Showing posts from March, 2025

Balochistan's Barkhan shaken by earthquake after Karachi

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-01/l_1297116_102633_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} An earthquake measuring scale reading the intensity of an earthquake in this image. — X/@AFPResidents of Barkhan in Balochistan experienced tremors …

Repatriation of illegal Afghan refugees in Pakistan to begin today

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-04-01/l_1297112_091306_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Muhammad Ismail, 40, sits with his family while they are waiting to cross main Afghanistan-Pakistan land border crossing in Torkham September 15, 20…

Kaira calls for stronger counterterrorism efforts, national consensus

Pakistan People’s Party leader Chaudhry Qamar Zaman Kaira addressing a press conference in Islamabad on January 28, 2023. — OnlineLALAMUSA: Pakistan People’s Party leader Chaudhry Qamar Zaman Kaira has expressed serious concerns over the escalating wa…

Mir Javed ur Rahman remembered on 5th death anniversary

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-30/l_1296816_103514_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Jang Media Group’s former chairman, publisher and ex-managing editor of Akhbar-e-Jahan Mir Javed ur Rahman . — File The fifth death anniversary of J…

Punjab govt not to tolerate any form of violence against women

Punjab Women Protection Authority Chairperson Hina Parvez Butt addresses an event on February 24, 2025. — Facebook@PWPA.GovFAISALABAD: Following the directives of Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz, Punjab Women Protection Authority Chairperson Hina Parvez B…

Eidul Fitr: Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets today to sight Shawwal moon

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-30/l_1296630_020924_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee chairman is watching the moon through a telescope. — Radio Pakistan/FileISLAMABAD: The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee…

'Teachers, doctors' promotions linked to performance'

Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahab Ali Shah chairing a meeting of the Provincial Selection Board on March 28, 2025. — Facebook@CSKPOfficialPESHAWAR: Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shahab Ali Shah on Friday directed the Health, Education Dep…

Training for Qaris held

A person is seen reciting the Holy Quran. — AFP/FilePESHAWAR: The Cultural Centre of the Islamic Republic of Iran arranged a workshop on teaching the improved art of reciting the Holy Quran to Qaris. A communication on Friday said that the specialized…

Fire breaks out at Karachi oil refinery after gas pipeline damage

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-29/l_1296302_030822_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} The image shows the sudden eruption of huge flame in a video being captured form distance. — The News/ScreenshotKARACHI: A fire erupted at an oil re…

Illegal structures demolished, land worth over Rs2.5b reclaimed

Anti-encroachment operation in progress removed illegal encroachment during anti encroachment drive under the supervision of district administration department in KP on August 19, 2024. — PPIPESHAWAR: The district administration has launched a sweepin…

Armed robbers allegedly gang-rape woman before husband in Faisalabad

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-28/l_1295901_122944_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Nearly 53% of the total children who were subjected to sexual abuse were girls and 47% boys. The News/via Geo.tv/Illustration/FilesIn another distre…

Naqvi, Baker discuss Pak-US ties, counter-terrorism efforts

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-27/l_1295892_113402_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Interior Mohsin Naqvi meets US Acting Ambassador Natalie Baker in Islamabad on March 27, 2025. — Facebook/Ministry of Interior GoPThe United States …

Sino-Pak varsities vow to strengthen ties to meet global challenges

Participants pose for a group photo at the 11th Board of Directors meeting of the Chinese Confucius Institute on March 24, 2025. Facebook@UniversityOfAgricultureFaisalabadPakistanFAISALABAD: At the 11th Board of Directors meeting of the Chinese Confuc…

PMD forecasts surge in temperatures in coming months

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-26/l_1295593_115521_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A man drinks water during a hot summer day. — AFP/FileThe Pakistan Meteorological Department has anticipated surge in temperatures in the coming mon…

Asif backs Nawaz's role in resolving Balochistan issue

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-26/l_1295581_104337_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo Nawaz Sharif and Defence Minister Khawaja Asif. — PML-N/APP/FileISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said o…

