QUETTA: Najeebullah, a former commander of the outlawed Baloch Republican Army (BRA), surrendered to the government along with some other militant commanders in a significant step towards restoring peace and stability in the province, officials said on Friday. Addressing the media in the presence of provincial ministers Mir Zahoor Buledi and Meena Majid, Najeebullah admitted […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari has urged the World Bank to provide funds and investment for installation of smart meters at distribution-level transformers to bring transparency and account for unfair load management due to micro-level losses. He spoke with the visiting World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region, Martin
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) added another feather to its cap as it began international flight operations from the new Gwadar International Airport, where the Maiden flight started for the Omani capital of Muscat on Friday. A PIA spokesperson said the inaugural flight, PK-197, was carrying 39 passengers. They were seen off at the airport by
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Listen to the article In a unanimous agreement between the government and the opposition, Junaid Akbar Khan, a member of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), has been elected chairman of the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC). The PAC meeting, led by special secretary Muhammad Mushtaq, then key members of both the reigning party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz
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Listen to article Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari claimed that only parliament has authority to turn on the 26th constitutional change, saying no other institution would be recognized if it attempts to undo the amendment. He approached the media in the House of Parliament and also clarified that PPP is not part
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Listen to article Sher Afzal Marwat, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), has rejected media reports suggesting that the party’s founder refused to meet him and called the claims false and misleading. In a speech with the media outside Parliament on Friday, Marwat managed that the latest news that the PTI founder had blocked
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Listen to article The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly has passed a resolution condemning the amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), Express News reported. The resolution stated that the amended PECA Act introduces restrictions on freedom of the press, which the KP Assembly strongly rejects as a violation of free speech and expression. The
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Listen to article Chinese investors have approached the Sindh High Court seeking legal intervention over alleged harassment and extortion by the local police, Express News reported. The petitioners appeared before the court and alleged that they were subjected to harassment and extortion by police officers in Sindh. They warned that unless the authorities intervened, they
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Listen to the article Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) President Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has rejected speculation about the party’s endorsement to the federal cabinet and rejected reports of his participation in US President Donald Trump’s deployment. Bilawal spoke to journalists after meeting senate chairman at Islamabad and said, “The news of participating in the inauguration came
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Listen to article Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the creation of a special task force to tackle the growing issue of human trafficking networks in Pakistan. The decision comes in the wake of a tragic incident where several Pakistani citizens lost their lives in an illegal drifting boat tragedy as the task force will
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