ISLAMABAD: Wildlife Management Board has been asked by the SCP on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) to take possession of eateries (Monal, La Montana & Gloria Jeans) that were operating from inside the Margalla Hills National Park here. The three-judge bench of the SCP, headed by CJP Qazi Faez Isa, in its 25-page order instructed the […]
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ISLAMABAD: A special postage stamp was launched jointly by Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi and Egyptian Ambassador Dr. Ilab Abdelhamid on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) to mark 75 years of Pak-Egypt diplomatic ties. On this occasion, both sides reaffirmed their shared resolve to further deepen and strengthen bilateral cooperation across all areas of mutual […]
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LAHORE: Punjab government will provide interest-free loans up to 15 lakh rupees (enabling citizens of the Province to build their budget houses) repayable in easy instalments over a period of 7 years. This was told by CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif here on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) while officially announcing Apni Chat Apna Ghar Program […]
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ISLAMABAD: Police here have registered a case against seven identified and 6000 unknown people who entered the Red Zone on Sunday (18th August, 2024) manifesting under the banner of Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz-i-Nabuwat. It may be recalled that, despite imposition of Section 144, 6000 people, armed with weapons and batons, forcefully entered the Red Zone. They […]
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KARACHI: Natasha Danish, who killed two motorcycle riders [daughter (26-year-old Aamna Arif) and her father (60-year-old Imran Arif)] on Karsaz Road here on Monday (19th August, 2024), has been sent to jail for 14 days by District East Magistrate on judicial remand Wednesday (21st August, 2024). The court did not entertain the request of IO […]
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YAZD (Iran): An over-speeding bus arranged by a tour operator, carrying 53 Pakistani zaireen (including 10 women) for Arbaeen, from Larkana, Ghotki, Kashmore and other cities of Sindh, crashed into a school here due to brake failure, claiming 35 lives on Wednesday (21st August, 2024) night. Emergency has been imposed in Yazd hospitals. Fifteen pilgrims, […]
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KABUL: Officials here have informed on Tuesday (20th August, 2024) that the Taliban Morality Ministry has dismissed two hundred and eighty personnel serving in the security forces for not sporting beards. Afghan Taliban also nabbed thirteen thousand people in the country for committing immoral acts in 2023. Nevertheless, half of them were set free. Talking […]
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BHIT SHAH (MATIARI DISTRICT): Governor Sindh inaugurated the three-day 281st urs celebrations of sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai here on Tuesday (20th August, 2024). Literary conference, cultural village, Latif award, handicraft show, sugharan ji katchery, malakhra and concert aer scheduled to be held during the three-day urs. The government of Sindh has announced a […]
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LAHORE: CIA Model Town here on Monday (19th August, 2024) has nabbed a freelance journalist Farhan Asif, accusing him of running a fake news about stabbing of three young girls by a Muslim immigrant in Southport, that triggered country-wide violence against Muslims by Far-Right. Police handed over the accused to FIA that proclaimed Farhan Asif […]
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KARACHI (NPTV/IFJ*): Journalist Khursheed Rajput of Tando Adam was allegedly tortured by local police on 9th August, while journalist Kashif Ghafoor Arain was attacked and robbed on 11th August, in separate provinces across Pakistan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ*) joins its affiliate, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in condemning the recent attacks and […]
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