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Peaceful resolution of Pak-Afghan border management issue urged

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): Former Ambassador Rustam Shah Muhmand has said that peaceful resolution of border management issue through dialogue is imperative for Pak-Afghan bilateral relations in the region. Talking in a Radio Pakistan’s Current Affairs program , he said Torkham border was of paramount importance for trade and for daily movement of people on both sides […]

  • WASA all set to check any challenge ahead of premonsoon rains in Rawalpindi

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Managing Director, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Rawalpindi, Raja Shaukat Mehmood Monday said that all possible measures had been taken to meet with any emergency ahead of premonsoon rains in Rawalpindi. Talking to a private news channel, he said WASA had chalked out a comprehensive plan to meet with any situation as a […]

  • RSS-backed PDP regime turnes IOK into jail: Ali Gilani

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani has said that the PDP-BJP regime has turned the territory into a jail. According to KMS, in a statement issued in Srinagar, he said that the puppet administration had been vindictive towards pro-freedom leadership. He cautioned those police officers who were subjecting Hurriyet activists […]

  • Minister assures minorities to exercise religions’ practices freely

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has said that the government is making every endeavour to protect minorities in the country irrespective of cast , creed and gender . Talking to a private news channel , he said that minorities in Pakistan were free to exercise their religions […]

  • Public debt piled up in past govts: Dar tells NA

    ISLAMABAD, (APP); Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar Saturday said public debt had been piled up during previous governments. Responding to queries of members of the National Assembly about charged expenditures, the minister said the present Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government had brought down fiscal deficit from 8.8 per cent to 4.3 per cent of the […]

  • 59 criminals nabbed with drugs, weapons

    MULTAN, (APP): Police on Saturday arrested 59 outlaws and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from their possession. According to police source, police teams arrested 13 drug peddlers and two illegal weapon holders besides recovering 45 litre liquor, 950 gram hashish, 110 gram opium, 7 kg hemp, two pistols and bullets from their alleged possession. Eight […]