According to a notification issued by the Punjab Assembly Secretariat, the session will begin at 2pm on Friday, August 21. Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmed Khan will preside over the proceedings of the session. The Assembly Secretariat has issued a formal notification regarding the summoning of the session. The agenda and legislative business to be…

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to seek the transfer of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed and has sent a panel of three senior police officers to the federal government for the appointment of his successor, sources said. According to sources, the panel received by the Establishment Division includes Muhammad Ali Babakhel, Saeed…

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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani will head to Islamabad on Wednesday for a two-day visit, a diplomatic source in Damascus told AFP on Tuesday. The source, who requested anonymity, said that Shaibani would be in Pakistan on August 19 and 20 at the invitation of his counterpart Ishaq Dar and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.…

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The elections for eight reserved seats in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held on August 24, with the newly elected members expected to take the oath the following day. Sources said the oath-taking ceremony on August 25 will mark the formation of the new AJK Legislative Assembly. After the…

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Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti met with President Asif Ali Zardari at the President’s Office. The President was briefed on the overall situation of Balochistan and the ongoing development initiatives in the province. President Asif Zadri said effective coordination between the federal and provincial governments is essential for peace, development and public welfare in…

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Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Bin Saeed Al-Maliki held a farewell meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz in Lahore. During the meeting, Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz lauded the diplomatic role of the Saudi Ambassador in strengthening brotherly relations between the two…

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A nationwide sit-in organised by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) against the collection of the petroleum levy and agreements with independent power producers (IPPs) has entered its fourth day. According to the report, the protest is also continuing outside the Governor House in Karachi, where JI Karachi chief Munim Zafar Khan is present with party workers. The road…

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Pakistan has strongly condemned what it described as an unprovoked attack by Israeli forces on the Abu Al-Duhur airbase in Syria’s Idlib province. According to the report, Foreign Office Spokesman Tahir Andrabi said the attack was a provocative and unprovoked act and a clear violation of international law. Foreign Office Spokesman Tahir Andrabi warned that…

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KARACHI (Staff Reporter): Rizwan Ahmed Fikri, Secretary Information of Meri Pehchan Pakistan (MPP) and Chairman of the Supreme Council of KOWA, has been discharged from a local hospital after successful treatment and an endoscopy. Fikri remained under treatment for five days and was discharged after recovering. Renowned gastroenterologist and liver specialist Dr. Shoaib Siddiqui supervised…

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BADIN: Questions have been raised over a reported police encounter in the outskirts of Badin after the family of a man killed in the incident accused police of staging a fake encounter. The family alleged that the man was taken into police custody and later killed because his family refused to pay a bribe. The…

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