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Proper use of British aid yielding positive results: Theresa May

  • LAHORE, July 13 (APP): New British Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May on Wednesday appreciated efforts and commitment of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif regarding correct use of British aid in the province. She said due to personal interest taken by Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, proper utilization of British aid had yielded positive results. […]

  • Pakistan calls for plebiscite in strife-torn Indian occupied Kashmir as it raises issue at UN

    UNITED NATIONS, July 14(APP): With the situation in Indian occupied Kashmir sharply deteriorating, Pakistan raised the issue in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, making a clarion call for allowing the oppressed Kashmiri people their UN-pledged right to self-determination to establish peace and security in South Asia. “The denial of self-determination to the people […]

  • Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz arrested in Srinagar

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Indian police arrested the All Parties Hurriyet Conference Chairman, Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, in Hyderpora area of Srinagar, Wednesday, when they defied curfew and tried to march towards Naqashband Sahib in the city on the occasion of the Kashmir Martyrs’ Day. According to a private news channel, Ali Geelani and […]

  • PPP, PTI to face great challenge to prove baseless charges against PM in ECP

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would face a great challenge to prove baseless charges they have levelled against the Prime Minister after filing reference with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Commenting on this move of PPP and PTI, senior politicians and lawyers on Wednesday predicted that PTI and PPP […]

  • PAF is well equipped, updated force: Air Chief

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Suhail Aman on Wednesday said that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is well equipped and an updated force. “Our feet are on ground,” he told a questioner while a brief media chat here at Nur Khan Airbase on arrival of PAF’s C-130 aircraft that was awarded trophy […]

  • Pakistan to continue to support Kashmir cause; PM

    LAHORE, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said the government and people of Pakistan respect the sentiments of their Kashmiri brethren and will continue to support the Kashmir cause at every internationally fora. He was talking to Chairman Special Committee of the Parliament on Kashmir and President JUI-F Maulana Fazlur Rehman who called on the […]