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Experts advise precaution during heat wave

  • ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Health experts have advised the citizens to take adequate precautionary measures to avoid heat stroke during the current heat wave. The weather experts have predicted severe heat wave from May 15 across the country which would continue till mid of June. Talking to APP, renowned health expert from Pakistan Institute of […]

  • India hatching conspiracies to change demography of IHK

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), a constituent of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has said that the Indian government is hatching one conspiracy after another to change the demographic composition of the territory. APHC leader and the JKPM Working Chairman, Mir Shahid Saleem, addressing a party meeting at Rajouri in Jammu […]

  • Senate adopts resolution to protect rights of orphan children

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Upper House of Parliament on Friday adopted a resolution for protection of rights of orphan and abandoned children. The resolution was tabled by the Leader of the House which was unanimously adopted by the House. Meanwhile, the House also passed the Un-attended Orphans (Rehabilitation and Welfare) Bill 2016 for the rehabilitation and […]

  • Two new federal ministers take oath

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday administered oath to National Party’s Mir Hasil Bizenjo and Pakistan Muslim League’s Sheikh Aftab Ahmed as federal ministers. The oath-taking ceremony was attended by political leaders and senior officials here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr. Sheikh Aftab Ahmed has been working as Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the […]

  • Attacks suspect Abdeslam arrives in Paris: source

    PARIS, (APP/AFP) – Salah Abdeslam, a surviving member of the group that carried out the Paris attacks in November that killed 130 people, arrived on Friday for his first questioning in the French capital by anti-terror judges. Abdeslam, who was the most wanted fugitive in Europe until his arrest in March, was transported from a […]

  • IOK passing through martial law like situation: Gilani

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Gilani has said that the new chapter of BJP-PDP regime has broken all the previous records of banning freedom of expression in the territory. According to KMS, Ali Gilani in a statement issued in held Srinagar said that occupied Kashmir was practically passing through […]