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Fri, 12 Feb 21 04:30:52 +0500
Federal employees get 25% pay raise
Notification of ad hoc relief issued after successful negotiations between ministerial team and protesters

Fri, 12 Feb 21 07:33:08 +0500
Justice Kayani recuses himself from hearing ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani’s case
Acknowledges decision "unfortunate", but adds there are reasons "I cannot tell"

Thu, 11 Feb 21 13:17:36 +0500
IHC CJ wants immediate action against lawyers involved in rampage
Justice Minallah rains down on police for harassing other lawyers; asks LEAs to name 'actual culprits'

Fri, 12 Feb 21 05:17:08 +0500
TLP calls off protest over French envoy removal
The earlier agreement signed on November 16, 2020, stated that the government would reach a consensus in parliament

Fri, 12 Feb 21 05:23:34 +0500
SC weighs legal obligation on govt in Senate reference
Federal govt wants the upcoming Senate elections to be held on the basis of open ballot under the Election Act 2017

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:29:19 +0500
Public hospitals staff to be tested across Sindh
Health department to restart contact tracing for coronavirus

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:29:02 +0500
MQM-London ‘hitman’ apprehended
Police claim he was involved in over 100 murders

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:50:45 +0500
2,179 people diagnosed with coronavirus in Sindh
CM Murad says province's daily testing capacity has been stretched to 12,000

Sun, 28 Jun 20 18:39:33 +0500
Youngster killed while shooting TikTok video in Karachi
Faraz lost control of car due to speeding, rammed into tree

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:56:28 +0500
Illegal plasma sale thrives in Lahore
First Covid-19 patient recovered through trial treatment last month

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:41:58 +0500
Woman commits suicide with two daughters
Victim’s husband wanted to marry off girls against their wish

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:45:21 +0500
Letter to Punjab IGP seeks ban on PUBG video game
Official says excessive violence in game triggers aggressive behaviour among youth

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:51:06 +0500
NGO offers transgender people foreign scholarships
Programme will allow selected persons to attend month-long training in host country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:52 +0500
‘Pakistan’s progress linked to Balochistan peace’
NA speaker chairs parliamentary committee meeting to discuss issues facing province

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:38:28 +0500
Balochistan collects Rs2.5b from mineral sector
Computerised weighing scales have been installed

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:35:07 +0500
First phase of HingIaj road construction completed
Project was approved at a cost of Rs120 million

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:50:02 +0500
Bilawal, Mengal agree on joint strategy for budget
Both leaders express concern over spread of coronavirus in country

Sun, 28 Jun 20 10:37:34 +0500
K-P wants revival of tourism hit hard by Covid
CM Mahmood Khan orders early opening of provincial tourism authority

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:14:06 +0500
Poor internet access for students echoes in K-P assembly
Debate on Rs55.42b supplementary budget completed

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:02 +0500
K-P up in arms against custodial torture
Govt asks PHC to probe yet another instance of police high-handedness

Sat, 27 Jun 20 09:19:42 +0500
Another case of police excesses surfaces
The report further showed that the additional SHO had been previously found guilty of framing a man in a fake case

Sun, 28 Jun 20 23:11:02 +0500
Virus cases in Indian Occupied Kashmir top 7,000
2,700 infections, including 41 virus-linked deaths, confirmed in last 2 weeks

Sun, 28 Jun 20 22:27:03 +0500
AJK president lauds Joe Biden for urging India to restore people’s rights in IOJ&K
US former vice president has said restrictions on dissent, such as preventing peaceful protests, weaken democracy.

Sun, 28 Jun 20 00:33:43 +0500
Hinduism being masqueraded as secularism in India, says AJK president
Masood says 13,000 Kashmiri boys have been abducted and kept in prison houses where they're being subjected to torture

Fri, 26 Jun 20 21:06:07 +0500
World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris
On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, AJK president condemns BJP-RSS regime

Thu, 11 Feb 21 09:23:33 +0500
PM Imran forms committee to probe 'horse-trading' video
Committee comprises ministers Fawad Chaudhry, Shireen Mazari and PM's advisor Shehzad Akbar

Thu, 11 Feb 21 14:10:04 +0500
Army top brass reaffirms resolve to respond to 'entire spectrum of threat'
ISPR says Pakistan will continue to provide diplomatic, moral and political support to people of IIOJK

Thu, 11 Feb 21 19:29:44 +0500
Coal import costing exchequer ‘Rs211b’
Senate panel urges uniform gas tariff for industries

Thu, 11 Feb 21 17:49:22 +0500
Minor martyred, many injured in attack by terrorists based in Afghanistan
Terrorists fired five rockets into border areas of Bajaur district, says ISPR

Thu, 11 Feb 21 08:23:55 +0500
ECP releases schedule, Senate polls on March 3
Under the election schedule, candidates will be able to submit their nomination papers between February 12 and 13

Thu, 11 Feb 21 08:49:13 +0500
Danial Chaudhry vows to move contempt plea over buildings demolition
Says PM Imran challenged the judicial system; requests CJ to take notice

Wed, 10 Feb 21 16:39:44 +0500
In diplomatic triumph, Pakistan hosts multinational military drill
Naval forces of 45 countries – including Russia and NATO troops – are participating in maritime exercise from Thursday

Thu, 11 Feb 21 13:20:55 +0500
Pakistan disapproves US tweet referring IIOJK not as ‘disputed region’
We are disappointed to note reference to Jammu and Kashmir in US State Department tweet, says FO spokesperson

Fri, 12 Feb 21 05:30:35 +0500
PTCL Group conducts ‘successful 5G trials’
Minister says it will enable emerging technological environment

Sat, 13 Jun 20 15:20:13 +0500
Over 300,000 put under 1,291 smart lockdowns
Punjab, Sindh cross grim mark of 50,000 cases

Wed, 01 Apr 20 17:32:30 +0500
Tales of survivors: ‘Isolation, not coronavirus, was my worst nightmare’
I was convinced that if my time is not up, this virus can never kill me

Mon, 23 Mar 20 06:55:24 +0500
'We honour his sacrifice': Dr Usama's fight against COVID-19
It is a national tragedy and we will award him the status of national hero, says G-B CM

Wed, 11 Mar 20 09:27:47 +0500
New coronavirus case emerges in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan's tally rises to 20
The 14-year-old boy, a resident of Skardu, was held at an isolation centre where he tested positive for COVID-19



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