Violent Protests in AJK claims life of an ASI

MIRPUR: Demonstrations by Awami Action Committee activists against high electricity bills and taxes turned violent on the second day when an ASI, identified as Adnan Qureshi, was shot dead here on Saturday (11th May, 2024). According to details when the Police attempted to stop the marchers, they resorted to shooting, burning/turning vehicles, pelting bottles and […]

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Manto’s Birth Anniversary Observed On 11th May

ISLAMABAD: The birth anniversary of Sa’adat Hasan Manto – renowned Urdu story, film, radio scriptwriter and journalist – was observed on Saturday (11th May). Manto was born in 1912 in a Muslim Kashmiri family of Paproudi village (Ludhiana) that settled in Amritsar. His father Khawaja Ghulam Hasan, a session judge, migrated to Lahore with family […]

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First Image of Moon Taken by Pakistan’s Miniature Satellite

BEIJING: On 10th day of May, China delivered the data to Pakistan captured by its miniature satellite iCube-Qamar (weighing 7 kgs) which was launched by Chang’e-6 spacecraft. Zhang Kejian, head of the China National Space Administration handed the data carrier over to Pakistani Envoy Khalil Hashmi at a ceremony presided over by Chief Engineer of […]

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