Category: Pakistan
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Four drum players die as rickshaw falls into Jamrud ravine
Four people were killed when a rickshaw carrying them plunged into a deep ravine in the Shah Gai Dusrakai area of Ali Masjid in Khyber district’s Jamrud tehsil on Friday,. According to details, the accident occurred within the jurisdiction of Ali Masjid Police Station. Sources said the victims had travelled to Jamrud to attend a…
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Three dead in car crash due to brakes failure in Swat
Three people, including a woman, died, and seven became seriously injured when the driver of their car lost control, and the vehicle fell into a ravine in Swat due to brakes failure on Friday. The accident occurred in Manglore Shaldara. Sources said that ten people, including women and children, were in the car. After receiving…
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Illegal immigration from Pakistan to Europe has dropped 47%, Naqvi tells Norway FM
Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi said on Friday that Pakistan was a bulwark against terrorism. Speaking to Norway’s Foreign Minister (FM) Espen Barth Eide, who called on him at the Ministry of Interior in Islamabad, Naqvi said that illegal immigration from Pakistan to Europe had dropped by 47 percent due to the government’s zero-tolerance policy.…
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Dar tells US envoy Islamabad MoU is the only way forward in Middle East
US Chargé d’Affaires Natalie A Baker called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Friday and discussed a variety of issues with him. According to a statement issued by the Foreign Office, the discussions were centered on Pakistan-US bilateral cooperation and recent…
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National Assembly, Senate sessions summoned on Monday
President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday approved summaries forwarded by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, including one for the summoning of the National Assembly and the Senate on August 17 (Monday). In a post on the social media platform X, the President’s Secretariat said, “The president has approved summoning the National Assembly session on August 17…
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Pakistan Independence Day Celebrated at High Commission in New Delhi
Pakistan’s Independence Day was celebrated with traditional enthusiasm at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, where a flag-hoisting ceremony was held on Friday. Pakistan High Commissioner Saad Ahmad Warraich hoisted the national flag at the Chancery lawn in the presence of High Commission officials, staff members and their families. Speaking on the occasion, Warraich…
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Public School Hyderabad Holds Grand Independence Day Celebrations and Rally
Hyderabad : Public School Hyderabad organized a series of impressive events to mark Pakistan’s 79th Independence Day, reflecting national spirit, patriotism, and the institution’s rich literary, cultural, and sporting traditions. A large number of students, teachers, and distinguished citizens participated in the celebrations and expressed their deep love for the country. As part of the…
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Goods transporters end nationwide strike, say “we are not smugglers”
Goods transporters across Pakistan have called off their nationwide wheel-jam strike after the government agreed to their demands, with Central President of the Pakistan Transport Council Tanvir Ahmed Jutt declaring, “Transporters are not smugglers, they do business.” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a committee headed by Federal Minister for Communications Abdul Aleem Khan to…
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Lahore police attack: Two officials detained over suspected ties to ‘terrorists’
LAHORE: Two police officials have been detained on suspicion of having links with the assailants involved in two terrorist attacks that left three policemen dead in Lahore, police sources said on Friday. According to the sources, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a constable were taken into custody after investigators found photographs on social media allegedly showing them…
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Afghan soil being used for terrorism in Pakistan, Naqvi tells Norwegian FM
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday told Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide that Afghan soil was continuously being used for terrorism in Pakistan, as the two sides discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the activities of proscribed organisations operating from neighbouring Afghanistan. Eide arrived in Pakistan a day earlier on a two-day visit, the first…
