Lahore: About 65 percent permanent positions of government school teachers over Punjab are unemployed. The stills include thousands in class 17 to 20, among them a large number of principals and principal as well as senior teachers. An official said the percentage of unemployed permanent positions had risen to 65 mainly due to the lack […]
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Islamabad: Islamabad High Court has overturned a life sentence assigned to the abduction of children and rape, acquiring the penalty on the basis of reasonable doubt. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani handed a detailed judgment that canceled the court’s decision, who had sentenced the defendant, Saleem Ghouri, to life prison along with a fine of RS50,000.
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Rawalpindi: In response to the sharp increase in gasoline and diesel prices, carriers raised ticket prices everywhere Tuesday on all long-term, intermediate districts, in cities and local routes, including Twin Cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Prices on all local routes in the twin towns were increased by RS10 to RS20. The sudden increase in ticket
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Karachi: Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has paid out RS11.9 billion to Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and various urban municipal companies (TMCs) for road cutting and rehabilitation for a period from July 2024 to June 2025. The gas tool was under fire from political and bourgeois circles to dig up the laying of pipelines, but
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Listen to article Islamabad: The Legal Commission for Pakistan (JCP) held four sessions on Tuesday, led by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, and approved the appointments of permanent head of four high courts, Sindh, Balochistan, Peshawar and Islamabad. The approval was given with majority votes. The new Chief Justices is Justice Rozi Khan Barrch for Balochistan
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Hyderabad: The use and sale of plastic shopping bags continues uninditized across Hyderabad despite a provincial prohibition imposed by the SINDH government from June 15. Prohibited plastic bags are still open in grocery stores, general stores and franchise outlets. The Sindh government has announced a complete ban on the manufacture, sale and use of all
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Kalam: Asim Ali, a 55-year-old resident of Oshu Village in Upper Kalam, so helpless as water stepped into his stone house as a result of the rising river Swat. The recent flood triggered by the accelerated melting of glaciers combined with heavy rainfall forced many villagers to quickly place sand bags around their homes in
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Listen to article Islamabad: Power Division said on Tuesday that there was no plan to impose an addition to the electricity bills for the electricity bills to carry the cost of commercial loans taken from the banks to retire with circular debt. An official in the Power Division revealed this during a public consultation that
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Islamabad: Despite simmering tensions, Pakistan and India complied with the bilateral agreement on consular access as the two nuclear armed neighbors through diplomatic channels on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners in each other’s custody. As part of the agreement signed in 2008, Pakistan and India are exchanged twice a year on January 1 and July
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Listen to article Islamabad: Despite the Legal Commission for Pakistan (JCP) who approved a slim margin with a voice, the nomination of Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar as Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Chief Justice, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, has raised serious constitutional concerns regarding the president’s decision of the judges’ seniority at IHC. Sources reveal
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