ISLAMABAD: Secretary of the Privatisation Commission has told Senate Standing Committee here on Thursday that denationalisation of PIA process would be completed by 1st October, 2024. It is pertinent to mention here that PIA’s BoD during its 83rd meeting held here on 26th March, has approved the privatization and restructuring plan of Pakistan’s National Flag Carrier PIA. […]
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ISLAMABAD: Olympic Gold Medallist Javelin Thrower Arshad Nadeem has been awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan at a special investiture ceremony held here on Thursday (29th August, 2024). 27-year-old Pakistani Javelin Thrower Arshad Nadeem grabbed Olympic 2024 gold in Paris with record-breaking 92.97m. Arshad Nadeem won the first gold medal in 40 years for […]
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KARACHI: PMD has stated on 29th August that a tropical Cyclone Asna might emerge along the Sindh Coast Thursday night or Friday morning. Heavy rains with thunderstorms could hit Karachi, Tharparkar, Badin, Thatta, Sajawal, Hyderabad, Tando Muhammad Khan, Tando Allahyar, Matiari, Umerkot, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar, Jamshoro and Dadu till Saturday (31st August, 2024). Fisherfolks have been […]
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LAHORE: 25 policemen, belonging to the Farooqabad Constabulary, face disciplinary action for refusing to go to Kacha (Riverine) area of Rajanpur to fight the dacoits there, four days ago. The cops jumped out of the vehicles near Zahir Pir Interchange while they were being transported to the terrain infested with heavily armed miscreants (protegé of […]
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ISLAMABAD: Chief justices of high courts have been urged by the CJP Qazi Faez Isa to commence the process of nominating addidional judges to ensure smooth functioning of the courts. By means of a correspondence (dated 28th August, 2024), the CJP has called for filling the vacant vacancies in the judiciary. Supreme Court, according to […]
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RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to include spinner Abrar Ahmed, Aamer Jamal (subject to fitness clearance) and batter Kamran Ghulam in the Pakistan squad that is set to play the second Test match against BD here from 30th August to 3rd September. Aficionados as well as the pundits, who are still feeling the humiliation […]
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PARIS: Place de la Concorde here is the venue where opening ceremony of 2024 Paralympics would commence at 19 BST on Wednesday (28th August, 2024). Out of 2.8 million tickets, two million have been purchased by aficionados, who would be keenly watching players competing for 549 golds in 22 disciplines. The closing ceremony is scheduled […]
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KARACHI: Workers of JUI (F), JI, PTI and ANP backed the countrywide successful shutter-down strike that was observed by traders against inflated power bills and tax reforms (particularly IMF- imposed Tajir Dost Scheme*) on Wednesday (28th August, 2024). * sources have informed that traders were assured that under the Tajir Dost Scheme they would not […]
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WASHINGTON: The attacks carried out on Monday (26th August, 2024) by separatists in the Province of Balochistan have been condemned by the United States. Taking to X, the state Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US State Department held that any violence disrupting peace and stability was indefensible: “We stand with Pakistan […]
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KARACHI: Anthony Bellanger Secretary General International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), G.M. Jamali President Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rana Muhammad Azeem Secretary General PFUJ and the Federal Executive Council members, while condemning the murder of Awaz TV’s journalist Muhammad Bachal Ghunio on Monday (26th August, 2024) in the riverine area of Ghotki, demanded the […]
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