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Ahmed Farhad's family meets him at AJK police station Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad's family meets him at Kahori police station outside Muzaffarabad in AJK on May 29, 2024. — ReporterMUZAFFARABAD: The missing Kashmiri poet&s family met him on Wednesday at a police station in Azad Jammu and Kashmir hours after the Islamabad High Court was......
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Anger spills onto streets as hours-long loadshedding hits many cities amid soaring temperature Traders, shopkeepers, and residents block roads and burn tyres and bushes during a protest against electricity loadshedding in Karachi, on May 27, 2024. — PPIFrustrated citizens across various cities in Pakistan protested the lack of electricity amid scorching temperatures on......
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Minister Ahsan Iqbal receives Asian Productivity Organisation's award Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal receives APO Meritorious and Distinguished Award 2024. — SuppliedFederal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal has been honoured with the APO Meritorious and Distinguished Award 2024 by the Asian Productivity Organisation .The......
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Supreme Court strongly reacts to British envoy Marriot's remarks on Pakistan's elections Supreme Court building in Islamabad and British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott. — Supreme Court/X/@JaneMarriottUKISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has strongly reacted to British High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriot's sharp criticism of the country&s nationwide elections......
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Iddat ruling delay shatters PTI's hopes for Imran Khan's early release Police escort former Imran Khan as he arrives at the high court in Islamabad on May 12, 2023. — AFPThe Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has decried the delay in the ruling on unlawful marriage case against the party founder, saying Imran Khan &will have to spend more time in......
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BSEK announces date for exam postponed on May 28 School students taking giving an exam. — APP/FileKARACHI: The exams postponed on May 28 will now take place on Sunday , the Board of Secondary Education Karachi announced Wednesday.The federal government declared May 28 a national holiday on the occasion of Youm-e-Takbeer, the day when......
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Centre offers assistance to KP for rebuilding damaged schools in tribal districts School children seen in a classroom in this undated image. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: After terrorists targeted schools in tribal districts, the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training has expressed grave concerns over the incidents and offered assistance to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa......
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Khawar Maneka assaulted by PTI lawyers after hearing of Iddat case Former first lady Bushra Bibi's ex-husband Khawar Maneka comes under attack by PTI lawyers at a district and sessions court in Islamabad on May 29, 2024. — Geo NewsISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawyers Wednesday assaulted former first lady Bushra Bibi's ex-husband Khawar......
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AGP says poet Ahmed Farhad arrested by AJK police A general view of the Islamabad High Court. — Geo NewsThe Islamabad High Court Wednesday was informed regarding the whereabouts of missing Kashmiri poet Ahmed Farhad by Attorney General for Pakistan, Mansoor Usman Awan.The poet, according to the AGP, has been "arrested......
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28 killed after Quetta-bound passenger bus falls in ditch People rescue victims of a passenger bus accident at a road. — Online/File WASHUK: A passenger bus overturned and fell into a ditch in Balochistan's Washuk district, killing at least 28 people including women and children, rescue officials said on Wednesday morning. Meanwhile,......
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Diplomatic ties between Pakistan, St Lucia formalised Saint Lucia Ambassador Menissa Rambally shakes hands with Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan&s permanent representative at the UN, during their meeting in New York on May 28, 2024. — X/@PakistanUN_NYNEW YORK: Diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Caribbean Island country, Saint......
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NAB raids Bahria Town's office in Rawalpindi for 'Al-Qadir Trust records' CCTV footage shows NAB team raiding popular housing society Bahria Town's office in Rawalpindi. — Screengrab/Geo NewsRAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau on Tuesday raided Bahria Town's office in Rawalpindi to "search for records of Al-Qadir Trust University".The anti-corruption......
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If Imran orders, PTI will play such a game generations won't forget: Gandapur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM-designate and PTI leader Ali Amin Gandapur addresses a public gathering in this undated photo. — Facebook/AliAminKhanGandapurPtiKhyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has warned of taking an action that will be remembered by the &generations" of......
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For hearing impaired children in Pakistan, school is 'life' This photograph taken on May 6, 2024 shows teachers leading a class of hearing-impaired students at a school in Lahore. — AFPLAHORE: The faces of students are animated, their smiles mischievous, as their hands twirl in tandem with their sign language teacher at a school for the deaf in......
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PM Shehbaz directs to minimise loadshedding amid sizzling summer Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting on load management and power theft in Islamabad, on May 28, 2024. — PIDISLAMABAD: In a bid to provide relief to masses amid the ongoing heatwave, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday directed the authorities concerned to minimise the......
