KP Govt announces Rs.19.77bn Ramazan flour package

PESHAWAR, Mar 20 (APP): KP Caretaker Minister for Food and Irrigation, Fazal Elahi has said that despite financial hardships, the provincial government as per directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced a package of Rs.19.77 billion for the provision of free flour to the […]

TikTokers Laraib Khalid and Zarnab Fatima Get Married

ISLAMABAD, March 20 (Online): Content creation has opened new doors for people to come to mainstream media. Social media in the form of TikTok and YouTube have provided opportunities to hundreds of new faces who are now coming to dramas and live shows on television. […]

PMD forecast more Rain-wind, thunderstorm with heavy falls

ISLAMABAD, Mar 20 (APP): Pakistan Metrological Department (PMD), Monday forecasts more Rain-wind and thunderstorm with heavy falls during the week. According to the PMD, another strong westerly wave is likely to enter in Pakistan from March 21 and likely to grip most parts of the […]

Tear gas, arrests as Kenya opposition stages protests

Nairobi, March 20 (AFP/APP): Kenyan riot police fired tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga’s convoy on Monday, as clashes flared during anti-government protests over the spiralling cost of living. Running battles erupted between stone-throwing protesters and police in […]

Indian state extends internet ban in hunt for Sikh separatist

Amritsar, India, March 20 (AFP/APP): Indian authorities extended a mobile internet blackout across a state of about 30 million people on Monday as police hunted a radical Sikh preacher. The blackout extension came after supporters of Amritpal Singh were filmed vandalising India’s consulate in San […]

Pakistan: More rain-wind-thunderstorm expected during the week

ISLAMABAD, Mar 20 (APP): Pakistan Meterological Department (PMD) has forecast another rain spell with heavy falls in various parts of Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Balochistan, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan from March 21-24. Another strong westerly wave is likely to enter in Pakistan from March […]

Moroccan villagers keep communal store tradition alive

Aīt Kine, Morocco, March 20 (AFP/APP): Surrounded by olive and palm trees in a Moroccan mountain village, a centuries-old collective granary preserves the ancient practices of the Amazigh culture. “The traditions are vanishing, but not here,” said proud village elder Hossine Oubrahim, in Ait Kine […]

PTI leaders get bail in judicial complex vandalizing case

ISLAMABAD, Mar 20 (APP): An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Monday approved interim bails of PTI leaders Asad Umar, Murad Saeed and others in an FIR pertaining to vandalizing in the judicial complex. Zulfi Bokhari, Raja Khurram, Ali Nawaz and Shahzad Waseem also got interim bail […]

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