Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s business community has called on the Sindh government to stop allowing the construction of housing projects or industrial zones along the officially declared waterways, canals and storm drainage. In a letter addressed to Sindh Minister Murad Ali Shah on Thursday, the Hyderabad chamber in small trade and small industry (HCSTSI) also urged a […]
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Karachi: Like every year, families of victims and labor market representatives gathered on September 11 to remember the 260 workers who perished in Baldia Factory Fire. Due to the rainy season, the most important memorial event will be held on Sunday, September 28. At the collection, the candles were lit in memory of the martyrs
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Islamabad: The Federal Minister of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Senator Musadik Malik said on Thursday that his ministry is preparing for the 300-day implementation plan to confront the escalating effects of climate change, including risks from monsoon rain and glacier. Malik said the action plan would be completed in coordination with federal ministries, provincial
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Islamabad/Lahore: The federal government has increased efforts to stabilize prices and tackle heavy agricultural losses caused by recent floods that have destroyed millions of hectares of standing crops across the country. Chairman of the Second Meeting of the Inflation Management Committee in Islamabad on Thursday, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said that control of inflation and
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Islamabad: A District and Sessions Court in Islamabad on Thursday partially set aside a lower court’s order to block some YouTube channels in view of their alleged anti-state content. Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka canceled the verdict from a judicial magistrate and accepted the petitions filed by 11 content creators, including some
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Islamabad: The PTI decision to disengage from the parliamentary process expanded to the Senate this week as the party supported senators began to resign from standing committees in accordance with directives issued by the party’s founder Imran Khan. Following the departure of several PTI legislators from the National Assembly Committee last week, Senator Mirza Muhammad
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Islamabad: At invitation from the Chinese government, President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China from 12-21. September. During the visit, the president goes to Chengdu, Shanghai and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and holds meetings with the provincial leadership. According to a curtain raiser issued by spokesman for the Foreign Office on Thursday, discussions will include
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Islamabad: In a significant development for the relationship between Pakistan-Iran, a direct flight between Islamabad and Tehran has been restored after 60 years, with the Iran Air Tour set to run a weekly service every Tuesday. The initial ceremony for the resumed air connection was held at Islamabad International Airport on Thursday, participated by a
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Islamabad: The Supreme Court has established that a wife’s right to maintenance is not conditional on enforcement or Rukhsati – the act of leaving her parents’ house to join her husband after marriage. “A holistic reading of contemporary Islamic case law, statutory decisions, constitutional protection and legal precedent confirms that a wife’s right to maintenance
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Rawalpindi: Security forces over Pakistan conducted several terrorist operations this week, killing at least 23 terrorists in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, while seven soldiers were martyrated in a terror attack in lower DIR, officials confirmed. According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 19 terrorists from the Indian sponsored Fitna Al Khawarij were killed in three separate
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