PESHAWAR: Lawmakers on Friday raised the issue of poor internet connectivity for students in the remote areas of the province, noting that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic means online courses are the only means of obtaining education for students now. This was discussed when the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly resumed on Friday to debate the provincial […]
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MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chief Justice Raja Saeed Akram Khan has called separate meetings of the Supreme Judicial Council and the State Judicial Policy Committee to discuss setting up of consumer courts and dress code for the highest judiciary. The meeting of the state’s judicial policy committee has been convened on 15 January, while
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UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has expressed concern over North Korea’s recent launch of a ballistic missile and called for diplomatic engagement and dialogue to resolve the challenges facing the Korean Peninsula. “We strongly support the calls for the revival of talks between the relevant parties,” Ambassador Munir Akram, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, told the
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PESHAWAR: Many were injured on Friday when police and protesters clashed in the Tehkal area of the provincial capital as the latter demonstrated against the former’s excesses. The clashes came even as the government wrote to the provincial judiciary asking it to investigate reports of police detaining an Afghan national, stripping and parading him naked
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HARIPUR: After Peshawar, a case of police excesses has emerged from Haripur, where a senior police officer allegedly beat up a petrol station clerk for refusing to serve his son. A report submitted to the District Police Officer (DPO0 office stated that the son of Additional SHO SI Muhammad Nawaz had gone to a petrol
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MUZAFFARABAD: Sardar Masood Khan, President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), has said that after reluctantly accepting Pakistan’s independence, India adopted a secular doctrine, a disingenuous attempt to hide widespread Hindu nationalism under the guise of secularism. He made these remarks while addressing two separate web conferences organized by the Institute of Policy Studies on
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto on Saturday called Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) chief Akhtar Mengal and discussed the current political situation in the country. According to details, both leaders agreed on a joint strategy for the next year’s fiscal budget. They also exchanged views on the 18th constitutional amendment and government measures
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KARACHI: The Sindh government on Saturday issued directives to all government hospitals to get their staff tested for Covid-19 as well as resume coronavirus contact tracing. In a letter issued by the Director of Health in Sindh, Dr. Irshad Ahmed Memon, a copy of which is available with The Express Pakinomist, the heads of all
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QUETTA: The first construction phase of the Hinglaj Mandir Link Road project has been successfully completed with the special funds of Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal. The Hindu community of Lasbela has expressed gratitude to the Balochistan government, according to official sources, as 90% of the engineering work on the temple stands has been completed.
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ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser on Saturday asked Balochistan parliamentarians and public representatives to propose solutions to the socio-economic problems facing the province and its people. Chairing the maiden meeting of the Special Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan in the Parliament House, Qaiser said that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) started from Gilgit-Baltistan and culminated
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