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Wed, 31 Aug 22 07:47:06 +0500
PM Shehbaz announces Rs10bn grant for flood-hit K-P
K-P and Balochistan will get a grant of Rs10 billion each while the govt will provide Rs15 billion to Sindh

Wed, 31 Aug 22 04:51:23 +0500
Imran to appear before IHC amidst strict security today
Tensions remain high after the deposed prime minister claimed misunderstanding in contempt case

Wed, 31 Aug 22 06:17:11 +0500
Miftah again hints at importing food items from India
Govt will make a formal announcement to allow imports or not based on the supply shortage position, says minister

Wed, 31 Aug 22 06:02:58 +0500
Cataclysmic floods in Pakistan kill 1,100, including 380 children
The country has received nearly 190% more rain than the 30-year average in the quarter through August this year

Wed, 31 Aug 22 04:56:42 +0500
Helicopters rescue the stranded from Swat Valley
Locals are hurrying to create makeshift landing pads for the helicopters

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

Wed, 31 Aug 22 04:28:29 +0500
Humanitarian crisis feared in three K-P districts: report
PRCS says 630 houses completely destroyed, 250 partially damaged in lower, upper Kohistan and Kolai Palas

Tue, 30 Aug 22 20:20:43 +0500
Pakistan can earn $3b through production of hemp
Science ministry produced 93kg of hemp on trial basis; samples sent to labs

Tue, 30 Aug 22 07:56:14 +0500
Floods fuel 'back-breaking' food inflation
Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said the price of onions had shot up by more than five times

Tue, 30 Aug 22 19:49:22 +0500
Ex-UK judge to head tribunal to settle IPPs issue
Dispute involves Rs52b with 12 independent power producers set up under 2002 policy

Mon, 29 Aug 22 19:42:14 +0500
Nawaz returns to country’s airwaves after three years
Journalists say they followed the state broadcaster in airing the live speech

Mon, 29 Aug 22 10:33:34 +0500
KSA expresses sorrow over loss of lives in flood-hit Pakistan
King Salman, Crown Prince MBS expressed their profound sorrow over the recent flooding in the country

Mon, 29 Aug 22 19:38:53 +0500
Floods, rains kill over 727,000 cattle
Shortage of meat, milk, curd, milk products feared

Tue, 30 Aug 22 18:51:46 +0500
Kashmiri diaspora asks AJK govt to declare Sept 1 ‘Youm-e-Baba-e-Hurriyat’ day
'Commemoration of 1st martyrdom anniversary of Geelani is a step towards recalling his sacrifices for IIOJK'

Mon, 29 Aug 22 15:07:41 +0500
Modi saddened over devastation caused by floods in Pakistan
World leaders send condolences over deaths

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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