ISLAMABAD, (APP): A moderate 5.0-magnitude earthquake shook northern parts of country during Saturday’s wee hours. According to Met Department, the epicenter was located in border area of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan at a depth of 111 kilometers, a private news channel reported. Official sources said there were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake was […]
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Mild earthquake hits Swat
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Pakistan, India need to pursue closer ties on security front: US
WASHINGTON, (APP): Pakistan and India need to pursue closer relations on security front to counter threat of terrorism, a US Statement Department spokesman said, stressing that the United States need to seek closer ties between both countries. “There’s no zero-sum game here,” Spokesman Mark Toner told a regular briefing at the State Department, responding to […]
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Aasiya Andrabi flays Sadhvi for her anti-Muslim remarks
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairperson of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), Aasiya Andrabi, has strongly condemned Sadhvi Prachi, a member of the extremist Hindu organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad for her anti-Muslim remarks. Aasiya Andrabi in a statement issued in Srinagar, Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) said the clear-cut threats issued by Sadhvi Prachi that India should be made Muslim-free country, had […]
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King Hamad conveys his best wishes for PM
ISLAMABAD, (APP): King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa has conveyed his best wishes for the good health and well-being of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. The King has communicated his good wishes to Pakistan Ambassador in the Kingdom of Bahrain Javed Malik who met the King at a special ceremony organized at Al […]
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Govt taking steps for resettlement of TDPs
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Federal Government alongwith the international donors taking various steps for the resettlement of Temporarily Displaced Persons (TDPs) as soon as possible. An official source told APP here on Saturday, Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) and Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat is working for the early resettlement and providing the relief […]
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Negligence of CDA; Islamabad losing its precious greenery
ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Federal Capital had surroundings with a natural look, beautiful trees and beds of wild flowers but it is fast losing the precious greenery, which is product of ill-planned development and poor management of the CDA. The trees, which bloom in different colours during different seasons in Islamabad, are continuously dying at an […]