HYDERABAD: 9 injured in clash between two groups

HYDERABAD, Jun 20 (APP): At least 9 persons were injured including one who sustained a gunshot in a clash between 2 groups of people in Shora Goth area in the limits of Baldia police station here on Tuesday. The police informed that the groups fought […]

Budget focuses on unemployment, relief to masses: Zmarak

QUETTA, Jun 20 (APP): Balochistan Minister for Finance Engineer Zmarak Khan Achakzai on Tuesday said that the deficit of the provincial budget for the next fiscal year was less than the previous fiscal year. Steps have been taken in the budget for the fiscal year […]

Water level in Mangla dam reservoirs rises to 1151.70 feet

MIRPUR (AJK): Jun 20 (APP):: Water-level in the AJK-based Country’s second largest reservoir Mangla dam was constantly rising, the water rose to 1151.70 feet against maximum conservation level of 1242 feet with live storage of 1.846 MAF on Tuesday. On Wednesday last (June 14, 2023), […]

Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns

Reykjavik, June 20 (AFP/APP): Iceland’s government said Tuesday it was suspending this year’s whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end. Animal rights groups and environmentalists hailed the decision, with the Humane […]

Eight killed in clashes in Somalia’s Puntland region

Mogadishu, June 20 (AFP/APP):At least eight people were killed on Tuesday in gunbattles outside parliament in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland between local security forces and armed militiamen loyal to opposition politicians, police and witnesses said. The fierce clashes in the state capital, Garowe, erupted […]

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