With the pen: Education minister urges schools to focus on standards
PESHAWAR: Minister for Education Muhammad Atif Khan directed authorities of Swabi Model School to focus on the standard of education and take steps to make the institute self-sufficient. He issued...
View ArticleRural poverty: Experts urge measures to end malnutrition
PESHAWAR: The United Rural Development Organisation joined hands with Action Aid Pakistan and Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance Pakistan to observe World Food Day, stated a press release....
View ArticleCrackdown: Seven arrested in FC search operations
QUETTA: Around seven suspected militants of banned organisations were arrested in search operations in Awaran, Naseerabad and Lehri areas of Balochistan. According to FC spokesman, paramilitary forces...
View ArticleAssets details filed: Membership of 58 lawmakers restored
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has restored the membership of 58 lawmakers as they submitted details of their assets and liabilities, mandatory under related electoral laws. ECP...
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Top court displeased with PTI reaction to stay order
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has expressed disappointment over the reaction of Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf’s (PTI) supporters to its stay order on an election tribunal’s verdict to de-seat Pakistan...
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Ministry revises death toll of Pakistani pilgrims
ISLAMABAD: The religious ministry has triggered a new controversy after it delisted six names from a list of the Pakistani pilgrims who died in the deadly stampede during this year’s annual Hajj...
View ArticleMartyred policemen: Balochistan offers Rs2m compensation
QUETTA: Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti has announced compensation of Rs2 million for the family of each martyr police personnel of Chaman incident. He announced this during a meeting...
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Opposition cries foul : Induction of community welfare attachés in limbo
ISLAMABAD: Nearly halfway through its term, the government is still moving at a snail’s pace when it comes to appointing key officials, prompting the opposition to cry foul. The Supreme Court had to...
View Article16 dead, 60 hurt in Khanewal bus crash
MULTAN: Sixteen people were killed and 60 others injured in Khanewal district when their bus met with an accident on Thursday. Around 80 pilgrims were aboard the vehicle that had started its journey...
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Complaints addressed: MQM all set to rejoin assemblies
ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has confirmed its lawmakers will return to assemblies once legislative sessions begin. Legislators of the Altaf Hussain-led party had resigned en masse...
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Sectarian strife: Over 9,000 ‘hate preachers’ arrested under NAP
ISLAMABAD: Some 9,400 firebrand speakers and clerics have been arrested on charges of fanning the flames of sectarian hate as the government stepped up efforts to curb strife as part of the National...
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Islampura: May the best candidate win
LAHORE: “Local government elections provide people with an opportunity to look beyond party affiliations and use their judgement in discerning who has served the community in the past,” Abdul Wadud, a...
View ArticleTariqabad: PML-N enjoys good support in UC 228
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PMLN) candidate Chaudhry Tariq Kamboh seems to have the upper hand against Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Waheed Iqbal Meo for the UC 228 chairman. The...
View ArticleTownship: PTI fields fresh faces in UC-235
LAHORE: Like many other neighbourhoods of the metropolis, residents of Union Council-235 are not satisfied with the area’s sewerage and water supply system. Scores of people told The Express Tribune...
View ArticleRain water pools in Rewaz Garden’s streets, water tanks remain dry
LAHORE: “The area we live in lies lower than surrounding areas so it gets flooded every time there is heavy rainfall,” Imran Sikander, a resident of Rewaz Garden, says. The rainwater then remains...
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Resolution submitted: PPP takes up cricket officials mistreatment in India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has decided to take up in parliament the mistreatment of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials at the hands of Shiv Sena in India. The opposition party wants...
View ArticleAbsar Alam appointed as Pemra chairman
ISLAMABAD: Renowned journalist and anchorman Absar Alam has been appointed as chairman of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra). President Mamnoon Hussain approved his appointment...
View ArticleLG election date put off for two days
ISLAMABAD: Polling for the third and final phase of local government elections in Punjab and Sindh has been put off for two days on account of the Chelum of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA). The election...
View ArticleNo talks held on nuclear proliferation in US: Jhagra
CHARSADDA: No talks on proliferation of nuclear weapons were held during Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s four-day visit to the US. This was said by PML-N Central General Secretary Iqbal Zafar Jhagra...
View ArticleTalking points: Political administration vows to honour 2007 agreement
WANA: The political administration of South Waziristan has assured elders from the Ahmadzai Wazir tribe that the 2007 peace treaty will be honoured and no injustices against the tribe will be...
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