UAF VC for collective efforts to enhance quality of education

University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali addresses an event on March 25, 2025. — Facebook@UniversityOfAgricultureFaisalabadPakistan FAISALABAD: University of Agriculture Faisalabad Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zulfiqar Ali …

KP govt dismisses two AAGs

A representational image of a gavel in a court. — Unsplash/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Monday issued two separate dismissal orders of two law officers from their positions in the Advocate General’s Office.Separate notifications …

No option but to plead guilty to May 9 violent protests, Talal tells PTI

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-24/l_1294900_115452_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry. — APP/File ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry has asserted that the Pakistan Te…

Govt urged to remove sales tax on local yarn purchases

In this image, a worker operates a machine in a factory. — APP/FileFAISALABAD: Chaudhry Salamat Ali, the Patron-in-Chief of the Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers Association , has urged the government to remove the sales tax on local yarn purchases for t…

Mansehra residents suffer as Pesco cuts power for 12 hours

A man sits outside his shop during a power breakdown in Pakistan. — Reuters/FileMANSEHRA: The residents suffered a lot as the Peshawar Electric Supply Company suspended power supply for over 12 hours, plunging the city and suburbs into darkness during…

President confers Nishan-e-Khidmat award on Sultan Ali Allana

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-23/l_1294604_113144_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Prominent banker and philanthropist Sultan Ali Allana was honoured with the prestigious Nishan-e-Khidmat, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian awards,…

Fire destroys 11 houses in Swat

Protesters set fire to the Madyan Police Station and the vehicles parked there on June 20, 2024. — Geo News ScreengrabMINGORA: A devastating fire broke out in the village of Aeen village, located in the Bahrain Tehsil of Swat district, on Saturday, le…

Eight gunned down in separate Balochistan terrorism attacks

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-22/l_1294348_111234_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A representational image of 'Police line do not cross'. — Reuters/File Amid a surge in terrorist attacks in Balochistan, militants killed at…

Nowruz being celebrated in parts of Chitral

This representational image shows fruits on a table during the Nowruz celebration. — AFP/FileCHITRAL: The festival of Nowruz is being celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm in Lower Chitral’s valleys of Anjigan, Karimabad, and Arkari, as well as in…

Tribunal orders closure of illegal stone crushing plants in Thandiani

This representational image shows heavy machinery working at a stone mine. — Unsplash/File ABBOTTABAD: The Environmental Protection Tribunal of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday ordered the immediate cessation of operations at multiple illegal stone crushi…

JI leader concerned over lawlessness in KP, Balochistan

Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa head Inayatullah Khan seen in this image. — inayatullahjip/FileBATKHELA: Jamaat-e-Islam leader Inayatullah Khan has expressed grave concerns over the growing lawlessness in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.Addressi…

10 terrorists killed in DI Khan IBO as army officer embraces martyrdom

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-21/l_{FeedTitle}} Martyred army officer, Captain Hasnain Akhtar. — ISPR/FileRAWALPINDI: ​Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pa…

Kaira condemns Taliban ideology, urges political unity for Balochistan

PPP leader and former Advisor to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Qamar Zaman Kaira addressing a press conference in Islamabad, on January 28, 2023. — OnlineLALAMUSA: Pakistan Peoples Party leader and former Advisor to the P…

Gandapur criticises NA security moot as 'more of a presentation'

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-20/l_1293377_120250_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur addresses the KP Assembly on March 2, 2024. — Facebook/Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Khyber Pakhtunk…

JUI-F leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed dies after protracted illness

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-19/l_1293373_114335_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed. — Facebook/FileFormer lawmaker and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl senior leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed…

JI leader seeks relief for masses

Head of Jamaat-e-Islami for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Abdul Wasi seen during a meeting.— Facebook@AbdulWasiPK61/File PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief, Abdul Wasi, has blasted the government for not giving relief to the masses by bringing d…

Security forces eliminate three terrorists in Khyber IBO

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-17/l_1292753_105536_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Pakistan Army commandos depart in their vehicles in Rawalpindi on September 13, 2021. — AFP Security forces conducted an intelligence-based operatio…

PO killed in Mansehera 'encounter'

