October 4, 2024
PAKISTAN

PTI to hit the streets again across country from tomorrow

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a political party in Pakistan, has announced plans to start country-wide protests against the government beginning Friday. The party has called for early elections, citing rising inflation, a deteriorating economy, and a shortage of gas as the main reasons for the protests. In the first phase, members of the national and provincial […]

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Funds are required before Faisalabad have “eyes in the sky”

FAISALABAD: Lack of funding has caused the secure city project for surveillance in Faisalabad, Pakistan’s third largest city, to stall. The project was started in May 2017 and was expected to take a year to finish, costing an estimated Rs157 million. Despite the five-year gap, it is still unfinished as the government has only allocated […]

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PAKISTAN Politics

Imran Khan anticipates general election in either March or April 2023

Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), stated on Saturday that the nation’s general election would take place in March or April 2023. Since his resignation by a vote of no-confidence in April of last year, the former prime minister has been advocating for early elections in the nation. For this reason, he has […]

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Punjab announces college and university holidays

For public and private colleges and universities operating under the Higher Education Department, the Punjab government has announced holidays (HED). The Secretary of HED has officially announced that the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) would be closed from December 24 through December 31. On January 2, classes will start up again. Despite the Christmas break, BS […]

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Break-in at Islamabad home of journalist is strictly noted by PM

ISLAMABAD: Shiffa Yousafzai’s home in the federal capital was forcedly entered by armed men on Wednesday, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took serious notice of the incident. Yesterday, Ali Haider Zaidi, a former minister and the head of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), tweeted about the news, stating that Shiffa Yousafzai had “just called to inform […]

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Taliban prohibit women from attending universities in Afghanistan

Women will not be allowed to enrol in higher education programmes in Afghanistan, according to the Taliban-run higher education ministry’s announcement on Tuesday. In accordance with a cabinet resolution, a letter certified by a representative of the higher education ministry ordered Afghan private and public colleges to immediately deny admission to female students. The rest […]

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Winter Vacation is announced by Punjab University

The winter vacation schedule for all of Punjab University’s teaching departments, institutes, centres, schools, and constituent colleges has finally been released. According to the official announcement made by Deputy Registrar (Academics), Abdul Hameed Khan, the university will be closed for the winter vacation from Monday, December 26 through Friday, December 30. The notification stated that throughout […]

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At UCP’s 25th convocation, 2,176 graduates get degrees

LAHORE: On Sunday, the Expo Centre will host the University of Central Punjab’s (UCP) 25th convocation. On the first day of the convocation, retired Justice Nasira Iqbal served as the chief guest while Professor Sohail Afzal served as the guest of honour. Additionally present were Deans of the faculties and Pro-Rector Prof. Nasr Ikram. At […]

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BHC provides new orders to dismiss all charges brought against Azam Swati

QUETTA: The Balochistan High Court (BHC) mandated on Monday that all complaints brought against PTI leader Azam Swati for offensive tweets directed at army officials be dismissed. Justice Abdul Majeed Baloch, who heard a petition relating to new cases filed against the senator in Balochistan, issued the new orders. In Winder, Bela, and Chaman, Swati […]

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Police detain ‘illegal Afghan immigrant’ in Karachi killing a NED student

LAHORE: According to police, they have detained a man who is thought to have been involved in the killing of a student from NED University during a shootout on Karachi’s Superhighway. After an encounter on Friday morning, the team managed to capture the culprit, according to Karachi police chief Javed Odho. Nizamuddin, a 16-year-old Afghan […]

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