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Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption

Posted on August 16, 2022

Yangon, Aug 15 (AFP/APP):A Myanmar junta court jailed Aung San Suu Kyi for six years for corruption on Monday, a source close to the case said, taking the ousted leader’s prison time to 17 years. Suu Kyi, 77, has been detained since the generals toppled […]

Hajj subsidy: Religious affairs ministry to distribute Rs. 5,107.35 mln to pilgrims in easing financial burden

Posted on August 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (APP): Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor on Monday said a sum of Rs 5,107.35 million was being distributed in 34,049 pilgrims from Wednesday who had performed Hajj, 2022 on the government scheme. Addressing a press conference on […]

Dr Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani woman who headed major UN agency, dies in New York

Posted on August 16, 2022

NEW YORK, Aug 15 (APP): Dr Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani medical expert who became the first woman to head the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a major UN agency, passed away in her sleep Sunday in New York where she had settled after her retirement. […]

MoU signed to digitise education for leaders of tomorrow

Posted on August 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (APP): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday to work towards incorporating different Google technologies in Beacon house schools, carrying forward its mission to inculcate global best practices to improve education delivery. Under this MoU, Beacon house, a global network […]

Violent protests erupt in parts of Kenya over vote

Posted on August 16, 2022

Kisumu, Kenya, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Violent protests erupted in Raila Odinga’s stronghold of Kisumu and parts of Nairobi after he lost his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency on Monday, with angry demonstrators alleging vote-rigging as police fired tear gas to disperse them. Odinga, 77, a […]

MQM-P pleads SC to declare Article 10(1) of Sindh Local Govt Act as void

Posted on August 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (APP): The Supreme Court on Monday heard the petition of Mutthida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) against the delimitation of constituencies for the second phase of local government elections pleading the court to declare Article 10 (1) of the Sindh Local Government Act […]

Kashmiris on both sides of LoC observe India’s independence day as black day

Posted on August 16, 2022

MIRPUR (AJK): Aug 15 (APP): The Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and rest of the world observed India’s 75th independence day on Monday as a black day to reaffirm their hatred against New Delhi’s forced and unlawful rule, and […]

Mushaal lambasts Indian govt for turning IIOJK into slaughter house

Posted on August 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (APP):Chairperson Peace and Culture Organization Mushaal Hussein Mullick on Monday lashed out at the supremacist Indian government for turning the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) into a world’s largest slaughter house to terrorize Kashmiri people so as they could shun […]

Tunisia intercepts more than 650 migrants to Europe

Posted on August 16, 2022

Tunis, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Tunisian authorities said Monday they intercepted or rescued more than 650 migrants trying to reach Europe by sea at the weekend, the latest of numerous such cases in the past two months. Tunisia and Libya are the main points of departure […]

ECP de notifies PTI MNA, Muhammad Mian Soomro

Posted on August 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD, Aug 15 (APP): Another National Assembly constituency braces for a by-election as Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday de-notified another Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Muhammad Mian Soomro as Member National Assembly. Last week, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf had declared the seat […]

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Myanmar junta court jails Suu Kyi for six years for corruption

Hajj subsidy: Religious affairs ministry to distribute Rs. 5,107.35 mln to pilgrims in easing financial burden

Dr Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani woman who headed major UN agency, dies in New York

MoU signed to digitise education for leaders of tomorrow

Violent protests erupt in parts of Kenya over vote

MQM-P pleads SC to declare Article 10(1) of Sindh Local Govt Act as void

Kashmiris on both sides of LoC observe India’s independence day as black day

Mushaal lambasts Indian govt for turning IIOJK into slaughter house

Tunisia intercepts more than 650 migrants to Europe

ECP de notifies PTI MNA, Muhammad Mian Soomro

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