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PM announces countrywide drive against Hepatitis C Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addressing a meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on July 2, 2024. —Facebook/@ShehbazSharifISLAMABAD: As the world observed hepatitis day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday announced a countrywide drive against the infectious disease of Hepatitis C, in line......
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Khurshid Shah assures of PPP's role if PTI founder ready for talks PTI founder Imran Khan and senior PPP leader Khurshid Shah. — AFP/Facebook/Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah/FileSenior Pakistan Peoples Party leader Khurshid Shah has said that his party is ready to play its role if Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan is prepared to negotiate amid......
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KP writes letter to PHC CJ for judicial probe into May 9 events Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Aftab Alam Afridi chairs a meeting on March 15, 2024. — Facebook/Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, Department, KPKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Aftab Alam Afridi said that the provincial government has sent a letter to......
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JI to stage sit-in outside parliament if govt fails to fulfill demands: Hafiz Naeem Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman addresses the anti-inflation sit-in in Rawalpindi on July 27, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo NewsRAWALPINDI: Jamat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Saturday announced that his party was ready for a month-long demonstration if the demands including......
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Khairpur professor fatally 'shoots himself' over troubled marriage A crime scene tape can be seen in this image. — UnsplashSUKKUR: In a tragic incident, a professor at Khairpur's Shah Abdul Latif University allegedly shot himself fatally over "troubled marriage", leaving his family, colleagues, and students in utter shock.The deceased professor, Sofi......
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'If you want to remove us then do it': Govt throws down gauntlet to PTI Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik addresses the press conference in Islamabad on July 27, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo NewsAs the Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf is eyeing return to power later this year, Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Saturday dared the opposition......
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Financial crunch forces KP govt to 'sell' education complex's land A general view of Bab-e-Mardan . — X/@poa_ecommerce/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities have decided to put lands owned by the education department on sale to acquire funds as the provincial government faces a financial crunch, sources told Geo News on Saturday.The sources said......
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Feb 8 polls: PTI petitions SJC to hold inquiry against CEC over 'misconduct' Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja presides over a meeting on the February 8 general elections in this undated picture. — ECP/FileISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has formally petitioned the Supreme Judicial Council to launch a thorough inquiry against the Chief......
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Urbanisation, deforestation endanger Karachi's mangrove cover Mangrove forests are seen cut off at Port Qasim in Pakistan's southern Karachi city in the picture shared by WWF on July 26, 2024. — WWFMangrove forests which protect Karachi's coastline against cyclones, strong winds, coastal flooding or other climate change-induced disasters, face......
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After Imran, CM Gandapur also urges state institutions to 'become neutral' KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur addressing the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected body of the Peshawar Press Club on May 2, 2024. — Facebook/@AliAminKhanGandaporPTIChief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur urged the state institutions on Saturday to become neutral,......
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Govt forms 5-member JIT to probe anti-state propaganda, malicious content A person holds smartphone is seen in front of displayed social media logos in this illustration taken, May 25, 2021. — ReutersISLAMABAD: After repeatedly expressing concerns over circulation of objectionable content on online platforms, the federal government has constituted a......
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Rawalpindi sit-in: Govt reaches out to JI for 'serious' talks Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaquat Baloch and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. — Facebook/Liaqat Baloch/State media/FileRAWALPINDI: After hinting at negotiating with Jamaat-e-Islami amid its ongoing protest, the federal government has officially reached out to the party's......
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Bill seeking to strengthen India's defence to counter China threat tabled in US Senate View of the US Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, February 9, 2021. — ReutersWASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has tabled a bill in the Senate seeking to build Indian defences to counter China's influence in the region. The bill, US-India Defence Cooperation Act, was tabled by......
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Head of Dawoodi Bohra community departs from Pakistan Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori shaking hand with Head of Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin in Karachi on July 27, 2024. —Screengrab/ Geo NewsKARACHI: The spiritual leader of the Dawoodi Bohra community Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin on Saturday departed from the Karachi airport, as......
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NDMA forecasts monsoon rains from July 28 amid flash floods warning A view of heavy rainfall at the Lahore railway station on August 1, 2023. — OnlineISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority has warned of flash flooding, landslides, mudslides and falling boulders in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Galiyat, Murree, Gilgit Baltistan......
