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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The alliances of Pakistan's private schools and madressahs on Sunday warned of "a long march and sit-ins" if all educational institutes were not allowed to reopen by September 15. The warnings came during a joint press conference held by the All Pakistan Private Schools & Colleges Association (APPSCA) and the Ittehad-e-Tanzeemat-e-Madaris Pakistan (ITMP),...

Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday assured the citizens of Karachi that no one will be rendered homeless as work is carried out to remove encroachments on nullahs (storm water drains). "We will clear the nullah encroachments but with fairness. No one's homes will be destroyed. If a house must...

Planning minister Asad Umar on Sunday warned against people distorting facts surrounding the Rs1,100bn transformation plan for Karachi announced a day earlier and insisted there was "no politics involved" in the government's decision to invest in the metropolis. While addressing a briefing at Governor House in Karachi alongside  Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider...

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of the Missing Persons Commission, Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal took notice of Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) official Sajid Gondal's disappearance on Monday.  The Commission has sought a report from the secretary interior and inspector-general police Islamabad relating to Gondal's disappearance.  Iqbal has also asked Gondal's family members to appear before...

Pakistan's desire must not be mistaken for weakness rather as it is to foster economic well-being and prosperity of the people in the region, said Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday.  “We need to work together for peace and securing a brighter future for our coming generations,” the premier said in his message to...

بارش کے بعد حب ڈیم لبالب بھر نے سے  واپڈا نے خبر دار کیا ہے کہ کئی سال سے مرمت نہ ہونے کے باعث 24300 ایکڑ طویل ڈیم کی دیواریں کمزور ہوچکی ہیں جس پر فوری توجہ نہ دی گئی تو پانی کے بے تحاشا دباؤ کے سبب ڈیم ٹوٹ بھی سکتا ہے۔

وزیر  تعلیم سندھ سعید غنی کا کہنا ہے کہ کورونا کی وجہ سے بند تعلیمی اداروں کو ایس او پیز کے مطابق مرحلہ وار کھولنے کی سفارش کی ہے۔ وزیر تعلیم سندھ کی زیر صدارت محکمہ تعلیم کی اسٹیرنگ کمیٹی کا اجلاس ہوا جس میں تعلیمی اداروں کو کھولنے اور جاری کردہ...

According to the report published in Atlantic magazine, US President Donald Trump bashed US Marines buried in a WWI cemetery in France and called them "losers" for getting killed in action. The report, penned by the magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg, said Trump had refused to visit the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018 because "he...

More thunder showers with gusty winds are expected in Islamabad, upper/central Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir during the next twelve hours, Radio Pakistan reported on Friday, Intermittent thunderstorm is also expected in southern Punjab and south-eastern Sindh, however, hot and dry weather is expected in Balochistan. In an earlier press...

Rights watchdog Amnesty International said on Thursday that close to 7,000 health workers across the world have lost their lives to the coronavirus. "Every health worker has the right to be safe at work, and it is a scandal that so many are paying the ultimate price," said Steve Cockburn, head of economic and...