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PHA terminates contract with advertising tax collector

Parks and Horticulture Authority Rawalpindi can be seen written in acronyms shaped with the help of trimming the plants in Rawalpindi in this picture released on August 14, 2023. — Facebook@Parks and Horticulture Authority RawalpindiLAHORE: The Parks …

Cold to sweep Karachi again from tomorrow

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-31/l_1278228_093212_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A view of foggy weather on the arrival of winter season at morning time in the city. — APPKarachi will experience cold weather from tomorrow with th…

Crackdown on illegal transportation of minerals launched

This representational image shows heavy machinery working at a stone mine. — Unsplash/File PESHAWAR: In line with the directives of the provincial government, the officials have launched a major crackdown against the illegal transportation of minerals…

Man sentenced to death for killing journalist

Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileCHARSADDA: A local court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death on four counts for killing a Ihsan Sherpao.The court handed down three-year imprisonment to an accomplice of the conv…

Sherry Rehman highlights growing challenges in private sector

Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman speaks at an event on January 27, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@/pspa.punjabISLAMABAD: Chairperson Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman emphas…

Establishment won't talk to PTI on political issues: Sanaullah

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-28/l_1277149_115601_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PM's Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah addresses a press conference in this undated photo. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: Amid speculations of &…

Capacity building workshop arranged

Participants pose for a photo after a capacity-building workshop arranged by the Area Study Centre of the University of Peshawar on January 27, 2025. — Facebook@UniversityOfPeshawarOfficialPagePESHAWAR: The Area Study Centre of the University of Pesha…

Bengal tiger dies at Bahawalpur zoo

This image shows a dead Bengal tiger. — APP/FileBAHAWALPUR: A seven-year-old Bengal tiger, who was suffering from several diseases, died at Bahawalpur Zoo.Curator of Bahawalpur Zoo, Dr. Usman Bukhari, confirmed that the Bengal tiger, who had been suff…

Int'l Day of Education marked

This photograph shows students attending a class at a school on the outskirts of Lahore. — AFP/FileLAKKI MARWAT: The speakers at a function to mark the International Day of Education have called for ensuring access to education for every child to achi…

Talks not being resumed, says Sheikh Waqas

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Information Secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram addresses media persons during a press conference at the Peshawar Press Club on October 29, 2024. — PPI PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf is not considering resuming talks with the gov…

'Senior nurses to ensure quality health services'

A representational image shows relatives turning to a man treated at a hospital. —AFP/FileMANSEHRA: Medical Superintendent of King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, Dr Tariq Khan, on Thursday said that the nurses promoted to grade-18 would ensure quality he…

WAF wants attack on women probed

A representational image of a woman being subjected to physical abuse. — Pixabay/FilePESHAWAR: The Women’s Action Forum has condemned the recent attack on three women in Peshawar and demanded an impartial investigation into the incidentA press release…

TDAP set to host FoodAg Expo in Lahore from Feb 26-28

A representational image of junk food. — Precision Orthopedics and Sports Medicine/FileLAHORE: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan will host the FoodAg Expo at the Expo Centre Lahore from February 26 to 28 to promote value addition in agricult…

'No trade talks held with Pakistan', says Indian FM Jaishankar

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-23/l_1274962_121202_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar speaks to reporters at the Indian Embassy in Washington, US on January 22, 2025. — Screengrab via Yo…

AJK hosts six-week training for English teachers

A group photo from a six-week professional development programme for English teachers organised by Mirpur University of Science and Technology in collaboration with Small Grant Training Programme.— Facebook@MirpurUniversityofScienceandTechnology,MUSTM…

Commissioner reviews efforts for public service delivery in Lodhran

Commissioner Multan Division Amir Kareem Khan chairing a meeting on January 20, 2025.— Facebook@CommissionerMultan MULTAN: The divisional administration, under the directions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, conducted a performance review of Lod…

Pakistan hopes for stronger Pak-US ties under Trump's second term

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-20/l_1274268_112134_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, US President Donald Trump, and President Asif Ali Zardari. — APP/Reuters/FileThe top leadership of Pakistan on Monday…

