…as TUJ announces interim committee to conduct elections LANDIKOTAL: After the hectic efforts of senior journalists Tribal Union of Journalists(TUJ) announced interim committee to conduct elections across the merged districts in the coming six months. In this connection, a grand meeting of merged districts based journalists was held here in Hayatabad which was attended by
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…over 1000 students have enrolled in Aziz Jan PESHAWAR: A seminar on the importance education in Islam was arranged at Aziz Jan Institutue of Learning on Sunday. A number of religious scholars,Islamic educators,parents and students participated in the seminar. The theme of seminar was the “importance of education in Islam and its role”. Renowned Pakistani-American
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…Says smooth trade relation with Afghanistan would also increase jobs for indigenous people. PESHAWAR: A senior custom official on Thursday said that trade with Afghanistan rapiddly increasing as Pakistan exported 161 million dollars goods to Afghan in the past three months via Torkham border. Talking to The News collector custom Torkham Amjad-ur-Rehman said that not
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30 kilogram of heroin, 11 kilogram Ice drug, others recovered LANDIKOTAL: Police raided a compound in Sheikhmalkhel village in Landikotal tehsil and recovered a bulk of heroin and arrested two persons on the spot, police said on Thursday. Station House Officer of Landikotal police station Akbar Khan said that on the basis of a tip-off
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‘Dr Altafullah Khan said that journalism has a key role to help maintain peace and harmony in the Society’ LAHORE: Oslo Metropolitan University in collaboration with Forman Christian College Lahore organized a three-day training workshop for working journalists and journalism teachers in Lahore. The workshop was themed as “Peace journalism workshop and onslaught of social
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‘The earthquake of October 8, 2005, severely damaged the university as more than 200 students, six faculty members, and staff died in this disaster’ MUZAFFARABAD: A special prayer ceremony was held at the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK) to pay tribute to the victims of the catastrophe, which claimed the lives of thousands
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‘President Alvi said that 60 per cent of the population of the country was comprised of youth’ ISLAMABAD : President of Pakistam doctor Arif Alvi on Wednesday said that bringing street children and over 20 million out-of-school children into the formal education stream is of paramount importance for converting them into valuable and productive human
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‘Zaheerul Islam urged all the training participants to uphold full dedication, sincerity, loyalty and politeness while working in the offices’ PESHAWAR: German Non-profit organization GIZ-Pakistan in collaboration with the Local Governance School (LGS) and the Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department (LGE&RDD) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), organized three trainings (3-day each) workshops on the
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‘The Pakistani government and people of Pakistan extend their profound and heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families’ ISLAMABAD: At least twenty people were reportedly killed while dozens others injured in a blast took place in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Initial reports said that more than 20 people were killed while around thirty others wounded
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‘The Chinese health clinic is situated near the famouse Peshawari Ice-cream shop in Karachi Saddar’ KARACHI: A Chinese killed while two others wounded when gunmen sprayed bullets on a health clinic being run by Chinese in Saddar area, sources said on Wednesday. An official told this scribe that unidentified gunmen broke into the health clinic
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PESHAWAR: Besides the Pakistani authorities, Family members and well-wishers of the young man from Mardan who was shot dead recently in Canada on Monday asked the Canadian government to take steps to arrest the murderers and provide protection to Muslims to curb such tragic incidents in future. “A 20-year-old, Mustafa Khan, known as Prince, was
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ISLAMABAD, The American actor and humanitarian Angelina Jolie visited Pakistan to meet victims of the recent floods and raise fundings for the relief and rehabilitation of millions of people of Pakistan. As part of Angelina’s tour, she visited the National Flood Response Coordination Centre on Wednesday. Ahsan Iqbal, who serves as the deputy chairman of
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LANDIKOTAL: Torkham Mazdoor(Labourers) union and porters on Tuesday staged a protest demonstration in Torkham border against the hard and fast restrictions on the border with Afghanistan. A large number of labourers and daily wagers gathered at Zero point near Torkham Nadra offices and asked the authoritiee to relax the border crossing for local residents. The
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PESHAWAR: A ceremony was held here in Peshawar in which a number of projects completed in the Newly Merged Districts(NMDs) were reviewed. The ceremony was hosted by the US consulate genreal in Peshawar. A number of officials of the US consulate general Peshawar and concerned departments officials of the Khyber Pakhunkhwa government attended the project completion cermony.
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PESHAWAR: Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO), Dr. Asif Mehmood Jah has said that due to confidence of general masses and tax payers, the performance of FTO is improving with each passing day. He expressed these views while speaking to a delegation of businessmen led by Vice President Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) and
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