TTP chief rebuff?s death reports in second audio message
PESHAWAR: The reports about the death of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban, Pakistan (TTP) head Hakimullah Mehsud, on Saturday took a new twist when his spo
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Frustrated terrorists targeting innocent citizens: Bilour
PESHAWAR: Senior NWFP Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour Sunday said the terrorists? group has been unraveled and the frustrated terrorists are now targeting innocent citizens in bewilderment.
Addressing notables during visit to his constituency in Peshawar, the Senior Minister said it has been the objective of the terrorists since day one to inflict maximum damage to life and property by bomb blasts and suicide attacks and create chaos in the country. But our brave nation cannot be played with such cowardly acts and conspiracies, he added.
He said no one will be able to succeed in his nefarious designs.
Bashir Bilour said the present elected government has not allowed the process of development come to a halt despite facing a very difficult situation.
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? to launch housing loans for journalists
KARACHI: In his first visit to the KPC, NBP President Syed Ali Raza announced that the bank would devise a house finance product for the journalist co
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?Help for needy students in higher education?
LAHORE
PUNJAB Minister for Excise and Taxation, Transport and Education Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman has said that the Punjab government is making c
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Shahbaz terms education best weapon against extremism
GLASGOW: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif feels that education is the best weapon to defeat extremism.
Addressing the Glasgow City Council (GCC) here on Sunday, he said his government wants to improve the current state of Punjab for the change of fate of whole country.
He said that talks should be held with the GCC for its cooperation on police, traffic management and passenger transport systems.
Earlier, Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif was received at the council by GCC head Steven Purcell.
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Commission formed for children?s welfare
Karachi
Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister, Ms Sharmila Farooqui said on Saturday that the provincial government had formed a commission for welfa
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Today?s matches
Australia U19 v Ireland U19
at Queenstown
Bangladesh U19 v West
Indies U19 at Palmerston North
India U19 v Hong Kong U19
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Lawyers vow to foil ?conspiracies? against judiciary
Karachi
Leaders of the lawyers? community have vowed to safeguard the independence of the judiciary by resisting all ?conspiracies? against th
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?Cities being made unfriendly for poor?
Karachi
As a result of enormous amount of illegal money that was being funneled in real estate, ?poor-friendly cities? were been transformed in
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Power tariff to rise by 43pc over rental plants
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in its recent report, revealed that implementation of 14 rental power projects of 2,250 mega watts will result in 43 percent increase in electricity bills.
According to sources in Finance Ministry, ADB?s audit report states that rental power agreements were made in haste. It further says load shedding could end in two years even without the rental powerhouses.
Report says power tariff will climb over 31 percent if these 14 powerhouses are run on gas. Moreover, electricity bills will be increased to 24 percent if 8 rental power projects of 1,200 mega watts get implemented, while this will help end load shedding in one year?s time.
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