KP police personnel stand guard in Peshawar, on August 7, 2022. — AFPMANSEHRA: A notorious offender, wanted by police in dozens of cases of murder, attempted murder, highway robberies and extortion, was killed in an encounter in the Khaki area here on…

Body of missing youth found from Kabul River

Police officers stand behind crime scene police tape. — AFP/FileNOWSHERA: The body of a missing youth was recovered from the Kabul River in the Nowshera Kalan area on Sunday.The youth had gone missing some 15 days ago and later his bullet-riddled body…

Posting and transfers in NAB

An undated image of the National Accountability Bureau building in Islamabad, Pakistan. — Online/FileISLAMABAD: National Accountability Bureau Chairman Lt General Nazir Ahmed has approved major reshuffling in the top hierarchy in the NAB regions and p…

Defence minister hopes US travel ban issue to be resolved soon

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-15/l_1292181_102520_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Defence Minister Khawaja Asif addresses a press conference in Islamabad. — PID/FileISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Sat…

Mepco operations against power thieves continue in South Punjab

Workers repair the high voltage wires on a pole on February 20, 2024. — Online MULTAN: Under the direction of Multan Electric Power Company Chief Executive Officer Engineer Gul Muhammad Zahid, operations against electricity thieves and defaulters are …

Those fighting state unwilling to negotiate: Balochistan CM

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-14/l_1291820_114459_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti addresses a press conference on September 1, 2024. — APPBalochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Friday …

PA body on Information Dept for strengthening regional offices

Chairman Provincial Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information and Public Relations Member Provincial Assembly Malik Adeel Iqbal presdies over a meeting on March 13, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@pakpgovPESHAWAR: The Provincial Assembly’s Standing…

Cath Lab at Khyber Teaching Hospital inaugurated

This screengrab taken on March 13, 2025, shows a view of the Cath Lab at the Khyber Teaching Hospital . — Facebook@HealthKPGovtPESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Health Ehtesham Ali on Thursday finally inaugurated Cath La…

Woman granted bail in 'cheating' case

Representational image of a judge holding a gavel. — Unsplash/FileRAWALPINDI: Judge Amjad Ali Shah of Special Anti-Terrorism Court Rawalpindi approved the bail application of a woman named in a cheating and fraud case against Rs200,000 surety bond.A d…

JUIF concerned over attacks on religious leaders

JUIF party supporters hold flags during a party rally in this image released on October 26, 2023. — Facebook@Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam PakistanPESHAWAR: Expressing concern over the rising attacks on religious scholars and seminaries, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Isl…

500 held, 300 cases registered in anti-encroachment drive

Representational image shows government workers loading pushcarts on a loading truck during illegal Encroachment operation. — Online/FilePESHAWAR: The city traffic police have arrested over 500 people and around 300 cases were lodged during a drive ag…

Lawyer booked for raping client's daughter

In this representational image, a lawyer writing on a paper at his chamber. — Unsplash/FileBUREWALA: Model Town police have registered a case against a lawyer for allegedly raping his client’s daughter at Masoom Shah Colony.According to the victim’s m…

Child recovered

The representational image shows a child with both hands tied together. — APP/FileMINGORA: In a successful operation, the police recovered a kidnapped child within 24 hours and arrested a female abductor from Takhtaband.According to details, the child…

Govt rejects notion of 'usurping' Sindh's water for Cholistan project

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-10/l_1290561_115959_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal presiding a meeting in Islamabad on July 3, 2024. — Facebook/@ahsaniqbal.pk A…

PM Shehbaz moves to placate PPP over Cholistan canal issue

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-10/l_1290552_105135_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led PPP delegation meets Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House on March 10, 2024. — APPHours after Presid…

Chicken meat price soars to Rs750/kg

People buy chicken meat at a market on September 16, 2024. — OnlineFAISALABAD: The price of chicken meat has soared to Rs 750 per kilogram due to non-compliance with official rates.Despite the official rate being set at Rs 591 per kg, chicken is being…

Three killed in Lower Kohistan road mishap

A representational image showing ambulances parked at an incident site. — Facebook/FileMANSEHRA: Three persons were killed and another sustained injuries when a motorcar plunged into a ravine in the Jijal area of Lower Kohistan on Saturday evening.“We…

