A fourth-year MBBS female student was found hanged in the girls’ hostel at Chandka Medical College, Larkana.It is the second death of a student at a girls’ hostel in Larkana in about two years, and has shocked everyone.The police said when the student did not answer the door of her hostel room, it was forced […]
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Reportedly, the SCBA could not carry out the demolition Nasla tower work yesterday and only took out grills and windows from the Tower apartments. Today, the SCBA has started a full-fledged operation to bring down the building.SHC orders razing of extra floors of P&T Housing Society buildingSeparately, the Sindh High Court on Tuesday ordered to […]
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Pakistani women recently shared on social media stories of harassment at their universities, schools and colleges. They posted their harrowing stories, named their alleged harassers and shared their pictures. Some people offered support and sympathy, while others threatened legal action.A person can be jailed for up to three years under Pakistan’s laws for posting defamatory […]
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Justice Karim turns down proposal to close schoolsThe Lahore High Court has ordered private businesses in Lahore and surrounding cities to immediately halve their staff’s presence at offices to help reduce the noxious smog that is causing serious health issues.In addition to the Lahore division, Gujranwala has also been affected by smog.At the hearing on […]
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ISLAMABAD: The PTI government on Wednesday deferred voting on a bill related to the introduction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the electoral process, noting that the Opposition wanted to discuss the matter before voting on the matter.The bill was part of the government’s heavy legislative agenda for today’s joint session.As soon as National Assembly […]
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The court approved interim bail of the former president for Rs five lac surety bond.Asif Ali Zardari appeared in the accountability court along with his lawyers Farooq H. Naik, Arshad Tabraiz and Barrister Sheeraz.The court granted interim bail to the PPP leader and adjourned further hearing of the case until November 23. The NAB had […]
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A few weeks back, Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry admitted that delaying fresh elections for local governments (LGs) was a mistake on the part of the PTI government. He added that such elections should have been held within the first year of the PTI’s government. Later, he confessed that the current chief ministers of […]
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Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) killed three terrorists in Pakpattan and arrested four Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists in 22 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) operations across Punjab. The CTD conducted an IBO in Pakpattan and killed three terrorists. One of the dead was named as Manzoor Ahmed while two others were yet to be identified.The CTD team also […]
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Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Thursday that the prime minister’s meeting with candidates for the appointment of the Director-General Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is a “routine matter”.The information minister, in a tweet, claimed that a “certain section” wanted to “play games” on the appointment of the new DG ISI but “failed”. “Now it is being […]
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KARACHI: The online returns filing system of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) witnessed numerous glitches, computational errors just ahead of the last date, i.e., September 30, 2021. The Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA) in a letter to the FBR chairman sent on Tuesday highlighted various computational errors and glitches on the IRIS portal.The tax […]
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