Showing posts from January, 2024
HARIPUR: The court of additional district and session judge on Wednesday ordered the de-sealing of five industries of Hattar Industrial Estate and issued notices to the respondents to appear on February 6. A representational image of gravel in a court…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-31/l_1153321_111959_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A woman casts her vote in Pakistan's general election at a polling station during the general election in Lahore, Pakistan, on July 25, 2018. — …
PESHAWAR: Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company on Tuesday agreed to collaborate for development of the horticulture sector in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry and…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-30/l_1152961_105548_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Security forces travelling in a military vehicle. — AFPRAWALPINDI: Nine terrorists including three suicide bombers have been killed by the security …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-29/l_1152560_115036_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A vehicle is pictured after getting stuck in snow along a road after a heavy snowfall in Murree on January 8, 2022. — AFPHeavy snowfall over the upp…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-29/l_1152543_095908_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif speaks as his daughter Maryam Nawaz looks on, during an election campaign rally in Lahore on January 29, 2024. — AFPPakis…
A worker can be seen working on an electricity pole. — AFP/FileLAKKI MARWAT: Peshawar Electric Supply Company chief engineer Akhtar Hameed has asked the local authorities to expedite anti-power pilferage drive and ensure recoveries from industrial and…
A voter casting her vote during an election. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: About 80 candidates, who had contested the 2018 polls on the tickets of various political parties, have jumped ship in search of greener pastures and are contesting the upcoming general …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-28/l_1152262_115540_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Emir Hafiz Naeem Ur Rehman addresses a public rally in Karachi's Bagh-e-Jinnah on January 28, 2024. — JI Karachi In view…
MULTAN: A tough but triangular fight is going on in NA-151 Multan-IV among Pakistan People’s Party , Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz while Pakistan Tehreek Insaf candidate is contesting as independent, political workers and civil society activists said. …
LAKKI MARWAT: Speakers at a function here on Friday stated that approximately 30 million children were currently out of school in the country, calling for concerted efforts to ensure their enrollment in schools. A young boy collects recycling items fr…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-26/l_1151605_111535_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif and Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari. — AFP/FileIn line with the Western dem…
PESHAWAR: An agriculture expert and former secretary of the Pakistan Tobacco Board, Khan Faraz, has lauded the interim government’s decision to ban the export of sugar, leading to sufficient availability of the commodity during the first three months …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-26/l_1151415_025303_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This image released on January 24, 2024, shows PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addressing an election rally in Bhalwal. — Facebook/BilawalBhutto…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-26/l_1151303_120702_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar addressing the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit in Riyadh in this undated photo. — APPPakistan h…
PESHAWAR: The traffic police have taken a number of measures to improve the flow of traffic and avoid fatal accidents on highways, a senior official said on Wednesday. Traffic police Peshawar officials during duty on October 19, 2023. — X/@TrafficPesh…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-25/l_1151132_033509_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Sindh interim Home Minister Brigadier Haris Nawaz addresses a seminar at the University of Karachi on March 14, 2023. — OnlineAs the clash between p…
MANSEHRA: The Qaumi Watan Party on Tuesday announced to support the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl candidate in PK-37. JUIF party supporters hold flags during a party rally in this image released on October 26, 2203. — Facebook/Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Pakista…
NOWSHERA: Awami National Party leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain contesting election for PK-89 on Tuesday said that his rivals had quit many political parties, which showed they were loyal to no ideology. Awami National Party leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain A…
LAHORE: Punjab Business Facilitation Centre has issued 363 NOCs and received 472 applications during the first 40 days since its creation. NOCs are being issued to local investors in 15 days and to foreign investors in 10 days in the Business Facilita…
PESHAWAR: The Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre Peshawar will host a Plastic Surgery Nursing Symposium on January 29 at the PGMI Auditorium. The Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre in Peshawar can be seen in this image on March 05, 2019. — Facebook/U.S. C…
PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Syed Arshad Hussain Shah on Monday directed the Revenue Department to collect all the records and transactions of mutation from across the province. Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justice Syed Arshad Hussain Shah…
LANDIKOTAL: The Pakistan Institute of Prosthetic and Orthotics provided artificial limbs to 16 disabled individuals here on Monday. Disabled individuals can be seen in this image. — AFP/FileA ceremony was arranged at the District Headquarters Hospital…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-23/l_1150376_120804_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} : PPP Karachi President Saeed Ghani, MQM-P Senior Deputy Convener Mustafa Kamal, and JI Karachi Emir Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman. — PPI/AFP/Facebook/@Khij…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-22/l_1150367_111328_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Despite failing to reach a consensus on seat adjustment in the NA-242 Karachi constituency, a top Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader Monday cl…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed firm commitment to the Non-aligned Movement and its founding principles and extended continued support to the movement’s efforts towards peace, equality, cooperation and well-being for all, says a press release. Heads of …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-22/l_1150267_080142_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This image shows water droplets on a car's windshield in Karachi's Korangi area amid rain in the different areas of the provincial capital o…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-21/l_1150078_110805_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Bikes thrown on the ground, a poster showing PTI-backed candidate Arsalan Khalid along with a picture of Imran Khan, and post-attack situation of th…
