ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): Following successful completion and execution of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metro Bus Service (MBS)project, people travelling on Rawat-Islamabad route have demanded a similar mega transit scheme. The commuters, who daily travel on different routes of the Federal Capital, especially Sihala-District Courts and Rawat-Islamabad, are facing acute shortage of decent public transport as they […]
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Commuters demand Metro Bus Service on Rawat-Islamabad route
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People reject PTI sit-in politics: Nadeem Kamran
CHICHAWATNI, Oct 15 (APP): Provincial Minister for Zakat and Ushr, Malik Nadeem Kamran said on Saturday that PTI Chairman Imran Khan wanted to create uncertainty in the country through protests and sit-ins politics. Addressing a ceremony here, he said the government had started a process of development in the country, but the PTI leadership wanted […]
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Free medical camp in Khyber Agency
PESHAWAR, Oct 15 (APP): Directorate of FATA Health Services on Saturday arranged free medical camp in Barra area of Khyber Agency. A qualified team of medical professionals examined 5,582 patients and provided them medicines. Needy patients were also provided facilities of Hepatitis B and C screening tests. FATA officials said that camps are part of […]
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Pakistan committed to peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue: PM
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct 15 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Saturday said Kashmir was main cause of unrest in the region and India must show seriousness for resolution of the issue and honour its commitment, under United Nations Security Council Resolutions. He said Pakistan was committed to peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue as it […]
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60 percent of patients in IOK have bleak chances to regain eyesight
ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (APP): Sixty percent of the people, in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), who suffered eye injuries due to the pelletsfired by Indian forces on protesters during the ongoing mass uprising have very bleak chances to regain eyesight. Dr Tariq Qureshi head of the department of Ophthalmology SMHS Hospital told media men that of […]
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Pakistan says exceptions to non-proliferation rules undermining
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 15 (APP): Pakistan has called for anon-discriminatory order to promote global nuclear disarmament as “exceptions” created by some major powers from long-held non-proliferation rules — an obvious reference to US-India nuclear deal — were undermining regional strategic stability. “These ‘special arrangements’ not only denote double standards, but also aid in vertical proliferation […]