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Rs 131 mln being used for Badin coal reserves’ appraisal

  • ISLAMABAD,(MILLAT+APP): The government is spending Rs 131.619 million for appraisal of huge coal reserves confirmed by the Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) in the year 2014 after extensive drillings started since 2012. “Rs 131.619 mln will be used for appraisal of newly discovered coal resources in Badin and its adjoining areas of Southern Sindh,” official […]

  • DeM denounces re-arrest of Sarjan Barkati

    ISLAMABAD,(MILLAT+APP): Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) has strongly condemned the re-arrest of Hurriyet activist, Sarjan Barkati, after his detention under draconian law, Public Safety Act (PSA), was quashed by the court in Indian occupied Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, DeM General Secretary, Nahida Nasreen in a statement issued in Held Srinagar termed the re-arrest of Sarjan Barkati […]

  • Bilawal, Zardari to contest by-election on common symbol

    KARACHI, (MILLAT+APP): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Peoples Party-Parliamentarian (PPPP) have decided that PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and PPPP President Asif Ali Zardari will contest by-elections on National Assembly seats on common electoral symbol of arrow. An application for allotment of common electoral symbol shall be submitted with Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) […]

  • Kashmir-Moot–2–ISLAMABAD

    Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said, “We condemn such measures as complete violation of international law and United Nations Security Council Resolutions and call upon India to desist from taking any action that could alter the demography of IoK. He said July 8, 2016, which marks the extra judicial murder […]

  • Supreme Court adjourns Panama Papers hearing till tomorrow (Friday)

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): The Supreme Court Thursday adjourned hearing of four identical petitions filed by PTI and others seeking investigation into the Panama Papers till tomorrow (Friday). A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa and comprising Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Ijaz Afzal Khan, Justice Gulzar Ahmad and […]

  • PESCO notifies power shutdown notice for Hayatabad, Peshawar City

    PESHAWAR, MILLAT+(APP): The PESCO authorities here Thursday issued power shutdown notice for Hayatabad due to maintenance work. According to PESCO, power supply will remain suspended from 132 KV Jamrud grid station on 7th January from 9 am to3 pm and resultantly the consumers of 11 KV Mohmand steel, Express-1, 2, Olympia, PPI-2, PCB, Cendey centre, […]