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Govt to initiate five years plan for FATA development

  • ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): The Federal Government has chalked out a five years plan for the development of Khyber, Orakzai, North and South Waziristan Agencies. According to Radio Pakistan, Sources of FATA Secretariat informed that the programme would be launched next month with the financial assistance of European Union and Germany. The EU and Germany have agreed […]

  • Construction work of Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway likely to start before next June

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): Construction work of 296 km Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway is expected to start before June next year subject to receiving a workable proposal. An official of National Highway Authority told APP Wednesday that Expression of Interest (EOI) were invited from interested parties to qualify potential bidders for inviting bids for the project in October which […]

  • Two killed, 10 injured as school rickshaw rams into trailer

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): At least two people were killed while ten others sustained severe injuries as school rickshaw rammed into trailer due to fog in Pattoki on Wednesday. According to Private news channel, the incident took place when a rickshaw carrying school children collided with trailer parked near toll plaza in Pattoki’s Gagha Chak 29. A […]

  • PM to inaugurate road network in Balochistan

    ISLAMABAD(MILLAT+ APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has left for Baluchistan to inaugurate the upgradation, widening and strengthening of 448 Km long Surab – Hoshab Road (N-85) completed at a cost of approximately Rs. 22,028 million. The project contractor – Frontier Works Organization (FWO) has completed 16 Bridges,1502 Culverts at N-85. The project links Gwadar […]

  • IFJ resolution condemns attacks, curbs on media in Kashmir

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) while strongly condemning the attacks and restrictions on media reporting in Jammu and Kashmir has expressed solidarity with the journalists in the conflict-ridden territory. According to Kashmir Media Service (KMS), this was said in a resolution adopted at a meeting of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) […]

  • World urged to help stop rights violations in Kashmir

    ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT+APP): The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League in occupied Kashmir, have urged the international community especially the United Nations (UN) to help bring an end to the gross human rights violations being perpetrated by the Indian armed forces in Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service […]