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Lahore: Punjab Assembly speaker Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says the PMLN members had contacted the PTI and were reported to have plans to form a forward bloc has returned to their party.In an interview with Urdu News, he said reports about fissures in PMLN are premature.Answering a question regarding Shehbaz Sharif, he said the
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File photoSrinagar: Indian troops on Wednesday martyred three more youth in Bandipora district of occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the troops martyred the youth during a violent military operation at Baktur in Gurez area of the district.An Indian army officer said that the operation was still going on in the area.On the
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Karachi: Rains/wind-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in Rawalpindi, Lahore, Gujranwala divisions, Kashmir and Islamabad, while at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Mardan, Zhob divisions and Gilgit Baltistan, according to Met Office on Wednesday.It said hot and humid weather is expected elsewhere in the country.
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GUANGZHO: A festival to promote Pakistani mangoes in southern China was organized on the sidelines of the International Fruit Freedom Day held today at the Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Market, Guangzhou.The event was attended by Canjiang Ye, President of Jiangnan Fruit and Vegetable Market, local businessmen, Pakistani community members, media
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QUETTA: At least five people were martyred and more than 25 wounded when a bomb planted on a motorcycle hit a police van here on Tuesday, officials said.The remote control-detonated bomb exploded in Quetta, provincial police chief Mohsin Hassan Butt told AFP."The target of the attack was a police van, which was parked outside a police station,"
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RAWALPINDI: Indian troops resorted to unprovoked firing of mortars and artillery guns along the Line of Control (LoC) deliberately targeting civil population in Danna, Dhudnial, Jura, Lipa, Sharda and Shahkot Sectors.Inter Services Public Relations said an innocent citizen Nouman Ahmed, aged 26 years, embraced shahadat while nine others including
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ISLAMABAD: The Met Office has forecast monsoon rains/wind-thunderstorm in Upper and Central Parts of the Country from Wednesday(evening) to Friday.The Met office informed that monsoon currents presently active over lower parts of the country are expected to weaken during next 24 hours. However, strong monsoon currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of
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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has said that heavy rains in the city caused problems but entire government machinery, including local bodies, was active on the roads for disposal of rainwater.This he said while talking to media during his visit to different areas of city. He was accompanied by Local Government Minister
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ISLAMABAD: Air Commodore Syed Ahmer Raza has been appointed as the official spokesperson of Pakistan Air Force.Air Commodore Syed Ahmer Raza was commissioned in the GD (P) Branch of Pakistan Air Force in June, 1994. During his career, he has commanded a Flying Squadron and a Support Wing. In his staff appointments, he has served as Staff
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ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recommended increase in petroleum products prices from August 01.The regulatory body has moved the summary to petroleum division to revise the prices of the oil products, Geo News reported.According to the summary, OGRA has recommended Rs 5.15 per litre increase in petrol prices; Rs 5.65
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SIALKOT: Local Hindu community worshipped and performed their religious rituals at historical ''Shawala Teja Singh temple'' here on Tuesday.The jubilant Hindus distributed sweets and greeted each other and thanked the government for re-opening the temple after 72-year closure.Local Hindu leaders -- Rattan Lal, Ramaish Kumar, Dr Munawar Chand,
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KARACHI: Karachi received monsoon showers on the second day, Tuesday afternoon, adding to the problems for the citizens as majority of the areas are flooded with rainwater.The lack of the required drainage system and the existing rain nullahs being choked with millions of tons of garbage, along with shattered sewerage system has put the
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ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has once again advised bank customers not to share personal information on fake calls on the pretext of biometric verification.&It has come to our knowledge that fraudsters are attempting to defraud the banking customers by seeking bank account details on the pretext of biometric
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ISLAMABAD: Eyeing on the potential transport market, a Chinese company is all set to launch its online taxi service on August 10 in six big cities of the country, inviting competition with two such services already operating in the market.Timesaco, the company launching the Buraq Taxi Service, has devised a comprehensive strategy to attract
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Karachi: Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday apologized to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after it said it will take action against the former Karachi mayor for making inappropriate comments against the anti-graft body.The Pak Sarzmeen Party (PSP) leader also referred to the NAB statement as he tendered the