Teachers stage demo

The representational image shows teachers protesting. — Facebook@PunjabTeachersUnion/File LALAMUSA: Under the banner of the All Government Employees Grand Alliance , teachers and government employees from Gujrat district staged a demonstration to dema…

Police expose Khairpur journalist's fake abduction for ransom

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-19/l_1273964_110504_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} SSP Khairpur Touheed Rehman Memon and SSP Kashmore Zubair Nazir Sheikh address a press conference at Police Headquarters Khairpur on January 19, 202…

Commerce ministry right-sizing approved

PM Shehbaz Sharif chairs a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad on October 10, 2024. — APPISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet has approved the right sizing of ministry of commerce.The cabinet decided to close all the trade missions abroad whose performance…

PTI activists stage protest in Peshawar

PTI workers staging a protest against the convection of PTI founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in Peshawar on January 17, 2025.— Facebook@PTIKPOfficialPESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers on Friday staged a protest against the convectio…

Five candidates nominated for IHC, BHC's additional judge posts

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-17/l_1273310_112448_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This representational image shows the gavel in a courtroom. — Unsplash/FileIn two separate meetings held at the Supreme Court, the Judicial Commissi…

Govt employees rally against pension cuts

The representational image shows federal government employees marching toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages. — AFP/FileABBOTTABAD: Government employees staged a massive protest in Abbottabad under the “Save Pension Movem…

Marble units sealed

A representational image showing a person holding a padlock placed on a sealed business. — AFP/FileKHAR: Sixteen illegal marble unit and two crushing plants were sealed in the Sheikh Killay area of Khar tehsil on Wednesday.Assistant Commissioner, Khar…

Father, 2 sons shot dead over old enmity

A representational image of a gunshot. — Reuters/FileSUKKUR: An armed man shot and killed a father and his two sons over an old dispute in Shahdadkot. Police reported that armed suspects attacked and fired shots in Qaim Khan Chandio village of Miro Kh…

IDPs return to begin from 18th in Waziristan

Afghan refugees wait in a queue to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham on October 27, 2023. — AFPWANA: The jirga of tribal elders and military officials on Monday announced that the return of internally displaced persons to native areas w…

Khawaja Asif doubts PTI's motives in talks with govt

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-14/l_1272059_065036_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif is seen talking to Geo News on January 13, 2025. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo News/Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has q…

Over 2,800 wanted criminals arrested

A file photo of a person in handcuffs. — AFP/FileLAHORE: Punjab Police arrested over 2,800 wanted criminals across the province, including Lahore, in the first 11 days of 2025.Among the arrested, 934 were from Category A, and 1,900 from Category B. Th…

Vawda calls £190m reference against Imran Khan 'open-and-shut case'

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-12/l_1271475_112013_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Senator Faisal Vawda addresses a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on January 12, 2024. — YouTube/Geo News/screengrab Senator Faisal Vawda …

Levies merged in police in Quetta, Gwadar, Lasbela districts

A photo of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police. — APP/FileQUETTA: The Levies in three districts of Balochistan — Quetta, Gwadar, Lasbela — have officially been merged in the police.This decision was approved during a meeting chaired by the Chief Secretary of Ba…

Outlaw arrested

A representational image of a handcuffed man. — APP/FileMANSEHRA: Police claimed to have arrested outlaws involved in murder and attempted murder across the district.“We have arrested an outlaw who had gone into hiding following the murder of a driver…

DC direction for progress report on uplift projects

Deputy Commissioner Ali Akbar chairing a meeting.— Facebook@chenabcollegejhangofficial/File JHANG: District Development Committee Chairman/Deputy Commissioner Ali Akbar on Friday directed heads of departments to submit progress reports regarding the o…

'Koto power project in final stage'

Koto hydropower project in Lower Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. — APP/FilePESHAWAR: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Energy and Power Tariq Mehmood Sadozai on Thursday said that the construction of Koto Hydropower Project in Lower Dir distr…

Two sisters set father ablaze to take revenge for 'rape'