KHAR: The staff members of the District Headquarters Hospital here on Saturday staged a protest against the killing of senior polio eradication officer Dr Abdul Rahman.The doctors, paramedics and other staff members of the DHQ Hospital staged the prot…
MANSEHRA: Channia Neighbourhood Council chairman Malik Adnan Khattana on Saturday quit Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and joined the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz . This image shows supporters of the PTI protest on October 21, 2022. — AFP“I have to work for …
JARANWALA: Former MNA Rai Salahuddin, former member of Majlis-e-Shoora in the era of Gen Ziaul Haq, died on Friday. This representational picture shows a casket placed inside a funeral car. — Pixabay/FileHe was the father of former MPA and PTI candida…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-19/l_1149422_103250_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistani men line up as election officials check their ballot papers during voting in Pakistan's general election at a polling station in Lahor…
LAKKI MARWAT: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidate for NA- 41 Mansoor Kamal on Thursday announced to quit the election race in support of former federal minister and Marwat Qaumi Ittehad candidate Salim Saifullah Khan. A man walks past the banners o…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-18/l_1148829_013738_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The still image taken from a video posted on August 2, 2023, shows the US State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, during a press briefing on …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-17/l_1148820_114129_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Caretaker PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar expressing his views at the Trade Tech's Trillion-Dollar Promise session of the World Economic Forum in Davos o…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-17/l_1148813_105224_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. — AFPCaretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jil…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-17/l_1148585_021600_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch speaks during a press briefing in Islamabad in this still on January 11, 2024. — Facebook/Ministry o…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-17/l_1148474_121100_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PML-N leader Ishaq Dar speaks during an interview on “Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Saath” on January 17, 2024, in this photo taken from a video. — Geo N…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-16/l_1148469_105911_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Representational image of a bride wearing jewellery. — UnsplashISLAMABAD: A unique case was heard at the top court on Tuesday with a female petition…
PML-N KP President Amir Muqam can be seen in this picture. — Facebook/Amir MuqamMINGORA: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Provincial President Engineer Amir Maqam has said that his party will form governments in KP and the Centre.“The PTI had put the coun…
This photo shows a view of the ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current transmission project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan. — Xinhua/FileIn the Central Conference on China’s Foreign Affairs he…
Motorists make their way along a street amid heavy fog. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: Dense fog will engulf plain areas of Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper Sindh during the next two days, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department.Frost is likely …
JAMRUD: A total of 92 candidates are participating in the February 8 general elections from the Khyber tribal district, including three women, according to the final list of candidates. A person casting a vote during a bye-election. — APP/FileIn NA-27…
PESHAWAR: A former general manager of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Saqib Arbab, has been promoted as Deputy Managing Director Operations of the company. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited logo. — Facebook/SNGPL The promot…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-14/l_1147862_120111_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} In this photo taken on August 22, 2013, a soldier watches a voter cast her ballot during the country's by-election in several constituencies in …
CHARSADDA: Opposing the calls for delaying the polls, Qaumi Watan Party Chairman Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Saturday that the general election must be held on its scheduled date to enable the people to elect their representatives.Speaking at a g…
LAHORE: The shortage of pneumonia vaccine persists in the market after 36 children perished in a week due to dry cold weather in the province.Around 121 suspected cases of pneumonia among minors have been reported in Lahore in the last 24 hours, as pn…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-14/l_1147606_121711_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Security forces travelling in a military vehicle. — AFPRAWALPINDI: An improvised explosive device explosion hit a security vehicle in Balochistan’s …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-13/l_1147604_115250_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan addressing a press conference in Islamabad, on January 13, 2024, in this still taken from a video. — Geo NewsAft…
Former advisor to the PM on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan and PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira speaks during a gathering of supporters in Lalamusa in this still on January 12, 2024. — Facebook/Qamar Zaman Kaira LALAMUSA: Former advisor to prime min…
PESHAWAR: The Excise police station, Mardan Region on Thursday foiled a bid to smuggle heroin abroad and arrested an international drug smuggler along with two facilitators while recovering 57 swallowed capsules. A representational image shows seized …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-11/l_1146879_115025_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Children walk to school amid heavy smog conditions in Lahore on December 1, 2022. — AFPLAHORE: School children have been granted permission to skip …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-11/l_1146870_111010_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Supreme Court’s Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan. — Supreme Court’s websiteThe country's top court has been rocked by two sudden resignations in as many da…
HARIPUR: As many as 33 workers of Tarbela Dam Extension Project-5 and bus driver were injured when the bus they were travelling hit a roadside tree here on Wednesday evening, police and dam sources said. An aerial view of the construction site of the …
