Sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan sit outside Adiala jail after a meeting was rejected on Tuesday. Photo: X/PTI RAWALPINDI: After dispersing a PTI sit-in protest outside the Adiala jail in the wee hours of Wednesday, authorities in Rawalpindi booked hundreds of people, including former prime minister Imran Khan’s seven-year-old sisters, under the country’s anti-terror […]
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Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri. Photo: IHC ISLAMABAD: Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri has accused Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar of Islamabad of misconduct, saying he was under “tremendous pressure” for speedy disposal of the quo warranto petition against him. Justice Jahangiri had moved an application in the Islamabad High Court through advocate Akram Sheikh seeking
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Says limits on travel by beggars, illegal migrants; The NA Committee orders the promulgation of clear SOP Inspector General of Police Sindh Riffat Mukhtar. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has revealed to a parliamentary panel that it offloaded 66,154 passengers this year to curb organized gangs of beggars and illegal immigrants from
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. Lithium-ion batteries are pictured at the production site of Saft Groupe, battery specialists, in Poitiers, France, October 5, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: The government plans to launch a policy for local manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for industrial use in a bid to shift the burden from the national grid to solar power. Prime Minister
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criticizes the policy of deregulation; says that a completely free market does not exist anywhere ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel has expressed serious concern over low sugarcane prices despite high profits from sugar mills. The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on National Food Security met on Wednesday to review agricultural production. The chairman of the committee, Syed
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. ISLAMABAD: DPM/FM Ishaq Dar and his Iraqi counterpart Dr. Fuad Mohammed Hussein on Wednesday confirmed the fraternal relations, exchanged views on strengthening bilateral cooperation and highlighted the importance of high-level exchanges. Dar spoke with his Iraqi counterpart and they also emphasized their commitment to increasing engagement across political and economic affairs, as well as
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. ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi said on Wednesday that Pakistan’s first safe and smart railway station has been established in Rawalpindi. “The station is equipped with a 24/7 AI-based surveillance system and 184 modern surveillance cameras, which significantly enhances security and operational supervision,” he said during a meeting with Defense Minister Lt.
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. ISLAMABAD: Three officials of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), who were investigated by the FIA for their involvement in extorting money from a well-known YouTuber and call centers, resigned from their posts. According to a release, Deputy Director Sarfaraz Chaudhry, Assistant Director Muhammad Usman and Assistant Director Shoaib Riaz resigned from their
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Pakistan faces a growing public health crisis due to the unnecessary use or incomplete doses of antibiotics, with medical experts warning that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) claims between 200,000 and 300,000 lives in the country each year – either directly or indirectly. Doctors say there has been a sharp increase in the number of critically ill
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400 others also nominated in FIR, police invoking sections 7 and 21(I) of ATA 1997 along with various PPC sections Sisters of PTI founder Imran Khan sit outside Adiala jail after a meeting was rejected on Tuesday. Photo: X/PTI A terror case has been registered against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan’s sisters, senior party figures
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