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MRP system inaugurated at Embassy of Pakistan, Dakar, Senegal

  • ISLAMABAD, July 7 (APP): The Machine Readable Passport System (MRP) is inaugurated at the Embassy of Pakistan, Dakar (Senegal). Muhammad Imran Mirza, Ambassador of Pakistan welcomed the guests and highlighted the importance of machine readable passport system for the Pakistanis in Senegal, said a message received here on Friday. On the occasion, a large number […]

  • Lok Virsa to resume weekly film screening from Saturday

    ISLAMABAD, Jul 7 (APP): National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa) Mandwa Film Club would resume weekly film screening here on Saturday. After one month break, the Mandwa Film Club will screen a movie “The Notebook” here at its Media center to entertain the visitors of Lok Virsa. The film was directed by […]

  • Another victim of Ahmedpur East oil tanker inferno dies

    MULTAN, July 7 (APP): Another victim of Ahmedpur East oil tanker inferno, ,Mushtaq, succumbed to his injuries at Burn Centre of Nishtar Hospital here on Friday morning. According to hospital sources, a total of 66 patients of Ahmedpur East oil tanker inferno were shifted to Burn Centre of Nishtar Hospital, and 54 of them succumbed […]

  • Pakistan hopeful of early completion of CASA-1000 to meet its energy shortfall By Shafek Koreshe

    PUGUS (Tajikistan), July 6 (APP): The leaders of Pakistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan met here Thursday to review the progress on the US 1.2 billion dollar CASA-1000 project and vowed to take all measures for its early completion. The quadrilateral project would allow export of 1300 MW of Central Asian electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan […]

  • PML-N to defeat PTI in 2018 polls: Masood

    BAHAWALPUR, July 06 (APP): Divisional President, Pakistan Muslim League-N, Chaudhary Saad Masood has said that Pakistan Muslim League-N would defeat Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf in general elections to be held in 2018 like that it defeated PML-Q in 2013 polls. Talking to media persons here, he said that some elements were involved in hatching conspiracies to destabilize […]

  • Gilani welcomes Khamenei’s support to Kashmir cause

    ISLAMABAD, July 6 (APP): The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Syed Ali Gilani, has welcomed Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei’s statement in which he extended support to the Kashmir cause. Syed Ali Gilani in a statement issued in Srinagar termed Ayatollah Khamenei’s support to the Kashmir freedom movement as timely and pragmatic, KMS reported. […]