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PPP to not support any undemocratic step to oust govt: Khursheed Shah

  • ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah Wednesday said that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) would not support any undemocratic step to oustthe elected government. “Being a politician and worker of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s party, I will not support any undemocratic step to oust the elected […]

  • Negligence causes damge to `Billion Tree’ project in KPK

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s `Billion Tree Tsunami’ project has been marred by the local authorities’ negligence as thousands of tree-saplings planted in Peshawar’s Regi Lalma have disappeared few months after their plantation. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, in the hope that the plantation drive would mitigate climate change, had given its farmers free tree-saplings to plant across […]

  • Pakistan, China have a shared future: PM

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Pakistan and China have a shared future, with their all-weather relationship based upon shared principles and interests. Talking to Chairman Board of Directors Bank of China Tian Guoli here at PM House, the Prime Minister mentioned China’s great support to Pakistan in sectors […]

  • Posting, transfers of civil bureaucrats notified

    PESHAWAR, Oct 19 (APP): On the recommendation of the Provincial Selection Board, the Competent Authority has promoted the following Chief of Section (BS-19 acting charge)/Assistant Chief (BS-18), Planning & Development Department as Chief of Section (BS-19) on regular basis, with immediate effect. According to a notification of Planning & Development Department Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, […]

  • Students nurses’ stipend raised

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has announced four times increase in the monthly stipend of student nurses. According to a private news channel, student nurses serving in government hospitals will draw Rs20,000 monthly stipend as compared to their earlier monthly stipend of Rs5000. The student nurses said it would help them overcome their […]

  • Culture of raids, crackdowns denounced in IOK

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (APP): Hurriyet leaders and organizations, in occupied Kashmir, have condemned the culture of raids and crackdowns being promoted by Indian army, police and paramilitary forces across the Valley particularly in Baramulla district. According to Kashmir Media Service,Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) General Secretary Nahida Nasreen in a statement severely condemned the use of brute force […]