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k8 killed, 30 injured in blast

  • LAHORE, Feb 23 (millaT): As many as six persons were killed and 30 others sustained injuries in a blast inside an under construction plaza at Defence Housing Authority (DHA),Z Block commercial market here on Thursday. DIG Operations, Dr Haider Ashraf said the nature of the blast was being investigated, adding it could be either the […]

  • TCA, AGP discuss enhancing cooperation to modernize audit practices

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (APP): Pakistan and Turkey Monday discussed matters relating to enhancement of cooperation between Court of Accounts (TCA) and Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP). TCA and AGP signed MoU last year to mutually benefit from each other’s experience and expertise. The MoU provided for co-operation through parallel and joint audits, co-operative audits and […]

  • Four terrorists of banned TTP killed in Tank

    TANK, FEB 20 (APP): Four terrorists of a banned organization were killed when the security forces carried out a search operation in Ping , a sub-town of the semi autonomous region (Frontier Region) on Monday some 35 kilometers in the north-west of Tank on Monday. According to detail ,the security forces were persuading a search […]

  • Senate recommends Rs 0.5 mln for rulers of acceding states

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (APP): The Senate on Monday recommended Rs 0.5 million per annum Maintenance Allowance for Rulers of Acceding States asking National Assembly to pass the relevant bill. The Senate Standing Committee on Finance after deliberations on the proposed bill about the maintenance Allowance recommended to National Assembly, “the Rulers of Acceding States (Abolition […]

  • Hurriyet leaders hold anti-India demo in Srinagar

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (APP): As per the programme of joint resistance leadership, the leaders and activists of various pro-freedom organisations staged a protest demonstration at Hyderpora in held Srinagar and paid tributes to the Kashmiri political prisoners on Tuesday. According to Kashmir Media service, Hurriyet leaders, Noor Mohammad Kalwal, Raja Meraj-ud-Din Kalwal and Ghulam Nabi […]

  • Counter-terrorism / Combing Operation gears up in AJK

    MIRPUR (AJK), Feb 20 (APP): As many as 400 suspects including unlawful residents including un-registered Afghan nationals as well others belonging to FATA including North and South Waziristan Agencies as well as their local facilitators (buildings owners) were rounded up during last 24 hours in the continued search operation by the local law enforcement agencies […]