national anthem, Abul Asar Hafeez Jalandhari was marked on Sunday. Born in Jalandhar on January 14, 1900, Hafeez Jalandhari migrated to Lahore after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. He wrote the lyrics for the national anthem in 1952. Hafeez Jalandhari actively participated in freedom movement and...

ISLAMABAD: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has warned the citizens about the fraudulent messages circulating on different mediums including social media and cell numbers about its programmes. In a clarification statement, it said, “All the BISP messages are sent from 8171 only and those received from other numbers are fake.” The Programme said that official social media accounts and website...

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Raja Sultan has instructed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to provide security to Jamiat-e-Ulema Islam Fazl (JUI-F) election rallies amid threat reports. The development comes as interior ministry had warned that there were serious threats to the lives of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Awami National Party (ANP) provincial president...

DOHA: Japan came from behind to defeat Vietnam 4-2 in their opening match of the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 on Sunday. Takumi Minamino scored twice for the Samurai Blue, while Keito Nakamura and Ayase Ueda also got on the scoresheet. Vietnam took the lead through goals from Nguyen Dinh Bac and Pham Tuan Hai, but Japan were able to...

Let me begin by saying something I never thought I’d need to when I first started out in journalism: these notes are not generated by artificial intelligence. I personally have hammered away at a computer keyboard to generate these notes. Any intelligence behind them (not that I claim there is any) is purely natural, not artificial. True, a computer...

LAHORE: The Alhamrah Art Council witnessed the grand finale of the 7th Afkar-E-Taza Thinkfest, a two-day intellectual extravaganza that captivated the hearts and minds of participants, fostering a vibrant atmosphere of scholarly discourse. Started on Jan 13, the event served as a melting pot for policy-makers, analysts, academics, avid readers, and literary enthusiasts, creating a platform for engaging discussions, insightful...

Five-page unanimous verdict says ‘it cannot be stated that ECP was victimizing PTI’ It states the PTI’s petition filed in PHC was ‘not maintainable’ ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) suffered yet another blow, as the Supreme Court on Saturday declared the Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) January 10 order ‘null and void’, depriving the embattled party of electoral symbol ‘bat.’ The decision...

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Saturday night announced its candidates would contest the scheduled Feb 8, elections independently after the apex court decision, depriving the party of its electoral symbol. “All PTI candidates will contest independently. We will issue a list of all our candidates with their election symbols,” PTI’s now-former chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan told journalists at the...