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First woman to hold Punjab AGP office removed from post

  • Asma Hamid, the first female advocate general of Punjab (AGP), was removed from her post after remaining in charge for less than a month. According to a notification issued by Punjab’s Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department, the province’s Additional Advocate General Muhammad Shan Gul has been handed over the additional charge of the AGP office […]

  • زرداری نے رضا ربانی کو چیئرمین سینیٹ بنانے کی نواز شریف کی تجویز مسترد کردی

    Asif Zardari promises one govt job for every family

    NAWABSHAH: Pakistan Peoples Party-Parliamentarians (PPP-P) president Asif Ali Zardari, who previously served as the head of state, has said that every family without a member in government service would be given the chance to have at least one member in state service if his party came to power again in the next general elections. He […]

  • 4 suspected terrorists killed in Quetta ‘encounter’

    The Balochistan Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), Frontier Corps (FC) and other law enforcement agencies killed four suspected terrorists, including a woman, during an operation in Quetta on Wednesday. The CTD had launched an operation in Quetta’s Dasht area in the morning targeting a hideout belonging to suspected militants of an outlawed group active in the area, […]

  • Free ride for senior citizens on trains on first two days of Eidul Fitr

    LAHORE: Senior citizens will have a free ride in all classes of trains on the first two days of Eidul Fitr. A notification to this effect was issued on the directive of caretaker Railways Minister Roshan Khursheed, said a spokesperson here on Monday. Quoting the notification, the spokesperson said the commuters aged 65 years and […]