ISLAMABAD, (APP): A youth, Mohammad Ishaq Parray, who was killed by Indian troops in Tral, was a brilliant student and his outstanding performances in secondary and higher secondary classes had earned him the nickname of `Newton’ in the area. According to Kashmir Media Service, Mohammad Ishaq Parray, a resident of Laribal, Tral, had scored 98.4 […]
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Father wanted to make martyred son an Islamic scholar
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Former Indian ambassador says Pak did “brilliant” in getting Kashmir on US-Pak Joint Statement
WASHINGTON, (APP): A former Indian ambassador has described as a “watershed” event the mention of Kashmir issue in a joint statement issued after the recently held ministerial-level Pak-US Strategic Dialogue Process in the US capital, saying Washington has gone the extra mile to accommodate Islamabad’s desire to include the contentious issue in the talks. Ambassador […]
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Rivers, reservoirs report
LAHORE, (APP): The position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages on Friday was as follows: Rivers:Indus at Tarbela: Inflows 15600 cusecs and Outflows 63000 cusecs, Kabul at Nowshera: Inflows 9500 cusecs and Outflows 9500 cusecs,Jhelum at Mangla: Inflows 20100 cusecs and Outflows […]
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Minister directs concerned officials to meet development, education targets
PESHAWAR, (APP): Minister for Education, Muhammad Atif on Thursday directed the officials concerned to ensure meeting the targets set in the current fiscal budget for the development and education projects. He said action would be taken against the responsible persons for not achieving the targets. He stated this while presiding over a high level meeting […]
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Chairman Senate summons Secretary Defence Production
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday summoned Secretary Defence Production to appear before the Privilege Committee for not informing the Upper House of the Parliament. When the Chair asked Minister for Climate Change Zahid Hamid either he would reply to the calling attention notice, the minister said that Minister for Defence Production was […]
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9 arrested, contraband seized
SARGODHA, (APP): Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested nine drug peddlers and recovered narcotics and illegal weapons from them. A Police spokesman said that teams of different police stations conducted raids within the areas of their jurisdiction and apprehended nine persons allegedly involved in heinous activities and recovered 613 gram heroin, 2585 gram hashish, […]