LAHORE: Firing a broadside against his party’s allies and the PTI, Pakistan People’s Party Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hasan Murtaza said the biggest National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in the country’s history is being reached to secure the release of a prisoner. He emphasized that negotiations should take place, but not agreements or NROs. He […]
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ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has allowed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and lawyer Latif Khosa to travel abroad, despite his name being on the Exit Control List (ECL). Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard Khosa’s petition challenging the inclusion of his name in the ECL. During the proceedings, the prosecutor informed the court that Khosa’s
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ISLAMABAD: None of the party leaders, lawyers or family members visited PTI founder Imran Khan in Adiala jail on Thursday. This marked the first time in the year and a half of Imran Khan’s imprisonment that no one came to visit him on the scheduled ‘visiting day’. Meanwhile, the negotiating committee was waiting for permission
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LAHORE: A letter written to Punjab’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Saturday sought a ban on online game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). The letter was written by SSP Liaqat Ali Malik on the instructions of CCPO Zulfiqar Hameed. It mentioned that the online video game has a devastating effect on the mental health of
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LAHORE: While educational opportunities have been few and far between for gender minorities in Pakistan, a local NGO has stepped in to create an international platform for the development of the country’s transgender people. The Gender Guardian (TGG), a non-governmental organization working to train and educate transgender people in Pakistan, has partnered with various foreign
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LAHORE: Following an increase in confirmed coronavirus cases and a significant increase in the number of patients recovering, a black market for blood plasma has emerged across the country, especially in the provincial capital. People are selling blood plasma of the patients who have recovered from the coronavirus for tens of thousands of rupees, The
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The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a notorious target killer, allegedly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L) and involved in over 100 murders, during a targeted operation in Orangi Town. The police have also reportedly seized weapons and ammunition from his possession. According to SIU SSP Irfan Bahadur,
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KARACHI: A youth was killed and two of his friends injured in a car accident while he was recording a video for the popular video sharing platform TikTok in Korangi on Saturday night. The deceased, identified as Faraz, lost control of the car he was driving due to speed and rammed into a tree. As
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MUZAFFARABAD: While welcoming US Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s statements on restoring the rights of Kashmiris, Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has said that Biden’s statements are proof that the world community has refused to buy the Indian narrative of Occupied Kashmir. Biden has called on New Delhi
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SRINAGAR: Coronavirus cases in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K) region crossed the 7,000 mark including 94 deaths, officials said on Sunday. As many as 127 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 7,093, according to the latest government data. Since June 13, the data revealed, around 2,700
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