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-09/l_1270451_111725_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Representational image of a police tape restricting a crime scene. — Reuters/FileGujranwala police arrested two teenage sisters for killing their fa…

Promotion of sports urged to combat social evils

Members of the Shinwari Welfare Organisation seen in this undated image.— Facebook@ashrafuddin.pirzada/File LANDIKOTAL: Shinwari Welfare Organisation General Secretary and Fata Squash Federation former president Asad Khan Shinwari on Wednesday emphasi…

Fire spreads across four locations in Sulaiman Range forests

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-09/l_1270294_042801_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Fire can be seen on different locations on the mountains of the Sulaiman Range. — Screengrab via YouTube/Geo News/FileWildfires have broken out in t…

Cabinet body seeks comprehensive report on missing persons

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-08/l_1270060_112100_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar addresses a press conference in Islamabad on March 28, 2024. — APPISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Comm…

Over 50 deportees land in Karachi, 30 offloaded from flights

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-08/l_1269896_041023_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This picture shows Pakistani Airports' Security Force personnel standing guard at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi. — AFP/FileAt least 51…

Random drug tests to be conducted in Sindh colleges

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-07/l_1269700_113758_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This representational image shows a heroin addict prepares heroin before using it in Lamu November 21, 2014. — ReutersTaking notice of the “alarming…

19 terrorists killed in three separate KP operations: ISPR

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-07/l_1269694_111032_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} This undated photo shows army personnel are travelling onboard a vehicle. — ReutersAt least 19 terrorists were killed as security forces conducted t…

Obituary

A representational image of candles at a funeral. — Pexels/FileNOWSHERA: The wife of Pakistan People’s Party leader Sardar Ali Khan who had passed away the previous day was laid to rest in the Pabbi town of the Nowshera district on Monday.The deceased…

Marwat, Afnan finally bury hatchet after 2023 brawl on live TV

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-06/l_1269325_115313_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} PML-N leader Afnan Ullah Khan gestures while meeting PTI's Sher Afzal Marwat outside Parliament House on January 6, 2025. — Screengrab via Geo N…

Man arrested for raping minor girl

This representational image shows a handcuffed person. — Pexels/FileLAHORE: Kot Lakhpat police arrested a man for raping a seven-year-old girl.According to the police, the victim went to the shop of a scrap dealer, Rafiq, to sell stale bread. The accu…

Cellular, internet services suspended in Quetta

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-05/l_1268998_121006_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A representational image showing a person using a mobile phone. — AFP/FileQUETTA: The Balochistan government has suspended cellular and internet ser…

Open manhole claims another young life in Karachi

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-05/l_1268989_114516_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A representational image showing an ambulance at an incident site. — AFP/File KARACHI: A six-year-old boy tragically drowned after falling into an u…

Work on water supply scheme launched

This representational image shows water coming out from a pumping station. — APP/FileMANSEHRA: The Tehsil Municipal Administration in collaboration with the Public Health Engineering Department has initiated the execution of water supply schemes to ad…

Kashmiris worldwide commemorating Right to Self-Determination Day

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-05/l_1268844_041503_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows a poster held by one of the participants of a rally marking the Right to Self-Determination Day. — APP/FileKashmiris on both sides o…

KP govt resolves to arrest all involved in Bagan attack

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-05/l_1268768_020707_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur arrives at CMH Peshawar to inquire after the injured in the Bagan firing incident on January 4, …

Consultative workshop: Action plan discussed to strengthen DRCs

A group photo from a divisional consultative workshop to develop an action plan for strengthening Dispute Resolution Councils in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by Peace and Justice Network , in partnership with UNDP Pakistan and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police.— Fa…

Govt urges PTI to extend deadline for dialogue till Feb 28

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-01-03/l_1268325_113638_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Federal Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Rana Sanaullah talking to media on the occasion of the 37th National Junior Hockey Championship 2…

NAB lawyer promoted as DPG

This picture shows the headquarters of the National Accountability Bureau, Islamabad. — NAB website/FilePESHAWAR: Senior lawyer and National Accountability Bureau Special Prosecutor Muhammad Ali has been promoted to the post of deputy prosecutor gener…

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