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Islamabad: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to issue a legal notice to Mustafa Kamal for his tirade against the anti-corruption watchdog.Reacting to Kamal's medial talk, the NAB on Tuesday issued a statement dubbing his remarks inappropriate, shameless and filthy.The statement said NAB would issue a notice to the Pak
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ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday expressed their deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in a trainer plane crash incident in Rawalpindi.According to press releases, the president and prime minister expressed their condolences with the bereaved families and prayed for the high ranks of the
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KARACHI: Where the current monsoon season has turned the weather of the metropolis pleasant, it has also wreaked havoc causing a great deal of inconvenience to the citizens.It has been reported that as many as 14 people have died due to electrocution while most areas of the city suffered massive power outage when over 400 feeders of the K-Electric
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Karachi: The car of Khalid Mqbool Siddqiui, federal minister and a senior leader of the MQM, has been stolen from Karachi.According to Geo News, the car disappeared from outside the MQM office in Bahadurabad area of the city.The party has registered a case with local police.Police confirmed that the MQM leader's car that was
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Lahore: A team of investigators from the Anti-Corruption Establishment on Tuesday interrogated former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakpatan Land case.According to Geo News, a four-member team questioned the PML-N supremo in a separate room in Kot Lakhpat jail where he has been serving seven-year prison
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LAHORE: The luxurious Government House Murree was opened for the general public by Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar at a ceremony held here on Monday.Addressing the ceremony, CM Buzdar said that the facility of staying could be availed by depositing dues. He explained that the decision has been made to use government buildings of
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Islamabad: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday approved applications of Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Tareen and Pervez Khattak seeking exemption from appearance in PTV and Parliament attack case.ATC Judge Syed Jawad Hassan also conducted hearing on the pleas filed by Asad Umar, Shafqat Mehmood and Saifullah Niazi.The court
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ISLAMABAD: Seasonal low lies over north Balochistan. Moderate monsoon currents are still penetrating lower parts of the country and likely to weaken gradually during next 24 hours. Strong monsoon currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to penetrate northeastern parts of the country from Wednesday evening/night.Weather Forecast for
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RAWALPINDI: At least 18 people, including five military personnel, embraced martyrdom when a small plane of the Pakistan Army Aviation crashed near Mora Kalu (Bahria Town Phase-7) Rawalpindi in wee hours of Tuesday.According to the ISPR, a small military plane crashed near the Mora Kalu area in Rawalpindi. At least
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KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in order to cop up rain emergency has directed Local Government department to activate all civic agencies in the city and other districts of the province to drain out rain water accumulated in low lying areas, depressions and from the roads.He has directed Local Government Ministers Saeed Ghani and
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MIRPUR (AJK): As a result of melting of snow at the snow-clad upper reaches of Himalayan belt besides the ongoing torrential rains and subsequent raise in the water in the lakes and rivers falling in the countrysecond largest Mangla dam, the water level in the Mangla reservoir Monday rose to the level of 1186.40 feet against maximum
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KARACHI: All schools, both public and private , will remain closed on Tuesday (July 30) across Sindh owing to heavy rainfall in different parts of the province.As per a notification by Secretary of Education, Qazi Shahid Pervez, after multiple parts of Sindh received heavy rain and thunderstorm, a public holiday was declared on Tuesday, July
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KARACHI: As many as two people were electrocuted after the city and other parts of Karachi experienced heavy rainfall on Monday. As per reports, dead body of 11-year-old Farzana from Akhtar Colony was brought to KarachiJinnah Hospitalemergency.The minor girl was electrocuted while playing in the rain and had died on the spot.
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ISLAMABAD: Strong monsoon currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are penetrating southern parts, while moderate monsoon currents are reaching upper and central parts of the country.Weather Forecast for Monday:Widespread rains/wind-thunderstorm with isolated heavy falls is expected in Sindh (Mirpurkhas, Thatta, Hyderabad, Karachi, Shaheed
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has removed Iftikhar Loond as focal person on human rights in Sindh after investigation confirmed that he tortured a man in Ghotki.The minister announced the decision on Twitter attaching the copy of a fresh notification dated 29th July that de-notified Loond.The notification read: &The
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