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Ali Gilani calls for IOK assembly poll boycott

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman,Syed Ali Gilani has appealed people for election boycott in Islamabad assembly constituency scheduled to go for polls on June 22. According to KMS, Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar said: “We have a set policy regarding every type of election drama held in Kashmir. Instead of […]

  • New electricity tariff for agriculture tubewells hailed

    MULTAN, (APP): Leaders of Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) expressed pleasure over reduction in electricity tariff for agriculture tubewells in budget 2016-17. Muhammad Ishnaaq Watto, Ahmed Nawaz Astar, Nazar Khan Daha, and Chaudhary Khalid while talking to APP hailed the budget and termed it farmers friendly. They appreciated the reduction in electricity tariff to Rs 5.35 […]

  • World renowned boxer Muhammad Ali dies

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Boxing legend Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74 years while being treated at a hospital. According to a private news channel , the 74-year-old former heavyweight world champion was born on 17th January, 1942 at Louisville, Kentucky and started training when he was 12 years old. Ali won the heavyweight […]

  • Partly cloudy weather for parts of KP

    PESHAWAR, (APP): Provincial Meteorological Department Saturday predicted partly cloudy weather in most parts of the region with chances of rain-thunderstorm and gusty winds in Kohat, Peshawar, Mardan, Malakand Division. Weather conditions were related to western disturbance affecting upper parts of the country and are likely to persist during next 24 hours. The same system may […]

  • India cannot suppress liberation movement: Mirwaiz

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairman of his own Hurriyet forum, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said that India cannot suppress the Kashmiris’ ongoing liberation movement by putting curbs on the movement and activities of Hurriyet leaders. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is under house arrest in Srinagar, in a statement said that such cheap tactics would never work as […]

  • Pakistan-Kazakhstan sign defence accord

    ASTANA, (APP): Pakistan and Kazakhstan on Friday signed Military Technical Cooperation Agreement on the sidelines of on- going Kzakhstan Defence Exhibition (KADEX-16). The agreement signing was undertaken at a meeting between Minister for Defence Production of Pakistan, Rana Tanveer Hussain and Defence Minister of Kazakhstan, Tasmagambetov Imangali Nurgaliyevich. Rana Tanveer Hussain is leading Pakistan delegation […]