Showing posts from July, 2024

UAF seeks better wheat procurement system

University of Agriculture Faisalabad seen in this image. — UAF website/fileFAISALABAD: The University of Agriculture Faisalabad scientists making efforts to develop a framework to optimise wheat procurement, increase per-acre yield, ensure food securi…

Karachi experiences heavy rain as more showers expected

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-08-01/l_1215516_074709_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} In this undated photo, a road is seen submerged under rainwater. — APP/FileKARACHI: Heavy rainfall hit the port city on Wednesday night inundating r…

Commonwealth secretary general lauds PM Shehbaz for empowering youth

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-31/l_1215302_101805_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Patricia Scotland, General Secretary of the Commonwealth and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Commonwealth Se…

Minister promises steps for livestock sector improvement

Provincial Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Fazal Hakim Khan Yousafzai seen in this image. — Facebook @fazalhakeemofficial/filePESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Fazal Hakim Khan Yousafzai has said the provincial government …

IHC orders de-sealing of PTI's central secretariat in Islamabad

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-31/l_1215075_020953_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A general view of Islamabad High Court. — Geo News/File In a major development, the Islamabad High Court on Tuesday ordered the Capital Development …

Monsoon showers turn weather pleasant in Karachi

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-30/l_1214968_103637_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Commuters on their way at Karachi Press Club roundabout during rain in Karachi on July 30, 2024. — OnlineKARACHI: Light to heavy monsoon rains broug…

Swat hoteliers urged to provide best facilities to tourists

In this image, people enjoy the view at a tourist destination. — APP/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority has announced free registration for hotels in Swat to facilitate hoteliers and tourists in the scenic valley.The an…

Security forces kill 5 terrorists in 3 separate KP operations

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-29/l_1214629_094217_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Army soldiers patrol in a military vehicle at an undisclosed location. — AFP/FileRAWALPINDI: As many as five terrorists were killed in thre…

Three die in Swabi's rain-related incident

A vehicle and people passing through rainwater in the street after heavy rain in KP on April 19, 2024. — APPSWABI: Three people, including a minor, were killed as rain lashed the Swabi district on Sunday.An elderly man, identified as Rahim Gul, drowne…

Stress laid on hepatitis screening

Representational image shows a test tube with the name Hepatitis C can be seen in this picture. — Pixabay/FilePESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Minister Syed Qasim Ali Shah appealed to the public on Sunday to ensure hepatitis screening before any bl…

IAP, NAVTTC organise job fair

A glimpse of a job fair organised by IAP and NAVTTC at the IAP office on July 25, 2024. — Facebook/Industrialists' Association Peshawar - IAPPESHAWAR: The Industrialists’ Association Peshawar , in collaboration with National, Vocational & Tech…

'Moderate to heavy' rains expected in Karachi today

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-29/l_1214423_012834_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Motorcyclists are passing through a flooded road in Karachi amid heavy rain on September 12, 2022.— APPAs Karachi endures another heatwave, monsoon …

Woman arrested for 'killing' daughter

A KP Police official interacts with police personnel during a visit to an undisclosed area on January 10, 2024. — Facebook/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PoliceMANSEHRA: The police on Saturday claimed to have arrested a woman who allegedly killed her mentally ill…

Khairpur professor fatally 'shoots himself' over troubled marriage

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-27/l_1214037_113847_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A crime scene tape can be seen in this image. — UnsplashSUKKUR: In a tragic incident, a professor at Khairpur's Shah Abdul Latif University alle…

Rescue 1122 observes World Drowning Prevention Day

Rescue officials stand near an ambulance. — Facebook/Swat Emergency Rescue Service 1122/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa emergency service -Rescue 1122 is observing the World Drowning Prevention Day here on Friday.On this occasion, Rescue 1122’’s …

No operation to be allowed in KP, vows CM Gandapur

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-26/l_1213666_083257_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur addressing a gathering of the Aman Jirga in Bannu on July 26, 2024. — YouTube/Geo News/Screengra…

President Zardari okays appointments of ad hoc judges to SC

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-26/l_1213674_100553_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Justice Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel. — SC website/fileISLAMABAD: Appointments of Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazh…

Brazilian naval chief calls on defence minister

Federal Minister for Defence, Khawaja Muhammad Asif presents a souvenir to Admiral Andre Luiz Silva Lima De Santana Mendes, Chief of Naval Staff of Brazilian Armed Forces on July 23, 2024. — APPISLAMABAD: Chief of Naval Staff of Brazilian Armed Forces…

Terrorists in Afghanistan threat to regional countries, warns Pakistan

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-23/l_1212604_111208_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan militants. — AFP/FileISLAMABAD: Islamabad has said that terrorists, who have safe havens in Afghanistan pose a threat…

Three cops injured in Tirah IED blast

Police personnel stand guard in this undated photo. — KP Police/fileTIRAH: Three cops sustained injuries when an improvised explosive device went off in Serey Kandao area in the Tirah Valley of the Khyber tribal district on Monday, official sources sa…

