Category: Pakistan

As the general elections approach, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Khursheed Shah on Friday said that his party was contesting alone in the polls, not with any other party.  His comments came after Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) announced to jointly contest the elections — set to take place on February 8, 2024.  “Political parties have the right to contest elections separately or in alliance with other parties,” said Shah while speaking to media persons in Lahore.  The PPP leader, without naming PML-N, said that…

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PESHAWAR: Wapda Chairman Engr (retd) Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani on Wednesday asked the contractor to ensure diversion of River Swat during the current low-flow season. The Wapda chairman was speaking at a briefing during his visit to the Mohmand Dam Project. He also directed the contractor to make additional resources available for the purpose. Earlier, the chairman was briefed about the progress achieved so far on river diversion tunnels, spillway excavation and concreting, project colony and permanent access roads in the project area. “The status of quarry development, coffer (starter)…

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LAHORE: The meeting of the Central General Council (CGC) of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) was adjourned on the instructions of President Shehbaz Sharif. PMLN leader and former federal information minister Marriyum Aurangzeb tweeted on Wednesday that the meeting was adjourned due to smog, a health emergency and given the health of the people and the participants. A meeting of the Central General Council for solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians was to be held on November 11 under the chairmanship of Nawaz Sharif and its new date will be announced…

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RAWALPINDI: The concluding ceremony of the 43rd Pakistan Army Rifle Association (PARA) Central Meet was held at Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) Jhelum on Tuesday. General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), was chief guest on the occasion. The mega shooting event was conducted from October 03 to November 07. Over 2000 firers from Army, Navy, Air Force, civil armed forces, including Rangers (Sindh & Punjab), Frontier Corps and Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts, as well as civilians participated in the competition. The COAS and Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief…

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PESHAWAR: The Provincial Task Force on Power has recovered more than Rs.4 billion in two months from electricity dues defaulters and imposed Rs 240 million fines on power thieves. The successful campaign has led to a cut in duration of loadshedding in several areas in the light of the successful campaign. The information was shared during the fifth meeting of the Provincial Task Force on Power chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, Home & Tribal Affairs Abid Majeed. Divisional commissioners, regional police officers, secretary Energy & Power Nisar Ahmad Khan, representative…

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday ordered the police authorities to take strict action against the drug dealers supplying drugs and narcotics in and around the educational institutions in the federal capital. Chairing a meeting regarding issues related to Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) here, he said protection of life and property of the citizens was the primary responsibility of the state. The meeting discussed in detail the ICT’s administrative issues, law and order situation and anti-narcotics’ issues. He also directed the concerned authorities to take special measures for…

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Former climate change minister Sherry Rehman Sunday highlighted the significance of the role played by the country’s youth in tackling the disastrous effects of climate change. Delivering the keynote address at the “COP in my city 2023” organised by Youth for Climate Pakistan in collaboration with UN Women, Unicef and UNDP, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator said: “The engagement and leadership of youth in addressing climate and environmental challenges are of utmost importance.” Pakistan remains one of the most vulnerable countries facing the disastrous effects of climate change with…

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The government has ordered authorities not to arrest Afghans who are waiting to be relocated to the United States, amid a crackdown on illegal migrants living in Pakistan.  More than 180,000 people have returned to Afghanistan since Islamabad ordered 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in Pakistan to leave or face deportation, border officials have said. Human Rights Watch has previously warned that Afghans awaiting resettlement to the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Canada after fleeing the Taliban government are at risk of deportation after their Pakistan…

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