Khetran gets bail in triple murder case
QUETTA: A local court in Balochistan’s Barkhan district on Friday granted bail to Minister for Communication and Works (C&W) Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran in the triple murder case. The grisly…
Court sentences man to two years for sharing child porn
FAISALABAD: A Faisalabad court on Saturday sentenced a man involved in sharing child pornography to two years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000, reported Express News. According to a…
Banks to accept Hajj applications from March 16 to 31
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Friday said that 179,210 Pakistani pilgrims would perform Hajj this year while blaming high cost on due to high prices in…
WSSP initiates cleaning of canal
PESHAWAR: Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) started cleaning of Hazar Khwani Branch Canal at Yakatoot following orders of Peshawar High Court (PHC), said a press statement issued here on…
Governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province killed in suicide attack
The governor of Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh, Mullah Muhammad Daud Muzamil, was killed on Thursday in a suicide bomb attack on his office building in Mazar-e-Sharif. Muhammad Asif Waziri,…
Food fortification to tackle malnutrition
PESHAWAR: Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Minister for Food and Irrigation, Fazal Elahi, has emphasized that the elimination of malnutrition through food systems is a top priority for the government. Efforts are being…
PTI fails to secure Imran’s protective bails at LHC
LAHORE: The legal team of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) failed to get protective bails for former prime minister Imran Khan in three different FIRs. The team was unable to reach a…
KU forms committee to probe Holi violence reports
KARACHI: The University of Karachi administration formed a three-member committee on Wednesday to probe allegations of Hindu students being prevented from celebrating Holi on campus. The development comes after reports…
Uplift funds diverted for population census
ISLAMABAD: The cash-starved government on Wednesday approved to divert funds worth Rs12 billion, reserved for development of climate change, energy and road infrastructure schemes, for meeting the expenses incurred on…
Iran gas export to Pakistan faces no restrictions: envoy
QUETTA: Faridon Peer Lorin, the deputy consul general of Iran, has said that there is no restriction on Iran’s gas export to Pakistan as the latter has reached the immediate…