PESHAWAR: Amid ongoing negotiations between the government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced that the party’s long march on Islamabad would begin from Gandi Chowk in Lakki Marwat on October 4. Addressing workers at a fundraising event at the PTI secretariat in Peshawar, Sohail Afridi said the long march would…

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The government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are set to resume negotiations at 3pm on Saturday at Parliament House, following an initial round of talks in which both sides exchanged demands amid tensions over the party’s planned October 4 march on Islamabad. The first round, held on Friday in National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq’s chamber,…

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MURREE: A second child from the same family has died after suffering severe burns when a school van caught fire following an accident in Murree, bringing the number of young siblings killed in the incident to two. Arham, who was critically injured in the accident, died from his injuries after his sister Ayesha, 14, succumbed…

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday summoned India’s Chargé d’Affaires Dr Satyanjal Pandey to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lodge a strong protest over the killing of two Pakistani civilians by personnel of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the International Border in Kasur’s Bedian Sector. The incident occurred on October 2, according to a…

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has criticised the federal government ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) planned long march on October 4, saying his party would neither allow a repeat of the May 9 violence nor let anyone create such circumstances again. In a statement issued on X on Saturday, Afridi said the march would…

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ISLAMABAD Members of the government’s negotiating team, including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, began arriving at Parliament House on Saturday for the second day of formal talks with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, with the party’s planned October 4 march and access to incarcerated founder Imran Khan among the key issues. The talks are being held in the…

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Punjab government has notified the transfer and posting of several officers.  According to the notification issued by Services and General Administration, Syed Muhammad Masood Noman has been posted as Secretary (Implementation) at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.  Hafizabad Deputy Commissioner, Abdul Razzaq, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, while…

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Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Albert P. Khoreev has described the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement as a positive step. Addressing a press conference at the Russian Embassy, Russian Ambassador Albert P. Khoreev said that it was a positive development that countries in the region were trying to take responsibility for their own security. He said Russia…

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The federal government has notified the appointment and transfers and postings of several officers, including the appointment of the Rector of the National School of Public Policy, Lahore.  Moreover, the services of 14 officers who had been serving in federal divisions for an extended period have been returned to the provincial governments. According to various…

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The White House has released photographs of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s meeting with US President Donald Trump during the recently concluded United Nations General Assembly session in New York.The meeting took place in New York on the sidelines of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, during a reception hosted by President Donald…

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