KABUL: Afghan acting minister of refugees Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani (brother of Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of Haqqani Network*) and six of his colleagues lost their lives on Wednesday (11th December, 2024) in a suicide bombing attack carried out outside a mosque close to his office. Following exit of US and NATO forces, Taliban took control of the […]
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RAWALPINDI: Annual 3-week-long Sino-Pak Exercise Warrior-VIII concluded on Wednesday (11th December, 2024). Personnel of Pakistan Army and Chinese Peoples Liberation Army took part in 8th such exercise designed to train the troops in Counter Terrorism. DVD ceremony of the Exercise was conducted at Tilla Field Firing Range. Conspicuous among others there were Corps Commander Lt. […]
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ISLAMABAD: PTI Chairman MNA Barrister Gohar Ali Khan, speaking on the National Assembly floor on Wednesday (11th Dec, 2024), has asked the government to have courage to give answers apropos alleged massacre that took place here 26th November, 2024: “Even if bullets have been fired, there should at least be the courage to give answers, […]
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ISLAMABAD: While the government wants to register all madrasahs the way it had 18,600 so far (with an ultimate aim of bringing them under the Ministry of Education) JUI-Chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (who is running an enormous number of such seminaries and is against such documentation) accuses it of deception. Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman had a rendezvous here […]
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ISLAMABAD: Lt. Gen (R) Faez Hameed, who worked as DG ISI, was in contact with fifty politicians (mostly those associated with PTI). According to Army Act he was not supposed to engage in any political activity for five years after his retirement. Nature of his links with PTI founder Imran Khan is still being probed. […]
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PESHAWAR: During a session with Deputy Speaker in the Chair, the MPAs of KP assemblies have asked the government to launch a probe to figure out how terrorists manged to cross the border and carried out attacks killing citoyens in Kurram recently. PTI MPA Abdul Hadi while talking about the recent skirmishes in Kurram has […]
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ISLAMABAD: On the recommendation of the Ministry of Energy and Power, the Federal Cabinet, with PM Shehbaz Sharif in the chair, approved dealing with eight IPPs to cut power costs here on Wednesday (11th December). According to details 8 IPPs agreeing to revised production costs include JDW Unit-I and Unit-II, RYK Mills, Chiniot Power, Hamza […]
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD: Following the lifting of ban imposed on PIA (four years ago by EC and EASA), the national -flag carrier is all set to commence operations to Europe from 10th of January, 2025. Initially, two flights will be operated weekly which will gradually be increased. It is pertinent to mention here that Sarwar Awan (then) […]
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KARACHI: Italian Floating Embassy, the 93-year-old tall wooden ship Amerigo Vespucci, reckoned as the world’s most beautiful vessel, took a taste of Italy on its 20-month long circumnavigation around the globe, visiting 36 ports in 32 countries, adding a new page in the art of navigation. Amerigo Vespucci moored for three days at Karachi Port, […]
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KARACHI: An exposition of photographs titled Siamo Mare – We Are Sea, travelled with the stunning historic ship Amerigo Vespucci, featuring Italian coastal landscape, beauty of the sea, biodiversity and environmental sustainability. Photographers and the title of their works: Massimo Zannini (A Giant Anglerfish); Pasquale Vassallo (An Octopus Explores A Forest Of Algae With Its Tentacles); Pietro […]
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