Rabbani terms ignoring production order attempt to undermine Parliament

Former Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani. — APP/FileISLAMABAD: Former Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani termed failure to comply the production orders issued by the Senate chairman as deliberate attempt to undermine Parliament.“The non-implementation …

'Prime suspect' in Greek boat tragedy arrested

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-09/l_1290237_110502_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A capsized migrant boat can be seen off the island of Gavdos, while Greek Navy conducts a rescue operation after a capsized migrant boat off the isl…

Gang involved in house robberies busted in Chitral

Prisoners sitting inside a dark lockup are seen in this undated image. — AFP/FileCHITRAL: Lower Chitral police traced and arrested the leader of a gang involved in a series of house robberies in the district over the last one and a half months, offici…

Seminar on nursing ethics: Need for adherence to principles stressed

Khyber Medical University entrance gate seen in this image. — APP/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Medical University Institute of Nursing Sciences organised a seminar on nursing ethics, covering critical topics such as euthanasia, organ transplantation, arti…

Karachi to experience hot, dry weather till March 12

https://www.thenews.com.pk/assets/uploads/updates/2025-03-07/l_1289652_113518_updates.jpg{FeedTitle}} A man planting trees in Karachi in July, 2021. — ReutersWeather in Karachi will remain hot and dry until March 12, the Pakistan Meteorological Depar…

Sports ground inaugurated in Regi Lalma

Representational image of a sports ground. — AFP/FileLANDIKOTAL: A sports ground was inaugurated in Nekabad village in Regi Lalma to engage youth in healthy activities, combat social evils and fight against narcotics use prevail in society.A large num…

Early completion of public welfare projects ordered

Multan Commissioner Amir Kareem Khan chairs a meeting on March 5, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@Commissioner Multan MULTAN: Commissioner Amir Kareem Khan emphasised the importance of public welfare and horticulture in development projects and direct…

KP-RETP signs contract agreements with BMPs

This representational image shows officials shaking hands after signing an agreement. — pndkp.gov.pk/FilePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Rural Economic Transformation Project has signed contract agreements with Agribusiness Mobilization Partners at P…

Afghan envoy condoles with Haqqani family

Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb in this undated photo. — Embassy of Afghanistan in IslamabadNOWSHERA: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Pakistan Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb said on Tuesday that the government and people of his country wer…

Khattak concerned over new wave of terror incidents in KP

Advisor to Prime Minister and former chief minister Pervez Khattak addresses a public gathering. — Facebook@CMKPOfficial/FileNOWSHERA: Advisor to Prime Minister and former chief minister Pervez Khattak on Monday condemned the perpetrators involved in …

Region again being turned into bloodshed, says Achakzai

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai looks on in this image. — X@MKAchakzaiPKMAP/FileNOWSHERA: Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairman Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Monday expressed grave concerns over the increasing wave of terroris…

CPEC: State-owned enterprises corridor

President Asif Ali Zardari shakes hand with Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, February 5, 2025. — APPA few days ago, H.E. Jiang Zaidong, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, held a co…

KP launches digital system to streamline uplift projects

Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur chairs the Communication and Works Department meeting on March 3, 2025. — Screengrab via Facebook@AliAminKhanGandapurPtiPESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has taken a major step towards digitisation by introdu…

PAC Punjab probes corruption cases from PTI govt's tenure

Punjab Assembly building. — Radio Pakistan/File LAHORE: Public Accounts Committee Punjab has decided to investigate corruption cases from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government’s tenure.Eighteen financial misconduct cases from 2019 have been shifted …

Fafen highlights Punjab's transparency gaps amid moderate progress

womens casts their vote at a polling station during the country's parliamentary elections, in Islamabad on February 8, 2024. — Online ISLAMABAD: Public bodies in the Punjab province proactively disclose almost half of the legally-required informat…

Asad Qaiser slams govt for failing to tackle lawlessness

Senior PTI leader and former National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser speaks to the media in this undated photo. — APP/FileNOWSHERA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader and former speaker of National Assembly Asad Qaiser on Saturday expressed concerns over t…

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