ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday accorded approval to several agenda items including Prime Minister’s Sustainable Development Goals Programme and the SAARC Agreement of Motor Vehicles and Railways for Intra-Regional Connectivity. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here at PM House, also approved change of Rs. 5 coin and introduction of […]
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Cabinet approves PM’s SDG programme, SAARC vehicles agreement
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Hurriyet forum condemns arrest spree in IOK
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (APP): The forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Indian held Kashmir, has strongly condemned arbitrary arrests and slapping of draconian Public Safety Act (PSA) against youth and Hurriyet activists at will across the Kashmir Valley. The forum spokesman in a statement issued in Held Srinagar said that the arrest of Advocate […]
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Nation determined to thwart conspiracies against CPEC: GB CM
GILGIT, Aug 31 (APP): Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman on Wednesday said the nation was determined to thwart conspiracies against the China-Paksitan Economic Corridor which would prove to be a game changer for the entire region. Speaking in the inaugural session of the two-day seminar on “China-Paksitan Economic Corridor – Harbinger of Prosperity” at […]
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Indian forces attack journalist’s house in Srinagar
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (APP): The personnel of Indian police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force attacked and damaged the house of a senior photojournalist and harassed the inmates in Srinagar. The armed personnel barged into the house of photojournalist, Danish Ismail, in Firdousabad locality of Batamaloo in Srinagar and ransacked the house besides abusing and […]
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Three JKPL activists booked under black law PSA in IOK
ISLAMABAD, (APP): Occupation authorities in Indian occupied Kashmir have booked three members of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) led by Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, under black law, Public Safety Act (PSA). According to Kashmir Media Service, the JKPL leaders who have been slapped with the PSA include Engineer Fayyaz Ahmad, Ghulam Nabi Lone and Bilal […]
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Afghan refugees returning home being fully facilitated: UNHCR
ISLAMABAD, (APP): UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said that Afghan refugees are being facilitated during repatriation to their homeland. UN High Commissioner for Refugees said that Afghan refugees living in Pakistan are being provided every possible facilities while returning their homeland, reported a private news channel. Those willingly returning are also being provided cash […]