November 21, 2024
PAKISTAN

Prior to the PTI protest against the ECP, the Red Zone was sealed

The red zone was shut off and containers were placed at the entrances to the federal capital after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said that it would protest the Pakistani Election Commission today. Imran Khan, the chairman of the PTI, had called on his supporters to demonstrate outside the ECP headquarters in Islamabad on Thursday and […]

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Quetta has a new corps commander in Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor

Quetta’s Corps Commander is Lieutenant General Asif Ghafoor, a former director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Lt Gen Ghafoor has been chosen to succeed Lt Gen Sarfraz Ali, who, together with five other members of the Pakistan Army, chose martyrdom on Tuesday after an army helicopter crashed in Balochistan, according to the ISPR. […]

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Government declares two-day Ashura holiday in Muharram 2022

ISLAMABAD: Two holidays for Aushra (Muharram 9 and 10) were authorized by the federal government on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Cabinet Division. The festivals, which fell on August 9 and 8, will be observed with pain and sorrow by Muslims worldwide, including Pakistanis. The beginning of the new Islamic year, 1444 AH, […]

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Four males were detained in Khanpur for raping and extorting a girl

Four guys were arrested by Khanpur police on Wednesday for raping and extorting a girl after creating an offensive video. The Sadr police station’s boundaries were reportedly the residence of a female first-year student who once invited a male acquaintance over. She lived in Chak 70, Feroza. The accused also entered the home covertly. While […]

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Two Karachi police officers were killed in a grenade explosion

KARACHI: In Karachi’s Garden district on Tuesday, a hand grenade explosion claimed the lives of two police officers and injured another two. Constable Sabir, 45, and Shehzad, 40, two officials, were killed when the grenade exploded in front of the armoury at Garden headquarters, according to the police. According to reports, Ali Gohar, 40, and […]

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Fawad Chaudhry to the government: “Banning Imran Khan, PTI is not up to you.”

Fawad Chaudhry, the leader of the PTI, said on Wednesday that “it is not up to you” to ban Imran Khan or the party in response to the government’s statement that it may file a declaration against the party in the Supreme Court. His comments came after Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah stated that the government […]

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Weather in Karachi will continue to be cloudy with a risk of light rain over the next 24 hours

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Over the next 24 hours, the city is expected to have cloudy conditions with a slight risk of light rain. The minimum temperature that was recorded the previous day was 27°C, while the maximum temperature is expected to range between 30°C and 32°C, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. 85 percent humidity was measured […]

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Pakistan announces nine fatalities as the COVID-19 positive rate approaches 4%

ISLAMABAD: According to the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) data, Pakistan has reported 806 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths due to the coronavirus in the previous 24 hours. The institution’s data revealed that a total of 20,949 COVID-19 diagnostic tests were performed over the previous 24 hours, of which 806 samples returned positive results. […]

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Imran Khan is called a “liar, a crooked money launderer,” by coalition parties in response to the ECP decision

ISLAMABAD: After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) claimed that the PTI got funds from forbidden sources in the case involving prohibited funding, the ruling coalition launched a withering attack on Imran Khan, the party’s chairman, on Tuesday. In a unanimous decision, the ECP found that billions of rupees worth of donations had been stolen […]

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Poliovirus has been found in sewage samples from 7 cities

Federal authorities in Pakistan confirmed the existence of the poliovirus in seven locations after environmental samples were collected from different towns throughout the country. Four Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cities have reportedly tested positive for the poliovirus, according to authorities. For testing, sewage samples from Peshawar, Bannu, Nowshera, and Swat were gathered. Additionally, polio has been discovered […]

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