MITHI: Major-General Ahsan Gulrez, general officer commanding of the newly raised Special Security Division for providing security to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has said the hands trying to create disturbances in the CPEC projects, including Thar coalfield, will be crushed. The major-general said after visiting coalmines being operated by the Sindh Engro Coal […]
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‘Hands creating disturbances in CPEC projects will be crushed’
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Jamsheed Marker passes away in Karachi
Veteran Pakistani diplomat Jamsheed Marker passed away in Karachi on Thursday. Isphanyar Bhandara confirmed the news, saying that Marker, 95, had been quite frail of late. Marker served the country as a diplomat for an illustrious 30-year-long career in more countries than any other diplomat including the United States, Ghana, France, Japan and Geneva. Marker, […]
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‘How was Zulfi Bukhari allowed to travel abroad so easily?’ asks IHC
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday expressed displeasure over how the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief’s associate Zulfi Bukhari managed to travel abroad earlier this month while his name was on the no-fly list. Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari, a British national, was on June 11 informed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that his name was […]
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Appellate court suspends GB Order 2018
GILGIT: The Supreme Appellate Court on Wednesday suspended the newly-promulgated Gilgit-Baltistan Order 2018. In a short order, it also issued contempt of court notice to respondents — former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi as chairman of the GB Council, federal minister for Kashmir affairs and GB and joint secretary of the council — for violation […]
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Maryam owns 1,506 kanals of agricultural land, has millions invested in companies
PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz has stated in the documents accompanying her election nomination papers that she owns more than 1,500 kanals of land and has millions of rupees worth of shares in multiple companies. According to the affidavit submitted to the returning officer — copies of which are available with Dawn.com — Maryam on June 30, […]
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Zardari owns six bulletproof vehicles, thousands of acres
ISLAMABAD: In what is ample testimony of the lavish lifestyle of the country’s politicians, Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P) chief Asif Ali Zardari uses six bulletproof luxury vehicles, owns thousands of acres of agricultural land and property in Dubai and has spent millions of rupees on his passion for arms, horses and livestock. According to […]