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New IGP Sindh vows every step for maintenance of law & order

  • KARACHI, Mar 13 (APP): The new Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sindh, A.D. Khawaja, has vowed to take every possible step for the maintenance of law and order in Karachi and the rest of the province. He was talking informally to the senior police officers at the CPO here on Sunday, a spokesman of the […]

  • Two passengers deported

    LAHORE, Mar 13 (APP): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration Sialkot Sunday deported two passengers to Australia without having Pakistani visa. According to FIA spokesman, the FIA immigration arrested Khandia Avani Sagar and Aayaz Khadia who were Australian national and their birth origin was India came on flight EK-620 without having Pakistani visa.

  • Death toll from rain-related incidents rises to 26

    ISLAMABAD, Mar 13 (APP): The death toll in rain-related incidents across the country has risen to 26. According to a spokesman of National Disaster Management Authority, 37 people were injured and 57 houses damaged in the incidents caused by the ongoing rain spell. He said all the casualties occurred due to roof collapse and most […]

  • Country-wide intermittent rain spell continues; PMD forecast more downpour

    ISLAMABAD, March 13 (APP): Different parts of the country, including Islamabad and Rawalpindi, continued receiving intermittent rain on Sunday for the third consecutive day. Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) forecast scattered rain with thundershower accompanied by strong gusty winds and isolated hailstorm in Kashmir, Islamabad, Sargodha, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Mardan, Kohat, FATA and Gilgit-Baltistan […]

  • Shehbaz Sharif takes notice of offensive content in a book

    LAHORE, Mar 13 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday took notice of including offensive content against a particular segment of society in a book. According to a handout issued by DGPR here, a two-member committee had been constituted in this regard headed by Chairman Chief Minister’s Inspection Team Irfan Ali and the […]

  • All resources in use to overcome energy crisis: CM

    LAHORE, March 13 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that elimination of energy crisis was a major challenge and all out resources were being utilized to overcome it. Talking to a PML-N delegation here, he said the PML-N was determined to bring the country out of quagmire of problems, adding that […]