8 held for playing gambling online, through phone apps

RAWALPINDI, Mar 06 (APP):Police have apprehended eight suspects allegedly involved in gambling on Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches through phone apps and other means. Upon conducting the operation, the police were able to seize seven mobile phones, plastic rings used in gambling, and a total […]

Sherry demands courts to take notice of Imran Khan Lies

ISLAMABAD, Mar 6 (APP):Federal Minister for Climate Change, Senator, Sherry Rehman on Monday demanded that the Court should take strict notice against Imran Khan for obstructing judicial and police proceedings and telling lies. In a series of tweets, the federal minister said PTI Chairman Imran […]

LHC dismisses contempt petition against Maryam Nawaz

LAHORE, Mar 06 (APP): The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed a petition, filed for initiating contempt proceedings against Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz, as not maintainable. The single bench comprising Justice Shujaat Ali Khan heard the petition, filed […]

Finance Minister chairs a meeting at establishment of Passport offices

Islamabad, 6th March, 2023 (Online): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar chaired a meeting at the establishment of Passport offices, at Finance Division, today. Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan, SAPM on Revenue Mr. Tariq Mehmood Pasha, Secretary Interior, Special Secretary Finance, […]

Dar presides over ECC meeting

Islamabad: 6th March, 2023 (Online): Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar presided over the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, today. Federal Minister for Power Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Syed Murtaza […]

Women still barred as Afghan universities reopen for men

Kabul, March 6 (AFP/APP): Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a “heartbreaking” ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on […]

UN targets real-time tracking of greenhouse gases

Geneva, March 6 (AFP/APP): The United Nations announced on Monday that it had taken a step towards filling a key gap in the fight against climate change, with plans for standardised, real-time tracking of global greenhouse gases. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization has come up […]

Twitter suffers major outage disabling external links

San Francisco, March 6 (AFP/APP): Twitter on Monday suffered a major outage with users worldwide reporting they could no longer read links to articles from outside websites. “Some parts of Twitter may not be working as expected right now,” the company’s tech support account said […]

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