. ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Religious Affairs Kesoo Mal Kheal Das on Thursday informed the Senate that the Sindh government had taken immediate notice of the reported incident at Mirpur Sakro Girls High School involving allegations of pressuring non-Muslim students to convert to Islam. Responding to an attention notice by Senator Danesh Kumar, the […]
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. AFP 5 December 2025 Less than a minute read Marwa, 18, and others eat lunch in a rented house while they wait for their special visas created by Western governments to protect Afghans in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: REUTERS ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will temporarily allow UN aid supplies into Afghanistan, officials said Thursday, in the first partial
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ISLAMABAD: Rehabilitation of Guddu and Sukkur barrages under the Sindh Barrages Improvement Project has made significant progress with completion rates of 75% and 35% respectively, Wealth Pakistan reports. The project includes the replacement of barrier gates, which is expected to increase operational efficiency and ensure timely water diversion to canals. This improvement will increase irrigation
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. Minister for Planning and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal. PHOTO: APP ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday chaired the third high-level meeting of the PM committee set up to devise a permanent solution to recurring water and power cuts in Gwadar and reviewed progress on ongoing and planned electricity projects in both Gilgit-Baltistan (GB)
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New legislation seeks to improve family planning, women’s health and social communication Dr. Azra Pechuho. Photo: File Sindh’s health and local affairs ministers unveiled a proposed premarital and marriage counseling bill, describing it as a ‘major social reform’ designed to change how couples prepare for marriage and family life. Speaking at a joint press conference
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The summary has been sent to the President’s House for formal approval, the Prime Minister’s Office said Field Marshal Asim Munir. Photo: ISPR Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has approved the summary of appointment of Field Marshal Asim Munir as Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defense Forces. The summary has been sent to the
105-foot tribute to Pakistan’s national wild goat rises at Shah Daoud Palace In a landmark unveiling, the Kaghan Valley has become home to the world’s largest sculpture of the Markhor, Pakistan’s national animal, installed near the Shah Dawood Palace site in the Batakundi area. The impressive statue was made by engineer Muhammad Shehzad, who dedicated
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The government will keep discussions open, listen to the provinces’ position, says FinMin The constituent meeting of the 11th National Finance Commission ended with all parties agreeing to include Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s share in the NFC award after the merger of FATA and PATA in the province. A working group is expected to be formed to review
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No country can allow its citizens to slander, slander the state, its institutions from abroad, says Naqvi British High Commissioner Jane Marriott and Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi The Government of Pakistan has submitted extradition documents for Shehzad Akbar and Adil Raja to the British High Commissioner requesting their immediate return. “These persons are wanted
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FO says 25-year-old Luqmaan Khan is an Afghan who briefly lived in Pakistan as a refugee The State Department (FO) on Thursday denied foreign media reports that identified a man arrested in Delaware over alleged attack plots as Pakistani, clarifying that the suspect is an Afghan national who had spent only a few years as
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