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Kabul River floods Nowshera, red alert issued

PESHAWAR: Water levels of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Kabul River rose beyond normal levels in Nowshera and inundated at least 150 houses situated on its banks,...

No pay raise for govt employees in federal budget 2013-14

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has decided not to raise the salary of government employees in the federal budget 2013-14. A meeting of the federal cabinet,...

SC nullifies out-of-turn Shoulder Promotions in Sindh Police

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday declared null and void a new law of out-of-turn ‘Shoulder Promotions’ in Sindh Police. A three-member bench...

SC suspends arrest warrant against AG for 7 days

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday suspended arrest warrant of the Auditor General of Pakistan Muhammad Akhtar Buland Rana for...

Nepra increases electricity prices by 74 paisa per unit

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has notified an increase in electricity prices by 75 paisa per unit. A notification to this effect...

Govt removes IG Motorways over congratulatory ad

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Wednesday removed Inspector General (IG) Motorway Zafar Abbas Lak from his post after his reply to a show-cause notice...

Khawaja Asif vows to utilize all resources to overcome energy crisis

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power‚ Khawaja Asif has vowed that the government would utilize all resources for overcoming energy shortage. In an interview,he said...

Sindh Assembly calls for mandatory DNA tests in rape cases

KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution, tabled by Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) MPA Sharmila Farooqi, which calls for making DNA tests...

Chief justice takes suo motu notice of blasphemous content on internet

ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken suo motu notice on an application of a United Kingdom-based Pakistani, Barrister Amjad...

10 dead, 663 injured in 531 road traffic accidents in Punjab

LAHORE: Total 531 road traffic accidents were reported in Rescue 1122’s Provincial Monitoring Cell in all 36 Districts of Punjab during the last 24...

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