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ISLAMABAD, May 24 :The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday instructed the Islamabad police to facilitate the former interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed for approaching the court. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by Awami Muslim League (AML)’s Chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed and Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s …

ISLAMABAD, May 24 : Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif was on Tuesday presented a detailed report about the ongoing firefighting operation to control the wildfire in Baluchistan. According to the report presented by the provincial government, rescue measures to check the wildfire in Baluchistan’s Sherani and Musakhel districts have been …

ISLAMABAD-Minister for Interior Rana Sana Ullah on Tuesday vowed that the Federal Capital would be kept free of ‘any miscreants’ who would try to disrupt the public life and activity as the protection of life and property was the prime responsibility of the government. The life and property in Islamabad …

ISLAMABAD, May 24 The federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the formation of a special committee, under the federal law minister, with a mandate to hold consultations with all the relevant institutions and experts on the issue of enforced disappearances. During the meeting of the federal cabinet held here under his …

A new study blames pollution of all types for 9 million deaths a year globally, with the death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks, and industry rising 55% since 2000. That increase is offset by fewer pollution deaths from primitive indoor stoves and water contaminated with human and …

BEIJING, May 23 :In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology on 20 May, Chinese and Pakistani scholars proposed to set up a CPEC-related digital transformation center. Researchers from Xian Jiao Tong University, Xi’an, China, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan, and Chinese University …

Prof Zulfiqar Bhutta of the Aga Khan University (AKU) has been named among the top 100 medicine scientists in the first edition of Research.com’s top scientists ranking for medicine. According to a statement, the rating is based on criteria that include the h-index, which indicates how productive and influential a …

Amid rising oil consumption and import bill owing to higher international prices, the government is examining the possibility of fuel conservation through reduced working days a week. It hopes to save an estimated annual foreign exchange of up to $2.7 billion. In the first case based on four working days …

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday raised the benchmark policy rate by 150 basis points (bps) to 13.75% for the next six weeks to maintain the balance between inflation and economic growth. The central bank believes that this “effective action” was important to anchor inflation expectations and maintain …

In a shocking incident, two Faisalabad women were allegedly gang-raped by seven men at the government building in Faisalabad. According to FIR registered with Faisalabad, two women were allegedly gang-raped by unknown men at the health department building in Faisalabad. Police have registered a case at the Civil Line Police …