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Govt took several development initiatives for GB : PM

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the government has taken various developmental initiatives for socio-economic development of Gilgit-Baltistan and said he would soon visit the area to review progress on different projects. He was talking to Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan Hafiz Hafeez Ur Rehman who called on him here at the PM […]

  • Market rates of bullion in Multan

    MULTAN, (APP)-Following bullion rates were received from markets here on Thursday, 2016: BULLION (PER 10 GRAM) ===================== GOLD TEZABI-24 CT—- 44920.00 GOLD 22 CT————-41070.00 SILVER TEZABI————651.00 SILVER THOBI————-597.00

  • Need to be united to settle decades-old dispute: Baligh-ur-Rehman

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Minister of State for Interior and Narcotics Control, Baligh-ur-Rehman said on Thursday that decades- old dispute of Indian held Kashmir cannot be settled without unity. Talking to Radio Pakistan he said Pakistan would continue its support to the just cause of the Kashmiris at every forum. Replying to a question, he said Pakistan […]

  • Soldiers raid village in Indian Kashmir, one dead

    SRINAGAR, India, (APP/AFP) – The Indian soldiers raided a village in restiveve Indian-occupied Kashmir overnight in an attempt to quash ongoing protests, leaving one civilian dead and dozens injured, police and witnesses said Thursday. Villagers said soldiers from a nearby Indian army camp ransacked homes in Khrew village and beat residents with bamboo sticks, leading […]

  • PM to “forcefully” highlight Kashmir issue at UNGA session: FO

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif will “forcefully” present Pakistan’s stance on the state-terrorism in Indian-held Kashmir at the upcoming session of UN General Assembly in New York next month, the Foreign Office said Thursday. “The Prime Minister is going to take this issue very forcefully at the UN platform,” Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said […]

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    Fake marking, absentee teachers destroy Balochistan youth: Zehri

    QUETTA, (APP): Chief Minister Balochistan, Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri has expressed his annoyance over fake marking on examination answer sheets and absence of teachers at Government schools, saying absentee teachers have destroyed the future of our generations. He lamented that teachers had been drawing salaries by sitting indoor instead attending their duties at schools. He […]