KPK govt ready to hold LG elections in November, ECP told

ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (APP):The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was apprised on Tuesday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was ready to hold first phase of Local Government elections in the province in November 2021. The meeting of the ECP, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar […]

US charges Canadian who narrated Islamic State videos

Washington, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):A Canadian jihadist who fought for the Islamic State group and narrated violent propaganda videos has been taken into custody by the United States and charged, the Justice Department said Saturday. Mohammed Khalifa, 38 and born in Saudi Arabia, was captured during […]

Europe-Japan space mission captures images of Mercury

Paris, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, the nearest planet to the Sun, the European Space Agency said Saturday. The images were obtained almost three years after the unmanned mission vessel was launched aboard an Ariane 5 […]

Lahore city receives rain

LAHORE, Oct 02 (APP):Most parts of the provincial metropolis on Saturday received heavy rain which turned the weather pleasant and reduced humidity. The rain lasted for many hours in most areas of the city. According to the Met department, rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Punjab especially […]

PML-N Maryum slams President Alvi for his letter

Islamabad – October 2 (Online): Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Spokesperson Maryum Aurangzeb on Saturday called President Arif Alvi’s letter to leader of the opposition Shahbaz Sharif ‘unparliamentarily’ and said that President was ‘unaware of parliamentary norms’. Reacting to a letter written by President Alvi […]

70 boat migrants from Libya missing in Med: NGO

Tripoli, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):Seventy migrants headed for Europe across the Mediterranean from Libya have gone missing, the independent support group Alarm Phone said Saturday. “A boat with 70 people on board is missing for 4 days! They departed from Khoms, #Libya, & called AlarmPhone several […]

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