PESHAWAR : As part of its initiative to foster understanding and unity in the Pashtun-inhabited belt, SALGAI Foundation organised a meeting of stakeholders on Wednesday. A meeting can be seen underway concerning the inter-faith harmony in Peshawar org…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-10/l_1146553_115333_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An anti-terrorist force personal uses a metal detector to check the area of the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on August 26, 2008. — A…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-10/l_1146432_072524_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Four people, including three police officers, were reportedly martyred near Lachi Toll Plaza on the Kohat Indus Highway, Geo News reported on Wednes…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-09/l_1146249_120302_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Naqeebullah Mehsud. — FacebookAlmost six years after his murder in a 'staged encounter', an anti-terrorism court in Karachi Tuesday indicted…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-09/l_1146246_112655_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Students solve question papers during their annual examinations. — APP/FileLAHORE: The Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Lahore on Tuesd…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-09/l_1146241_105155_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} UK High Commissioner to Pakistan Jane Marriott. — APP/FileThe top British diplomat in Pakistan will hold separate meetings with top politicians from…
ANP provincial president Aimal Wali Khan speaks in this image during a party gathering on January 8, 2024. — Facebook/Awami National PartyPESHAWAR: Awami National Party’s provincial president Aimal Wali Khan on Monday lamented the loss of lives of six…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-08/l_1145907_120231_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari speaks during an interview with a private television channel in Islamabad, aired on January 8, 2024, in this sti…
KHAR: The nurses recruited under the Accelerated Implementation Programme project have not been paid their salaries for the last nine months.Young Nurses Association chairman Arshad Khan told reporters that their colleagues faced many challenges due t…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-08/l_1145630_121139_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman speaking in Geo News programme Jirga. — GeoNews/YouTubeJamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has s…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-07/l_1145626_113136_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Former prime minister and Pakistan Peoples Party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. — PID/File A Supreme Court larger bench on Monday would resume hearing…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-07/l_1145625_110346_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haque Kakar speaks during Geo News programme "Aik Din Geo Kay Sath" on January 7, 2023. — YouTube/Geo N…
PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan has imposed a fine of Rs20,000 on a candidate for violating the code of conduct ahead of the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 8.This marks the first instance during the current polls that …
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-06/l_1145391_113448_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman addressing press conference outside Parliament Lodges in Islamabad. — Online/FileISLAMABAD: Matters related to the…
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Friday restrained the provincial government from taking action against several former lawmakers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf as per Fourth Schedule of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. The Peshawar High Court buildin…
PESHAWAR: Dense fog continued to engulf Peshawar and many parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on third consecutive day, adding to the cold wave and bringing life to a standstill after the sunset. A view of fog seen at Hashtangri rail track on January 5, 2024.…
PESHAWAR: The provincial chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party arranged a function in the provincial metropolis on Friday to mark the 96th birth anniversary of the party founding chairman Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-05/l_1145070_120331_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Children walk to their school along a street amid smoggy conditions early in the morning in Lahore on December 17, 2021. — AFPAs Sindh reels from th…
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing in writ petitions filed by Sher Afzal Marwat, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, for quashing of cases against him.PHC’s single bench of Justice Waqar Ahmad adjourned the hearing…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-04/l_1144731_114027_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Security personnel stand guard at the headquarters of Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on September 21, 2023. — AFPISLAMABAD: In order t…
PESHAWAR: Trials of male and female table tennis players of Bannu Division have been completed under the Prime Minister’s Youth Talent Hunt programme organised by Islamia College University.The Male and female players have been selected by the selecti…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-03/l_1144447_110027_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An outside view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad. — Twitter/FileISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday strongly condemned the das…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-03/l_1144446_110349_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Zartaj Gul speaks to journalists in Peshawar High Court in this still taken from a video. — Geo NewsPESHAWAR: Pakist…
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Opposing the call for delaying the polls, Pakistan People’s Party Secretary Information and former deputy speaker of National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi on Tuesday said the next general election should beheld on time.Speaking at a p…
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Tuesday directed the relevant authorities to submit the details of the cases and inquiries against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Murad Saeed within one week’s time.A single bench consisting of Ijaz Khan heard…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-02/l_1144135_112459_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Vehicles passing through rainwater during the heavy rain in Karachi on March 24, 2023. — INPThe Pakistan Meteorological Department has predicted lig…
Representational image. — APP FileMANSEHRA: A woman allegedly committed suicide after hanging herself with a ceiling fan in her room here in the Jullo area.The woman stated to be in her early 20s allegedly locked her in a room and ended her life.The p…
https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-01-01/l_1143851_115557_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Relief goods for Gaza people are being loaded onto special Pakistan Air Force aircraft at Nur Khan Airbase in Islamabad, in this still taken from a …
