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JKLF condemns continued detention of Yasin Malik

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front has strongly condemned the continued illegal detention of its Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik and house arrest of Vice Chairman Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi in occupied Kashmir. According to KMS, the JKLF spokesman in a statement issued in held Srinagar said these undemocratic, unethical and inhuman acts could not deter […]

  • Governor KP vows for 100 % literacy rate in FATA

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra Tuesday said that efforts were being made for 100 % literacy rate in FATA. Talking to a private news channel, he promised to provide education facilities to all children for bringing the literacy rate to 100 %.The children would be provided with modern technology, he added. Iqbal […]

  • COAS to witness Pak-Turk joint exercise near Izmir

    RAWALPINDI, (APP): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Monday reached Turkey on an official visit to witness Pakistan-Turkey joint exercise being conducted near Izmir. The exercise will be conducted in two phases, one on Monday late and the other on Tuesday. The COAS will witness both the phases of the exercise, ISPR […]

  • Prime Minister thanks nation for extending good wishes

    LONDON, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday expressed his thanks to the nation for extending good wishes and praying for his early recovery. Talking to media on his arrival at Pakistan’s High Commission here to chair the meetings of the National Economic Council and special cabinet meeting through video link, the Prime Minister said […]

  • ANF recovers 753 kg drugs worth Rs 489 mln

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) in its three different operations at Chakwal, Faisalabad and Lahore, recovered 748 Kg Hashish and 5 Kg Heroin, while arrested 4 drug traffickers and seized 3 vehicles during the operations. The worth of seized drugs is Rs 489 Million in International Market. ANF Rawalpindi while carrying out an intelligence […]

  • World No Tobacco Day” to be observed on Tuesday

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): `World No Tobacco Day’ will be observed in the country on May 31 (Tuesday), to create awareness among public about health hazard of tobacco use. According to World Health Organization, tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year and more than 5 million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use […]