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Health service: Pindi Gheb THQ Hospital in dire straits
ISLAMABAD / PINDI GHEB: In its health profile, the Attock district administration envisages providing high standard health services to all without discrimination in an efficient way for the maximum...
View ArticleUntapped resources: Businessmen asked to invest in hydropower sector in AJK
A senior minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has urged Pakistani investors to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities that the region has to offer in hydropower, minerals, tourism, and...
View ArticleLG polls: PML-N initiates projects in 46 UCs
RAWALPINDI: In a bid to woo voters, the incumbent government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has initiated a number of development projects in Rawalpindi ahead of the upcoming local...
View ArticleIntercepted: Bid to smuggle heroin foiled
ISLAMABAD: The anti-narcotics force (ANF) on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle 1 kilograms of heroin to a foreign country and arrested suspected drug trafficker at the Benazir Bhutto International...
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Tilt towards India: Pakistan cautions US against tipping South Asia imbalance
As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif prepares for his visit to the United States, his top foreign policy aide has called upon the administration of President Barack Obama not to take steps that might...
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Protecting local industry: 10% regulatory duty slapped on cotton yarn imports
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to impose a 10% regulatory duty on imports of cotton yarn, grey and processed fabric, particularly from India, in a bid to protect the domestic industry from...
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Murree deal: PML-N undecided over replacing Balochistan CM
QUETTA: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is reconsidering a 2013 confidential deal under which Balochistan Chief Minister Abdul Malik Baloch has to step down halfway through his...
View ArticleANP senator on K-P graft watchdog’s target sights
ISLAMABAD: The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Ehtesab Commission has sought help from the Islamabad police to arrest Senator Sitara Ayaz of the Awami National Party (ANP) for her alleged misuse of power and...
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Fisticuffs: Flights delayed as PIA union takes on engineers
PESHAWAR: A scuffle between PIA engineers and union leaders on Sunday led to an unscheduled and indefinite delay of three flights, including two international ones. According to officials at Bacha...
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Caught on tape: Outrage continues against doctor who molested patients
MANSEHRA: An outpour of outrage continued against Dr Shoaib who was caught sexually harassing women patients on video. The City police on Saturday registered a criminal case against the 53-year-old...
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Still fighting: Breast cancer remains a silent killer
PESHAWAR: Sehrish Qureshi, a resident of Peshawar, was only 20 when she detected a painful lump in her breast. Still young, she was initially reluctant to speak to her mother about it. However, better...
View ArticleEvaluating FATA’s merger with K-P
PESHAWAR: Developing consensus regarding the future of Federally Administrative Tribal Areas within the nation is definitely a good omen despite the presence of palpable hostility on the country’s...
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Rifts: MPA Babar Khan lashes out against Shahram, his father
SWABI: After being expelled from the party, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa MPA Babar Khan has asked Awami Jamhoori Ittehad Pakistan Chairman Shahram Khan Tarakai to take action against his father for leaving the...
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Lest we forget: Literati pay tribute to Dost Muhammad Kamil Mohmand
PABBI: Poets, litterateurs and scholars paid glowing tribute to late Pashto scholar Dost Muhammad Kamil Mohmand on Sunday. During an event to commemorate Mohmand’s centenary organised in Pabbi,...
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Cracks in the border: Many in G-B disassociate themselves from Kashmir identity
GILGIT: An overwhelming majority of youth recently interviewed in Gilgit-Baltistan dissociated themselves from the Kashmiri identity. “Almost 82% people surveyed preferred to call themselves Pakistanis...
View ArticleDarkness dawns: Spin village residents threaten to protest
DI KHAN: Residents of Spin village will have no choice but to protest against the government if it fails to install an electricity cable from Wana Grid Station within a month. This was said by Spin...
View ArticleUp in arms : Journalists criticise raids on their houses
JAMRUD: Protesting against raids on the houses of media personnel, the Tribal Union of Journalists, Khyber Agency chapter held a demonstration at Baba-e-Khyber in Jamrud. Holding banners and placards...
View ArticleRising costs: HMC raises tariffs, rest may follow suit
PESHAWAR: Unlike its counterpart organisations, such as Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), the Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) increased its admission and out-patient department (OPD) fees. After a...
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Emergencies-hit areas: EU extends aid of €4m for fighting malnutrition
ISLAMABAD: The European Commission has extended financial assistance worth €4 million (euros) to the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) so that it can work with partners for delivery of nutrition...
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LG polls: ECP agrees to amend schedule for last phase
ISLAMABAD: Election authorities have decided to amend the dates for the third and final phase of local government polls in Punjab and Sindh on account of chehlum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). The...
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