QUETTA, (APP): Heavy rains lashing for last several days have played havoc in different areas of Balochistan as mud hoses were collapses, roads were washed away and death causes by rain-related incidents were also reported. Reports reaching here on Thursday said that rain lashing Balochistan for last several days had caused flash flood in storm […]
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Rains wreak havoc in Balochistan
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British Foreign Secretary’s Kashmir remarks draw flak
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pro-freedom leaders and organizations in occupied Kashmir have criticized the British Foreign Secretary, Phillip Hammond, for his remarks that Kashmir should not be a pre-condition for dialogue between Pakistan and India. The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement issued in Srinagar termed Phillip Hammond’s assertion as irrational […]
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Intelligence network inside ICT expanded to check drug peddlers
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has expanded its intelligence network inside Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) to locate and hunt drug smugglers and peddlers. The ANF, as part of steps being taken to control drug trafficking in ICT, has also established Canine Units (sniffer dogs) at Regional Directorate North which is responsible for Islamabad Capital Territory. […]
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Government of Japan Contributes USD 6.5 mln to UNODC
ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Government of Japan and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) signed an agreement here on Thursday, regarding Japan’s contribution of USD 6.5 million in support of strengthening border security against illicit trafficking and related Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) in Pakistan. The agreement signed in the presence of leading government officials […]
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PM to attend concluding ceremony of military exercise
HAFAR Al BATIN (Saudi Arabia), (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will attend the concluding ceremony of “North Thunder” military exercises on Thursday along with 20 heads of states and governments. According to a statement from the media wing of the PM House, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and Special Assistant to Prime […]
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Return of all TDPs to be completed in 2016; 285,400 returned so far:Governor
PESHAWAR, (APP): Governor Khyber Pakhtukhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra on Wednesday said as per the directives of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif the measures are being taken to facilitate and support the temporarily displaced persons (TDPs) from FATA in their resettlement in respective areas. He was presiding over a high level meeting of FATA disaster Management […]