Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan said on Sunday that work on the construction of a section of the motorway (M6), connecting Sukkur to Hyderabad, would get underway next month. The minister said that work on the project, which had been pending for the last 30 years, would now get underway. He expressed the…

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In connection with the negotiations that took place between the government and PTI on the party’s planned long march on Islamabad on October 4, KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday put forward his suggestions so that a way out of the present impasse could be found out, while on the other hand, Interior Minister…

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Pakistani ambassadors in Djibouti and Ethiopia have dispatched the bodies of the deceased and injured Pakistani crew members of MT Honor 25. According to the Foreign Office spokesperson, the injured Pakistanis and the bodies of the deceased have been dispatched from Addis Ababa. The bodies of Rafiullah Khan, Syed Kashif Umar, and Mahmood Ahmed Ansari…

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After meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi had a telephonic conversation with President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday and briefed him on negotiations with the PTI. Earlier, PM Shehbaz Sharif met with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi at his residence after meeting with former prime minister and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif. …

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Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Central Spokesperson Shazia Marri has called for national unity and a joint strategy to combat terrorism, warning that unrest in any part of the country could affect Karachi and other regions. In a statement, Shazia Marri said Karachi is a “mini Pakistan” and the effects of instability anywhere in the…

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Following the directives of SSP Dadu Captain (R) Saddam Hussain Khaskheli, Khairpur Nathan Shah Police conducted raids and arrested two key suspects wanted in a murder case. The successful operation was carried out under the supervision of SHO Khairpur Nathan Shah, Ijaz Ali Masan. Police arrested two main nominated suspects in a case involving the…

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With the start of of PTI long march from Dera Ismail Khan, security sources have raised apprehensions that terrorists belonging to ‘Fitna-ul-Khawarij’ might infiltrate the convoys of Tehreek-e-Insaf as they set out from various areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  Sources said that terrorists from certain factions of ‘Fitna-ul-Khawarij’ have already infiltrated these convoys in disguise, entering…

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Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry says Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and proscribed Joint Awami Action Committee share a common pattern of protest to stoke unrest in the country. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Sunday, he pointed out that the banned Joint Awami Action Committee announced its call for a protest exactly on same…

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday accused the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of backing away from commitments on counterterrorism, saying its actions had raised questions about whether the party was facilitating an environment in which terrorists could operate freely in the province. Kundi said this in a post on X in response to a…

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Two days of negotiations between the government and the joint opposition have ended without an agreement as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) begins its planned long march towards Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). PTI has announced that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi will lead the march, which is starting from the Lakki Marwat district on…

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