Nine die as hot weather persists in Hyderabad

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-23/l_1212498_053229_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A heat stroke patient is rushed to the emergency ward at a hospital in Karachi. — PPI/FileAmid extreme hot and humid weather conditions, the bodies …

Govt urged to curb lawlessness

Police stand guard ahead of a Muharram procession in Peshawar on August 7, 2022. — AFPLANDIKOTAL: The speakers at a condolence reference here on Sunday said that the people have started protesting for peace and asked the government to curb lawlessness…

Judges should not deliver political remarks in court: Khawaja Asif

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-21/l_1211961_102759_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif addresses a press conference in Islamabad. — PID/FileExpressing reservations on the Supreme Court's verdict on res…

43 BS-20 officials named for promotion course

The establishment division building can be seen in this picture. — Establishment division website/FileISLAMABAD: Forty-three grade-20 officers of various service groups and federal departments have been nominated for the National Management Course for…

Nawaz Sharif's ex-political secretary Asif Kirmani quits PML-N

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-20/l_1211653_115350_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Former PML-N leader Dr Syed Asif Kirmani poses for a picture with PML-N President Nawaz Sharif in this undated photo. — X/@KirmaniAsifISLAMABAD: Aft…

Social media arguments claim 3 lives

A representative image of a person firing a bullet from a gun. — Unsplash/file PESHAWAR: Three persons were killed and five others were wounded when two groups exchanged fire in Rashid Garhi after comments against each other on social media.Police off…

Pakistan extends support to Oman in combating terrorism

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-19/l_1211250_112207_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman, Fahad Sulaiman Khalaf Al Kharusi, pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on July 19, 2024. —…

Torrential rain inundates low-lying areas in Hyderabad, Matiari

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-19/l_1211124_063959_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Vehicles on their way during the heavy rain in Hyderabad on July 23, 2023. — INPDifferent parts of Sindh on Friday night experienced heavy monsoon s…

Shehbaz prays for Biden's swift recovery after COVID diagnosis

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-18/l_1210801_104447_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This combination of images shows Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and United States President Joe Biden. — AFP/APP/FilesPrime Minister S…

KP, Punjab cities 'at risk of urban flooding' due to monsoon rain

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-18/l_1210795_090106_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Residents wade along a flooded street after heavy monsoon rains in Lahore. — Reuters/FileISLAMABAD: As country braces for monsoon rain, the National…

PPP not in favour of ban on any party: CM Murad

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-17/l_1210741_111517_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah interacts with the organisers of the mourning procession at Mola Ali Imambargah in Hyderabad on July 17, 2024. —…

Residents protest illegal mining in Oghi

A representational image of a person showing a fist during a protest. — Unsplash/FileMANSEHRA: The residents on Tuesday took to the streets against illegal mining in the Jaga Bala area of Oghi Tehsil of Mansehra district.“Though police have halted wor…

PTI links SC retired judges appointment to reserved seats verdict

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-16/l_1210428_114057_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Chairman PTI Gohar Khan talks to the media as he arrives to attend a hearing at the High Court in Islamabad on August 9, 2023. — AFPReacting to the …

Ice drug seized at Torkham border

Border security personnel of Afghanistan and Pakistan stand guard at the zero point Torkham border crossing between the two countries, in Nangarhar province on January 15, 2024. — AFP LANDIKOTAL: The Customs officials foiled a bid to smuggle ice drug …

Imran Khan remanded in 12 cases linked to May 9 riots

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-15/l_1210115_113617_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Former prime minister Imran Khan leaves after appearing in the Supreme Court in Islamabad on July 24, 2023. — AFPLAHORE: Incarcerated Pakistan Tehre…

Three ice factory workers drown in Dir

This representational image shows a rescue team rescuing a capsized persons. — AFP/FileDIR: Three ice factory workers drowned in a flash flood in the Usheri area of Upper Dir.According to local police, the incident occurred when a flood washed away th…

Govt aims to reactivate Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-14/l_1209738_105520_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in this undated photo. — WapdaISLAMABAD: The federal government has commenced efforts to reactivate the Neelum-Jhel…

Governors, CM attend Dawoodi Bohra's Muharram congregation

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-14/l_1209725_100728_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Dawoodi Bohra community's head Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin addresses the Muharram congregation in Karachi on July 14, 2024. — SuppliedTop governme…

CS to attend moot on polio

Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry chairs a meeting on April 23, 2024. — Facebook/Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PESHAWAR: Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhary has left Switzerland to attend an international conference on p…

SACM directs authorities to facilitate investors

Special Assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Industries, Commerce and Technical Education Abdul Karim Tordher seen in this image. — AFP/filePESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister on Industries, Commerce and Techn…

FIA registers case against passenger, agents

The Federal Investigation Agency logo can be seen outside the FIA building in Islamabad. — FIA Website/FileLAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency Gujranwala has registered a first information report against Shahzad Alam and agents Shamza , Abdullah …

