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Manzoor Wassan condemns Quetta attack

  • KARACHI, Oct 25 (APP): Sindh Minister for Industries, Manzoor Hussain Wassan has condemned the terrorist attack on Police Training Centre in Quetta which claimed about 59 lives and 116 injured. He regretted on the martyrdom of police personnel, said a statement issued here. He said terrorists and their heads cannot escape from the grip of […]

  • Experts urge for screening of couples to identify thalassemia carriers

    SUKKUR, Oct 25 (APP): Medical experts have urged for mandatory screening of couples to identify thalassemia carriers followed by genetic counseling and prenatal diagnosis so as to reduce number of children born with the ailment. Speaking at a session arranged to launch thalassemia screening of medical students and doctors, under the aegis of Ghulam Muhammad […]

  • Policeman martyred in blast

    PESHAWAR, Oct 25 (APP): A policeman was martyred and another injured in a roadside bomb blast at Daudzai area here Tuesday morning. Police said constables Nazir Khan and Laiquat Khan were targeted near a private school with a remote controlled bomb planted on Charsadda-Peshawar road in the limits of Daudzai police station.As a result, Nazir […]

  • Qayoom Soomro condemns Quetta attack

    SUKKUR, Oct 25 (APP): Advisor to Sindh Chief Minister for Religious Affairs and Zakat & Usher, Dr Abdul Qayoom Soomro has strongly condemned the attack on Police Training Centre in Quetta. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, Dr Soomro prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls and strength to the bereaved families to […]

  • Lok Virsa to screen film “Baazi” on Oct 29

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (APP): Lok Virsa Mandwa Film Club would organize screening of film “Baazi” on October 29 at Virsa Media Centre. An official of Lok Virsa told APP that leading lady of film ‘Baazi’, Nisho Begum will be the chief guest on the occasion. She will attend the film screening and meet her fans […]

  • KP govt to close schools having less than 50 students

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 25 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to shut down those government schools having less 50students. District education officers in Upper Dir and Swat have issued notifications in this regard urging headmasters of the government schools to expedite their efforts to increase the students’ strength in their schools within one month, otherwise the […]