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Murad Ali Shah elected new Leader of the House in Sindh Assembly

  • KARACHI, (APP): Syed Murad Ali Shah, the nominee of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), was elected as the new Leader of the House in Sindh Assembly on Friday. There were two candidates in the run – Syed Murad Ali Shah, and Khurrum Sher Zaman of the Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI). Speaker of Sindh Assembly, Agha Siraj Durrani, […]

  • Rivers Indus, Ravi, Kabul flow in low flood

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said River Indus at Kalabagh and River Ravi at Shahdara are flowing in Low Flood while River Kabul is also running in low flood at Nowshera. According to daily FFC report here on Friday, all other main rivers including Rivers Jhelum, Chenab & Sutlej are flowing normal. […]

  • AJK elections set new political trend in country: Barjees

    ISLAMABAD,(APP): Federal Minister for Gilgit Baltistan and Kashmir Affairs, Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir on Friday said the recent election results in AJK had set a new political trend in Pakistan. The opposition parties those bite the dust in AJK elections were now worried about their political future, he said. In a statement, the minister said […]

  • Khawaja Asif confident to overcome load shedding by 2018

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif has expressed confidence to overcome load shedding by 2018 with the production of additional 11,000 MW power through under construction power projects. “It is a possibility and I am confident it will be done by 2018. Since 2014, we are supplying uninterrupted power and gas […]

  • Cyber Crimes bill smoothly sails through Senate

    ISLAMABAD:(APP): The Senate on Friday passed the Prevention of Electronics Crimes Billlunanimously with certain amendments, envisages 14-year imprisonment, Rs 5 million fine for cyber terrorism, seven-year imprisonment each for campaigning against innocent people on the internet, spreading hate material on the basis of ethnicity, religion and sect or taking part in child pornography. State Minister […]

  • On duty doctor found dead

    KARACHI, (APP): Dr Anil Kumar, a medical practioner on- duty in the ICU Ward of the Civil hospital here found suspeciously dead on Friday. The fellow doctors of Dr Anil Kumar informed the police that Dr. Anil was on routine duty in ICU ward. Police has started investigation into the suspicious death of Dr. Anil […]