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Mercury likely to surpass 40°C mark in Karachi from today A man drinks water during a hot summer day. — AFP/File Karachiites should brace themselves for further blistering heat as the Pakistan Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast a significant rise in the mercury level in the port city from tomorrow.A day earlier, Sindh&s......
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Firefighting operation at Margalla Hills' trails enters second day Helicopter douses flames on the Margalla Hills in Islamabad, May 28, 2024. — OnlineISLAMABAD: A large-scale extinguishing operation at Islamabad&s Margalla Hills entered the second day with aviation squadrons and Pakistan Army helicopters adding efforts to prevent further spread of the......
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VIDEO: Sacrificial animals robbed at gunpoint in Lahore Armed robbers snatch two goats from Lahore citizen at gunpoint. — Screengrab/Instagram/@geonewsdottvAs the occassion of Eid ul Adha draws near with masses bringing home cattle to offer the sacrifice, robbers have now activated for snatching and thefts as two such incidents surfaced in......
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PML-N elects Nawaz Sharif as president after six-year hiatus PML-N President Nawz Sharif addresses the party's General Council Meeting in Lahore on May 28, 2024, in this still taken from a video. — Geo NewsLAHORE: Nawaz Sharif, PML-N's newly-elected president, said Tuesday that Pakistan would have progressed if his governments had not been removed......
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PM Shehbaz for boosting cooperation with China in IT, agriculture sectors PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a review meeting regarding cooperation with China in Islamabad on May 28, 2024. — Radio PakistanISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday expressed Pakistan's willingness to boost bilateral cooperation in agriculture, information technology and energy sectors......
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Saad Rafique terms NAB ordinance 'draconian, deplorable' PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique addressing a press conference in Islamabad on August 26, 2022. —INP Former federal minister Saad Rafique on Tuesday termed the NAB Ordinance 2024 allowing to extend the period of physical remand for a suspect from 14 to 40 days......
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May 9: Shah Mahmood Qureshi remanded in police custody for nine days Leader of PTI Shah Mahmood Qureshi leaving Election Commission of Pakistan office after the decision against former prime minister Imran Khan in Toshakhana case, in Islamabad, on October 21, 2022. —OnlineLAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Tuesday remanded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ......
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Beijing reaffirms support to Islamabad in hunting down Dasu attack perpetrators China's foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning attends a press conference in Beijing, China. — Reuters/FileBEIJING: China has said that it will continue supporting Pakistan in hunting down and punishing the terrorists responsible for the deadly Dasu suicide attack on Chinese......
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When is rain expected in Pakistan? A man walks on a road while covering himself with a sheet during a rainy day. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD/KARACHI: The National Disaster Management Authority Tuesday issued a fresh advisory, forecasting rain from today to June 1, as intense heatwave conditions continue to persist across the......
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'Momentous occasion': Pakistan celebrates 26th anniversary of Youm-e-Takbeer today A view of replica of Chaghi Mountain at Faizabad Interchange being decorated with lights to mark the Youm-e-Takbeer. — APP/File The nation is fervently celebrating Youm-e-Takbeer on Tuesday , marking the historic day when Pakistan successfully conducted nuclear tests at the Ras Koh......
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NAB can now detain accused for 40 days as acting president signs new ordinances An undated image of the National Accountability Bureau building in Islamabad, Pakistan. — Online/FileISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau can now detain the individuals accused in cases under the anti-graft body for 40 days after acting President Yusuf Raza Gilani signed the NAB ......
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After Nawaz Sharif, PML-N to be agreed on Shehbaz Sharif for party presidency: Rana Sanaullah PML-N senior leader Rana Sanaullah addresses the press conference in Lahore, May 27, 2024. — Screen grab/Geo NewsLAHORE: Prime Minister&s Adviser on Public and Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah has said that after Nawaz Sharif, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz , will be......
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Matric papers put off in Karachi owing to public holiday Students of matric class solving paper in examination center during Annual Examination of Matriculation under the supervision of Education Board, in Hyderabad on Saturday, May 11, 2024. — APPKARACHI: Authorities once again deferred the matric exams scheduled to be held Tuesday in Karachi......
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Raza Rabbani demands 'grand dialogue' to create harmony among institutions Former chairman Senate Raza Rabbani addresses a Senate session. — NNI/FileFormer Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday stressed that grand intra-institutional dialogue should be held to create harmony and let the institutions agree on "not to transgress into each other&s......
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Rain likely to hit parts of country from May 28 Boys bathe in the waters of Rawal dam on a hot summer day in Islamabad on May 23, 2024. — AFP As the country remains under the grip of scorching weather, rain in Punjab and upper parts of the country expected this week is likely to ease up the ongoing heat spell, the Pakistan......
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