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Laws for protection of women be implemented in letter and spirit

  • KARACHI, (APP): The enacted laws for the safety and protection of women be implemented in true letter and spirit to ensure a healthy society. This was stressed by Prof. Dr. Nabeel Zuberi, Chairman Sociology Department Karachi University, while speaking at a seminar on `Women’s rights and empowerment: Gender equality for sustainable development, an official of […]

  • Alleged target killer arrested

    PESHAWAR, (APP): Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday arrested another accused of targeted killing of former official of an agency on Saturday. According to police reports, the CTD arrested another accused in the murder case of former director of an agency, Abdul Latif, who was shot dead on March 22 in Hayatabad area of Peshawar. The […]

  • Pakistan taking war on terrorism to its logical end: Pak envoy

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan’s Ambassador to France Ghalib Iqbal has said that the country acted with resolve after terrorists’ attack in Peshawar and since then, the military operation against terrorists had been moving forward smoothly. It would be helpful not only to Pakistan but also to the entire region, he said during an interview in a […]

  • Shabbir Shah detained for his association with APHC

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has said that senior resistance leader, Shabbir Ahmad Shah, is being kept under continued illegal detention for his affiliation with the Hurriyet forum. The APHC spokesman said that Shabbir Shah’s association with APHC didn’t go well with the authorities, therefore, he has been kept in police station for […]

  • Nafisa Shah visits Jinnah hospital Lahore

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Human Rights Cell, Central Coordinator, MNA Dr. Nafisa Shah has paid a visit to Jinnah hospital and inquired after the heath of injured person of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park bomb blast. According to press release issued by PPP Secretariat here, she has met injured persons particularly women and children and […]

  • KP Governor directs early completion of Fata House in Islamabad

    PESHAWAR, (APP): Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra here Friday directed the concerned officials to complete construction work on Fata House at Federal Capital Islamabad as quickly as possible without compromising on quality of work and ensure transparency at all cost. Addressing a briefing during his visit to under-construction Fata house in Islamabad, the Governor […]