PAKISTAN: The protest sit-in launched by all political parties, traders’ unions and civil society members against the prevailing lawlessness in Bajaur tribal district continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Local leaders of various political parties, including former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Shaukatullah Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl district chief Maulana Abdur Rashid, PPP’s former member National
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TORKHAM BORDER: Khpal Walk Pakhtunistan movement patron in chief doctor Khan Baba along with his supporters and followers held a forty kilometers long walk from Bab-e-Khyber to recored their protest at Torkham border against the visa policy for Pashtuns living in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Doctor Khan Baba and a few dozens of supporters started their
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PAKISTAN: Pakistan’s former prime minister and Chairman Pakistan Twhreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan has condemned the attack on Salman Rushdie, describing it as “terrible” and “sad”, and said that while the anger of the Islamic world at Rushdie’s book The Satanic Verses was understandable, it could not justify the assault, The Guardian reported. Khan also said he
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PAKISTAN: Three children were injured when a veranda fell down in farflung Bazar Zakhakhel area of Landikotal tehsil, officials said on Friday. They said that due to heavy rain, veranda of the home of Mulakhel all of a sudden caved in and burried the children alive. Neighbours who heard about the incident rushed to the
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PAKISTAN: The customs department has established currency declaration counters at all airports where passengers travelling on international routes are bound to declare volume of foreign currencies at both arrivals and departures. “Adult passengers travelling on international routes are allowed to carry a maximum of $10,000 on each visit. The limit for children aged less than
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency(FIA) on Wednesday held a Roundtable Discussion with different walks of life and discussed various social issues related to human trafficking. Participants at the meeting, which held at FIA Headquarters, were Journalists, Media personalities, Educationists and Travel Agents. The event was conducted with the collaboration of United Nations office on drugs and Crime –UNODC,
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PESHAWAR: Two officers guarding a polio vaccination team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were shot dead by unidentified assailants, police said Tuesday, the latest deaths in an ongoing campaign to eradicate the disease. “Two gunmen hiding near a small water channel opened fire on the policemen from a very close range,” senior officer Waqar Ahmad Khan said.
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PESHAWAR: Three persons, including chairman of the Khar Tehsil Council Said Badshah, sustained injuries when their vehicle was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Chinar area of the Salarzai tehsil in Bajaur tribal district on Monday. Local residents and eyewitnesses said that Said Badshah, his nephew and Maulana Ziaullah Jan Haqqani were
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KARACHI: The British Council has entered into a partnership with the Koel Gallery to showcase art for climate change in connection with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan. An art exhibition under the joint venture, titled ‘Saahil Ki Kahaaniyan – Stories from the Coast’, started at the Koel Gallery on August 12 and will continue till August
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PAKISTAN: Medicines dealers and health staff of District Headquaters Hospital on Saturday observed a shutdown strike to record their protest against the privatization of the hospital. A large number of health staff including doctors and nurses, local elders and political parties leaders attended the protest demonstration held out side the hospital. They were holding banners
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