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Ex-chairman Balochistan Public Service Commission arrested

  • QUETTA, (APP): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Balochistan has arrested ex-chairman, Balochistan Public Service Commission, Muhammad Ashraf Magsi for misuse of powers and involvement in illegal recruitment. A spokesman for NAB Balochistan said here on Monday that a NAB team has taken Mr. Magsi in the custody and he has been shifted to NAB investigation […]

  • No expectations from Mehbooba, says APDP Chairperson

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Chairperson Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), Parveena Ahanger has said Kashmiri mothers like her don’t have any expectations from puppet women chief minister, Mehbooba Mufti. Parveena Ahanger expressed her views on being a woman while speaking at a function held in connection with Mother’s Day at a local hotel in […]

  • Mirwaiz meets delegation of prominent Islamic jurists

    ISLAMABAD,(APP): A delegation of prominent Muftis and Islamic scholars led by Vice Chancellor of Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband, Mufti Muhammad Abu al-Qasim Nomani called on Jammu and Kashmir Muttahida Majls-e-Ulema chief, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at his residence in Srinagar. The delegation comprised Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind President, Maulana Qari Muhammad Usman, the Nazim of the Amaarat Sharia Board, Maulana Mufti […]

  • OGDCL paid Rs 229.733 bln royalty to provinces in 15 years

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDCL) has made payments of around Rs 229.733 billion on account of oil and gas royalty to the provinces during last 15 years, official sources said Monday. “OGDCL has paid around Rs 229,733 million royalty to Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces from financial year 2001-02 to […]

  • ECP sets up control room for PK-8 by-polls

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Monday established a control room to receive complaints, if any, for the by-elections scheduled to be held in constituency PK-8 (Peshawar- VIII) on May 12. The control room has been established under the supervision of Director (Research) in ECP Secretariat and any person can approach it from […]

  • Saad orders upgrading Carin’s, Mughulpura hospitals

    LAHORE, (APP): Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday directed authorities concerned to devise an effective plan for making Carin’s and Mughalpura railway hospitals service-oriented health facilities. Presiding over a meeting held at Railway headquarters here, he said that upgradation or improvement of Carin’s and Mughalpura hospitals was crucial for ensuring proper medical facilities […]