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Marvi Memon due in Quetta on Saturday

  • QUETTA, Oct 13 (APP): Chairperson, Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) and Minister of State, Ms. Marvi Memon will be arriving in the provincial capital for a two-day visit on Saturday, October 15 in connection with attending programs to be held under BISP. Officials of BISP Balochistan said that the Minister will attend a ceremony to […]

  • Sanaullah says govt made best security for peaceful Ashura

    LAHORE,Oct 23 (APP)-Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan Thursday said owing to best security plan the government succeeded in maintaining peace on Youm-e-Ashur ,tenth of Moharram. He credited all elected members,police,officials of government departments as well as law enforcement agencies for coordinated efforts to ensure peaceful culmination of Ashura processions. In a brief statement he […]

  • Hot, dry weather forecast

    LAHORE, Oct 13 (APP): Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, including the city,during the next 24 hours. According to the Met office, weather remained hot and dry in the provincial capital with the maximum temperature 34 degrees celsius on Thursday.

  • Three dead, two injured in road accident

    DERA MURAD JAMALI, Oct 13 (APP): Three persons have died and two others have suffered injuries as their motorcycles collided head on near Dera Murad Jamali town, said police here on Thursday. Two speedy motorcycles collided head on near a gasoline station on national highway, resulting in injuring of five people. The injured were rushed […]

  • Two killed on road

    SARGODHA, Oct 13 (APP): Two men were killed in accidents near here on Thursday. Police said Faisal Ahmed of Waan Bachraan was travelling by a car when a passenger van collided with it on Khushab Road. As a result, Faisal died instantly. Meanwhile, a speeding truck hit and killed motorcyclist Ghulam Murtaza on Khushab Road […]

  • Pakistani students in Sri Lanka on exchange programme

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 13 (APP): A 10-member student delegation from Modernage Public School and College, Abbottabad is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka on an exchange programme. Led by School Principal Abdul Wahid Mir, the delegation will be in Sri Lanka under the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Youth Exchange Programme, arranged by Ministry of National Policy and […]