KARACHI (NPTV/IFJ*/RSF): Presently, Afghanistan ranks as third worst country for Media coming in at 178th out of 180 on the World Press Freedom Index. Hundreds of Media Houses have been shut down, thousands of journalists (80 percent of female workers) were shown the door, since the fall of Kabul on 15th day of August, 2023. […]
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BAGRAM AIR BASE: Chinese and Irani diplomats, alongside a sizeable crowd (sans women) witnessed the military parade here on Wednesday commemorating the completion of three years of Taliban rule over Afghanistan. Soviet-era pieces of artillery and tanks were towed through the Bagram Air Base from where US led operations against Taliban for twenty years. Newspakistan.tv […]
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KARACHI: Conrad Tribble, the outgoing head of the diplomatic mission here, attired in traditional kurta, pajama and Sadri (waskat), celebrated the 77th independence day of Pakistan, here on Wednesday (14th August, 2024), by planting a sapling on the Consulate’s lawn. Commenting on his gesture, Consul General Conrad Tribble held: “This August 14th, let’s celebrate freedom […]
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ISLAMABAD: Government has reduced the price of Petrol by Rs. 8.47 per litre and High Speed Diesel by Rs. 6.7 per litre. Finance Division stated in its Tuesday (13th August, 2024) PR: “The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has worked out the consumer prices of Petroleum Products, based on the price variations in the […]
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MIAN CHANNU: CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz visited Olympic Champion Arshad Nadeem in his village located here and handed him a cheque of ten crore rupees and a key to 1500CC Honda Civic car (bearing registration number PAK 92.97 symbolising the distance of record-breaking throw) as an award for winning the Olympic Gold Medal in Paris […]
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PARIS: After two weeks of competitions, the Paris 2024 Olympic Games concluded on Monday (11th August, 2024). Topper USA clinched 40 Golds, 44 Silvers and 42 Bronzes; Runner-up China mustered 91 accolades up (40 Golds, 27 Silvers and 24 Bronzes); Japan with 20 golds cosily perches on the third postilion; Australia won 18 Gold Medals […]
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KARACHI: In a landmark effort to save the lives of Pakistani children at risk of dying from malnutrition, US Envoy Donald Blome has delivered 486 metric tons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) to UNICEF here on Monday (12th August, 2024). This vital support will benefit more than 29,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition in […]
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ISLAMABAD: Ex DG ISI Lt-Gen (R) Faiz Hameed has been taken into military custody on Monday (12th August, 2024) and court martial initiated. ISPR has stated: “Complying with the orders of SCP, a detailed court of inquiry, was undertaken by Pakistan Army, to ascertain correctness of complaints in Top City Scandal* made against Lt Gen […]
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KARACHI: The Government of Sindh (GoS) has always been at the forefront of conceiving and successfully implementing innovative projects aimed at bettering living conditions in the Province of Sindh. In this realm, GoS took a bold initiative to develop projects of vital importance such as roads, bridges, power plants, Thar coal, etc. on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has condemned the Israeli attack on Al-Tabeen School in eastern Gaza on Saturday (10th August, 2024) which led to the death of over 100 civilians and injuring many more. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintained: “Attacking an overcrowded school sheltering displaced persons, particularly when they were performing morning prayers, is a horrific, inhuman, […]
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