Three dead, dozens injured after US train derailment

Washington, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a US train derailed Saturday afternoon in northern Montana, with rescuers rushing to safely evacuate everyone on board. Around 141 passengers and 16 crew members were traveling from Chicago towards the […]

PMD forecast hot, dry weather for most parts of country

ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP):Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Friday forecast mainly hot and dry weather for most parts of the country during the next 24 hours. However, rain-wind/thundershower is expected at isolated places in lower Sindh, Kashmir and adjoining areas. According to the synoptic situation, monsoon […]

Finance minister briefed on Pakistan Single Window

Islamabad September 24 (Online): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin was briefed about the Pakistan Single Window (PSW), a virtual system which is connecting the concerned Ministries, Customs, port authorities, banks and other relevant departments after major process re-engineering to provide a single […]

Pakistan strongly condemns extra-judicial killings in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP):Pakistan strongly condemned extra-judicial killings of three Kashmiris, including a 65 year old man, in Uri sector along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Foreign Office Spokesperson, in a statement, on Friday said, […]

National anti-polio campaign continues

ISLAMABAD, Sep 24 (APP):The national polio immunization campaign to vaccinate children under the age of five years continued on Friday in the federal capital and other cities of the country. According to official sources, the third nationwide polio campaign for the year 2021 already kicked […]

Drinking water unfit for human consumption in Chilas: EPA

Gilgit, Sep 24 (APP):Almost 100% of the drinking water supplied in Chilas is unfit for human consumption due to the presence of bacterial contamination, revealed a report of Gilgit-Baltistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA. The report is based on laboratory analysis of 10 water samples collected […]

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