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Pakistan rejects Modi's 'belligerent remarks' as jingoism undermining peace Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Baloch addressing the weekly briefing. — Facebook/Foreign Office Pakistan on Friday categorically rejected the "belligerent remarks& made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling them "totally counter-productive" for resolution of......
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No operation to be allowed in KP, vows CM Gandapur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur addressing a gathering of the Aman Jirga in Bannu on July 26, 2024. — YouTube/Geo News/ScreengrabKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that he will not allow military operation in the province and added that people of......
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President okays appointments of ad hoc judges to SC Justice Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel. — SC website/fileISLAMABAD: Appointments of Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel as ad hoc judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan have been approved by President Asif Ali Zardari for one......
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PTI nominates Sanam Javaid among others as lawmaker on reserved seats : PTI leaders, Aliya Hamza Malik, Sanam Javed and Dr Yasmin Rashid. — National Assembly/File, Facebook/DrYasminRashid and Instagram/sanamjavaidkhanPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's activist Sanam Javaid seems to have been rewarded by the party after months of incarceration in multiple cases......
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Change of plan as JI stages sit-in at Pindi's Liaquat Bagh following arrests Activists and supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami shout slogans and wave their party flag to protest against rising inflation in Islamabad on July 26, 2024. The Jamat-e-Islami announced a change of plan, deciding to stage the much-hyped anti-inflation sit-in at Rawalpindi's Liaquat Bagh instead......
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Karachi ranked second in Forbes' list of world's riskiest cities View of partial traffic with the Karachi Port Trust building, in the background, in Karachi, Pakistan September 2, 2023. — ReutersPakistan's largest urban metropolis Karachi has been named as world's second riskiest city in a list compiled by Forbes Advisor.In a list based on a study......
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Viral video of madrassa teacher thrashing student sparks uproar Blurred screengrabs from a video showing teacher of a madrassa in Faisalabad beating his student on July 24, 2024. — Geo NewsFAISALABAD: A viral video of a madrassa teacher brutally thrashing his student has sparked uproar on social media with netizens slamming yet another unfortunate......
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Fire doused at multi-storey building on Karachi's Sharea Faisal Commuters are stuck in a traffic jam due to fire at a building at Sharea Faisal on July 26, 2024. — Screengrab via X/@YusraSAskari KARACHI: A fire engulfed a high-rise building on Sharea Faisal near the Metropole Hotel in Karachi on Friday, leaving at least six people including rescue......
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IHC disposes of PTI plea seeking permission for protest in Islamabad Front door of the Islamabad High Court building. —IHC websiteISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court has disposed of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf petition seeking permission for holding a protest rally in the federal capital on Friday , stating that staging demonstration today &is no......
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PML-N's plan to pit PTI against army will fail: Omar Ayub PTI Secretary General Omar Ayub is addressing a press conference in Islamabad on July 25, 2024. —YouTube/ Pakistan Tehreek-e-InsafLeader of Opposition in National Assembly Omar Ayub said on Thursday that while the government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz wanted to stir up......
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Police arrest over a dozen after DHA Bugti groups' shooting An image showing the two vehicles involved in deadly shooting in Karachi's DHA on July 26, 2024. — Screengrab via Geo NewsKARACHI: Taking swift action following the deadly shooting incident in Karachi's Defence Housing Authority that left five people dead, the police have......
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PML-N's Senator Talal backs internet firewall A man looking at a phone is seen through a digitally decorated glass during the World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China on November 23, 2020. — ReutersAmid prevailing scepticism surrounding the enforcement of an internet firewall, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Senator......
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Five killed, two injured in armed clash between two groups in Karachi's DHA Five people killed during an armed clash between two groups in Karachi on July 26, 2024. — YouTube/Geo News/screengrab KARACHI: At least five people were killed and two others injured during an armed clash between two groups over an old enmity in Karachi&s Defence Housing......
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Punjab govt imposes Section 144 amid security concerns Policemen stand guard after a protest in Lahore on May 11, 2023. — AFPLAHORE: The Punjab Home Department on Thursday imposed a ban on organising public gatherings, rallies, sit-ins and protests under Section 144 amid "terrorism threat".A notification was issued by the province's home......
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Man arrested for 'swindling' woman on pretext of marriage A representational image of bride sitting with her hands crossed in her lap — ReutersA man in Lahore has been arrested for "fraudulently" marrying a woman to siphon off her wealth. According to the police, the case was filed by a woman against her husband after he allegedly lured her......
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