Body formed to finalize Journalist Protection (Amendment) Bill: Marriyum

ISLAMABAD, 01 Jul (Online): Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Friday that a special committee, comprising representatives from the ministries and media organizations concerned, had been formed to finalize the Journalist and Media Professionals Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022. She informed the Pakistan […]

PM Shahbaz, US envoy discuss bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD, Jul 1 (APP): Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan Donald Blome called on Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif here on Friday and discussed the bilateral ties. The prime minister congratulated the ambassador on his presentation of credentials and expressed the hope that he […]

Nearly 33,000 children flee Mozambique violence

Maputo, July 1 (AFP/APP): A new wave of violence in militant-hit northern Mozambique uprooted nearly 33,000 children last month, the UN reported Friday. June saw a surge in attacks in Cabo Delgado province, where militants launched a bloody insurgency in 2017, sparking a regional military […]

Mercury dropped after city receives light rain

LAHORE, Jul 01 (APP): Mercury dropped in the provincial capital after it received light rain while cloudy weather condition along with winds provided relief to the people from humid weather. Maximum temperature was recorded at 32 degree celsius on Friday in the city. More rain-wind/thundershower […]

Death toll from northeast India landslide rises to 20

Guwahati, India, July 1 (AFP/APP):Rescuers in India’s northeast have recovered 20 bodies from the site of a landslide that buried a railway construction camp, the army said Friday, after a second day of search efforts. Security forces and disaster relief teams are still racing to […]

Punjab CM re-election on July 22: Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD, Jul 01 (APP): The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that election for the Punjab chief minister would be held on July 22 after the rival parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Muslim League Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]

Dialogue with Suu Kyi ‘not impossible’ says Myanmar junta

Naypyidaw, Myanmar, July 1 (AFP/APP): Dialogue between Myanmar’s junta and ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to end the bloody crisis unleashed by the toppling of her government last year is “not impossible”, a junta spokesman told AFP on Friday. The Southeast Asian nation has […]

Man sentenced to death for killing wife

MUZAFFARGARH, Jul 01 (APP):Additional District and Sessions Judge Kot Addu, Mahmood Hayat, on Friday awarded death sentence to a man on charge of killing his wife. Accused Abdul Ghaffar had slaughtered his wife by a grass cutting tool over a domestic dispute six months back, […]

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