Regional News

PESHAWAR, Dec 07 (APP): A Sports Gala for inmates of District Jail Abbottabad was opened on Wednesday. Superintendent District Jail Abbottabad, Hamid Azam Khan opened the Sports Gala during a special ceremony. Sports including Volleyball, Badminton, Table tennis, tug of war and musical chairs will […]

LAHORE, Dec 06 (APP): Two people were killed in a firing incident in Defence C police jurisdiction, here on Tuesday. According to police, two people namely Shahzad and Hassan were going on a motorcycle when some unknown assailants opened firing on them near Defence C, […]

HYDERABAD, Dec 06 (APP):Three suspected outlaws were arrested in injured condition after separate police encounters. The police spokesman informed here on Tuesday that a police team led by SHO Rahuki police station Anwar Khanzada engaged some suspected robbers near Husri Shaakh in an exchange of […]

HYDERABAD, Dec 05 (APP):The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has deplored that the administrator of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (HMC) Fuad Ghaffar Soomro appeared least bothered about the plight of the corporation’s unpaid workers. In a statement issued here on Monday, the MPAs Rashid Khilji and others […]

LARKANA,Dec 05 (APP):Former Senator and Convener of Larkana Awami Ittehad Dr. Safdar Ali Abbasi, on Monday, inaugurated 43rd two-day annual free eye camp, organized by Abbasi-Kalhora Tanzeem Larkana here at Government High School Waleed. Dr. Safdar Ali Abbasi, Barrister Kazim Ali Abbasi, Owais Ali Abbasi, […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (APP):The Ministry of Railway on Monday apprised the Senate Standing Committee on Railways that Rs.1982 million was needed to restore 59km railway track from Peshawar to Torkham and the ministry did not have enough resources to restore it. The Committee which met […]

LAHORE, Dec 05 (APP):Two policemen were martyred during an encounter with armed assailants in Manga Mandi, on Monday. A spokesman for police said that some dacoits were looting people near Shamkay Bhattian, Manga Mandi and opened firing at both police personnel – ASI Muhammad Asim […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 04 (APP):Jamat-e-Islami (JI) nominated candidates would contest elections in over 85 union councils (UCs) of the federal capital in the ensuing local government (LG) elections schedule to be held on December 31. JI amir for Islamabad, Nasarullah Randhawa on Sunday said 50 percent […]

KARACHI, Dec 04 (APP):The ‘Sindhi Culture Day’ was celebrated on Sund TVay with cultural zeal and zest like in other parts of Sindh in Karachi. A big number of the people not only Sindhi but also of other languages, living in the province clad themselves […]

LAHORE’S, Dec 03 (APP):A special teams of police initiated a crackdown on regular basis against beggars. The officials arrested 4,112 beggars, including 3,942 men,157 women and 13 facilitators, from different areas of the city during the current year. Accordingly, City division Police arrested 869 beggars; […]