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LAHORE: Punjab Caretaker Minister for Local Governments Ibrahim Hasan Murad said on Saturday that the provincial government would provide all kinds of support for completion of development projects and also ensure relief to people. Presiding over a meeting on development projects of the Local Government Department, he said that the government would not let the cost go beyond the fixed...

Says Constitution, law of land totally subjugated by Pharaohs of today Write to CJP seeking protection of ‘constitutional rights’ of his party leader ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan came down hard on the imported government for treating PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry like a terrorist who was taken to the court handcuffed and head covered. PTI Chairman,...

ISLAMABAD: A local court here Saturday accepted the police’s petition against judicial magistrate order that denied extension in physical remand of PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry in a sedition case and granted police another two-day remand of the PTI leader. Additional District and Sessions Judge Tahir Mehmood Khan while approving the police’s application issued orders for production of Fawad Ch in...

Still licking its wounds after a humilia- ting, hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan, the United States probably wants to revive its so-called ‘war on terror’ once again, taking Pakistan on board. The recent statements by Washington in which it ‘pledged support for Islamabad’s anti-TTP efforts’, and showed ‘concerns on TTP threat against Pakistan’ suggest there might be some brainstorming on...

Child labour refers to exploiting children and putting them to work for money at the cost of their future, education, health and pleasures of life. It is rampant in developing and poor countries like Pakistan. Although the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation discourage child labour, children mostly aged 10-14 years can be seen doing all sorts of manual...

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) recently completed probe into the illegal trips having being taken by ‘unofficial fliers’ using helicopters since 2008 belonging to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government, and revealed that its private use has cost the exchequer Rs90 million during the phase. It was also revealed that about 2,000 people, including, and related to the past and sitting...

RAWALPINDI: Security forces Saturday gunned down a terrorist in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). According to ISPR, the military’s media wing, the IBO operation was conducted in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan. As the security forces moved forward towards the suspects’ hideout, they resorted to firing, ensuing to...

ISLAMABAD: The Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has announced that voting for the Australian chapter Khalistan independence referendum will be held at Federation Square in Melbourne on Monday (tomorrow). Melbourne’s Ravi Inder Singh, a representative of the Miri Piri Gurudwara (Sikh temple), told Australian media that the voting exercise, known as the 'Khalistan referendum', would be a significant step towards ‘self-determination’...

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Saturday said that multiple proposals were papered for IMF review, elaborating on: “let me be clear, the poor people will not be burdened from gas price hike.” Talking to a private news channel, the state minister claimed that his Ministry had devised a broader framework under which 50 percent of...

RAWALPINDI/LAHORE: The security forces successfully thwarted a major terror plot and busted a network of suicide bombers and their facilitators following information extorted from suspects during interrogation. According to details, the security agencies launched an operation based on information gathered in the aftermath of the suicide bombing at Jamrud Takhta Beg checkpost on January 19. The security agencies conducted the...

LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi presided over the first Provincial Cabinet meeting at CM Office on Saturday which discussed ensuring the holding of general elections in a transparent, fair, independent and peaceful manner. Caretaker CM Mohsin Naqvi while addressing the meeting emphasized that basic responsibility of the caretaker government was to hold transparent and fair elections on instructions...

ISLAMABAD: The Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (ANP) organized a two-day conference titled "Bacha Khan, Wali Khan and 21st Century" on the occasion of Bacha Khan's 35th and Wali Khan's 17th death anniversaries here on Saturday. Political leaders, journalists, representatives of human and social rights, and a large number of party workers participated in the conference. On the first day of...

LAHORE: Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has ordered to simplify departmental induction procedure for the children of police martyrs. These directions were issued during a meeting with Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar and CCPO Lahore Bilal Kamyana, who met with CM Mohsin Naqvi at CM Office on Saturday. It was decided to award 10 extra numbers to the...

NEW DELHI: Shares in the business empire of Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani nosedived, extending this week’s losses to $45 billion, days after a US investment firm claimed it had committed “brazen” corporate fraud. Adani, 60, began his week the world’s third-richest person but has tumbled down the rankings to seventh on Forbes’ billionaire’s tracker after losing $24bn in Friday’s...

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will undertake an official visit to Russia on the invitation of his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov. As per details, the foreign minister will leave for Moscow on Sunday (tomorrow) and will return on January 30. The Foreign Minister will hold official talks with his Russian counterpart where the two sides would deliberate upon the entire...