ANP's Nisar Khan 'wins' Bajaur by-poll

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-12/l_1208809_014932_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This image shows a man casting his vote in the ballot box. — AFP/File In a major development, Awami National Party’s candidate Nisar Khan emerged vi…

Base power tariff hiked by up to Rs7.12 per unit for domestic consumers

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-11/l_1208692_110441_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A general view of the high voltage lines during a nationwide power outage in Rawalpindi on January 23, 2023. — AFPISLAMABAD: The National Electric P…

Ombudsman offices for merged districts planned

Provincial Ombudsman, Syed Jamaluddin Shah meets with 20-member delegation from the Centre for Peace and Development Institutes during the Provincial Ombudsman Secretariat on July 10, 2024. — Facebook/Provincial Ombudsman "Mohtasib" Secretar…

US Consulate launches scholarship programme

Consul General Shante Moore pose for a group photo with students an opening ceremony for the University of Malakand’s English Access Scholarship Programme at the Best Western Premier Hotel in Islamabad on July 10, 2024. — Facebook/U.S. Consulate Gener…

President approves appointment of first-ever female CJ of LHC

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-10/l_1208404_112658_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Aalia Neelum. — SHC/LHC websitesPresident Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday approved the appointment of Just…

ATC rejects Imran Khan's interim bail pleas in May 9 cases

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-09/l_1208005_120450_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PTI founder Imran Khan appearing at the Lahore High Court on March 17, 2023. — AFPLAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan's pleas fo…

Karachi likely to experience more rain on Wednesday

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-09/l_1207995_102444_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows a road submerged under rainwater in Karachi as vehicles struggle to move. — APP/FileKARACHI: Monsoon rains are predicted in Karachi …

Pakistani people suffered greatly at hands of terrorists: US State Dept

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-09/l_1207878_060655_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller addresses a press briefing in Washington, on July 17, 2023, in this still taken from a video. — Stat…

CAA issues clarification on hiring of Additional Director Aero Medical

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-08/l_1207673_112154_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The Civil Aviation Authority building. — Facebook/CAA/File The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has issued a clarification on the hiring of individ…

Two killed as mortar hits house in DI Khan

Representational image of a dead body. — APP FileDERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two women were killed and three others, including a child, sustained injuries when a mortar shell hit a house in the limits of Daraban Police Station here on Sunday, sources said.The s…

CTD DSP Ali Raza martyred in Karachi ambush

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-07/l_1207315_114516_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} DSP CTD Investigations Ali Raza in this undated photo. — ReporterKARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Department Investigations Deputy Superintendent Police A…

Policeman killed

KP police personnel during a search operation in KP on January 2, 2024. — Facebook/KPK PolicePESHAWAR: Another policeman was killed by unidentified armed men in Shahpur locality here on Saturday.The police officials said Constable Ihtesham left home t…

'Muharram security govt's responsibility'

A large number of mourners participate in the main Muharram procession in Lahore. — APP/fileLAHORE: The Punjab government is committed to Muslim unity and considers addressing the issues of the Shia community a religious duty.Comprehensive measures ha…

Minister inaugurates KPRIISP, olive project in Bara

Provincial Minister for Agriculture Muhammad Sajjad seen in this image on March 11, 2024. — Facebook/Agriculture Department KP BARA: Provincial Minister Muhammad Sajjad Khattak inaugurated the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Investment and Institutional Supp…

PTI leaders protest over 'not being allowed' to meet jailed Imran Khan

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-04/l_1206391_113929_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan. — Instagram/@imrankhan.pti The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Thursday said that they were not allow…

After NA, Senate passes Election Act (Amendment) Bill 2024

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-04/l_1206387_111258_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An undated image of the Senate of Pakistan hall. — Senate FacebookThe Senate on Thursday adopted the Election Act Amendment Bill 2024 amid strong pr…

Family of slain tribal journalist seeks protection

Senior journalist and former president of Landikotal Press Club Khalil Jibran Afridi seen in this file photo released on June 18, 2024. — Facebook/Munir Khan Afridi LANDIKOTAL: The family of the slain tribal journalist, Khalil Jibran Afridi, on Wednes…

High-profile terrorist commander killed in Bajaur IBO: ISPR

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-04/l_1206165_124122_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistani soldiers seen in this undated photo. — ISPR/FileRAWALPINDI: A high-profile terrorist commander was killed during an intelligence-based ope…

Monsoon cleanliness awareness campaign starts

LWMC workers cleaning the streets. — Facebook/Lahore Waste Management Company/FileLAHORE: To maintain the City’s cleanliness, Lahore Waste Management Company has established awareness camps here Tuesday.Under the guidance of LWMC Chief Executive Offic…

High-level committee formed to tackle monsoon emergencies

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2024-07-03/l_1205913_052018_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif chairs a meeting regarding national preparedness for the monsoon season in Islamabad on July 2, 2024. — Radio Pakistan…

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