Elahi wins LHC chess tournament
LAHORE: Ashar Elahi, an advocate of the Supreme Court, advocate won the Lahore High Court Chess Tournament held on Saturday. As many as 20 lawyers participated in the tournament. Lahore High Court...
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Dispensation of justice: Legal community urged to guide, empower public
PESHAWAR: Lawyers must play a critical role in guiding the public in addition to fulfilling their professional responsibilities. This was said by Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra. He expressed these views...
View ArticleWith flying colours: Women clinch top positions in FA, FSC results
PESHAWAR: Female students of Jinnah College for Women (JCW) clinched all top three positions in FA/FSC results announced by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Peshawar on...
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Upward trend: ‘Western areas to benefit most from CPEC’
BANNU: The western parts of the province will benefit the most from western route of CPEC. This was said by Federal Minister for Housing and Works Akram Khan Durrani. Addressing a ceremony to...
View ArticleEnthronement celebrations: Brotherhood defines Pakistan-Morocco ties, says...
ISLAMABAD: Relations of Pakistan and Morocco are marked by mutual feelings of brotherhood and friendship, Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid said. The...
View ArticlePPP appointment: Naveed Qamar made parliamentary leader
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has appointed its senior leader Naveed Qamar as the parliamentary leader in an apparent bid to use the parliamentary forum proactively. The position fell vacant...
View ArticleNew beginning: Top PML-N candidates elected speaker, deputy
MUZAFFARABAD: Newly elected members of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (AJKLA) elected Shah Ghulam Qadir as house speaker and Farooq Ahmad Tahir as his deputy in Muzaffarabad on...
View ArticleClimbing the ladder: Promotions announced for 10 faculty members at hospitals
PESHAWAR: Promotions have been granted to 10 faculty members from Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH), Khyber College for Dentistry (KCD) Peshawar and Khyber Medical College (KMC). According to a statement...
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Calling all wizards and witches: Pottermania sweeps Karachi
KARACHI: Karachiites came out en masse on Sunday for the launch of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I and II, the eighth book in the acclaimed Harry Potter series. Garbed in Hogwart’s black...
View ArticleCNG blast: Seven injured in cylinder explosion
KARACHI: At least seven people were wounded in a cylinder explosion at a CNG filling station in North Nazimabad locality on Sunday. The incident occurred when a CNG cylinder exploded with a loud bang...
View ArticleBaldia factory fire case: Accused approaches court for pre-arrest bail
KARACHI: Ali Hasan Qadri, a Hyderabad-based businessman, approached on Saturday a district and sessions court requesting bail before arrest in the Baldia factory fire case. Ali, said to be a confidant...
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Not an easy job: Trying times for young doctors at govt hospitals
KARACHI: While in college, medical students dream of joining a professional, well-managed public healthcare system once they graduate. “This could not be far from the truth,” says Dr Hira Pervez, a...
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Helping hand: Legal aid centre to help those seeking justice
KARACHI: Rasheed Razvi Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (RRCCHR) was launched on Saturday to extend legal aid to those who cannot afford it and to increase the momentum of public interest...
View ArticleCivil society launches media guide to human rights
KARACHI: Civil society representatives launched on Sunday a ‘media guide’ for journalists to encourage use of human rights lens in their reporting keeping in view the country’s present circumstances....
View ArticleSuccessful conviction: Man gets eight years for robbery
KARACHI: A district and sessions court sentenced on Saturday a man to eight years in prison after convicting him of robbing a person near the airport around two years ago. Nasir Ahmed was found guilty...
View ArticleFall semester: SMIU holds entry test
The Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) held the entry test for fall of 2016 on Sunday. The total number of candidates who applied for admission online was 941 against the available 250 seats....
View ArticleSmchs murder: Judge sends five suspects to jail
KARACHI: The anti-terrorism (ATC) courts’ administrative judge sent on Saturday five suspects allegedly involved in the killing of a youth, Abrar, in Sindhi Muslim Cooperative Housing Society on the...
View ArticleCommissioner’s orders: ‘Plant 10,000 saplings in each district’
KARACHI: Commissioner Ejaz Ahmed Khan has directed all District Municipal Corporations to plant 10,000 saplings in each district due to the city’s worsening environment situation. He gave these...
View ArticleDevelopment: 10 drainage schemes approved
FAISALABAD: The Divisional Development Working Party (DDWP) has approved 10 rural drainage schemes costing Rs36 million in Faisalabad district. The meeting was held at the commissioner’s office....
View ArticleLivestock: 600 poultry units distributed
MULTAN: The Livestock Department has given 600 poultry units to farmers at subsidised rates in July, Livestock District Officer Sibtain Bhatti said on Wednesday. He said each poultry unit comprised...
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