In order to encourage youth to take part in healthy activities the DC Chitral personally undertook rock climbing. (DESPARDES/PKONWEB) — A four-day festival kicked off on Thursday in Chitral, the northernmost part of Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Chitral, the largest district of KP, shares border with Gilgit-Baltistan to the east, with Kunar, Badakshan and […]
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(PKONWEB) — The Pakistani Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Khan Hasham bin Saddique called on Secretary General Dr. Yousaf A. Al-Othaimeen on Wednesday at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) secretariat in Jeddah. Amb. Saddique thanked the Secretary General for his statement on recent violence by the Indian forces against innocent Kashmiris and for condemning the […]
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(BE2C2 Report); IRSHAD SALIM — Some 9 million Pakistanis are now abroad and in two different broad categories: Pakistanis working overseas mostly in the Middle East (NICOP card holders), and those who have switched citizenship or hold dual nationality, and are living and working abroad over the years (Pakistani Diaspora holding POC cards). Almost 99 […]
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(BE2C2 Report by Irshad Salim) — Karachi draws its water mainly from the Keenjhar Lake, a man-made reservoir about 150km from the city, which, in turn, gets the water from what’s left of the Indus River after it completes its winding 3,200km journey through Pakistan and into the Arabian Sea. Through a network of canals […]
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(PKONWEB) — PNS Alamgir was on a 4-day visit to Jeddah Port after long and tiring 50 days operational duty at sea including a stop in Oman to celebrate Pakistan Day on 23rd March. During its port stop at Saudi western seabord, Mr. Tasawar Iqbal, Commanding Officer of Pakistan Naval ship PNS Alamgir, held a […]
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(PKONWEB) — Cricket’s Asia Cup has been moved from India to the UAE over Pakistan’s refusal to cross the border, as relations simmer between the arch rivals, the Asian Cricket Council said Tuesday. The multi-million dollar biennial cricketing event was due to be held in India in September, sparking protests from the Pakistan Cricket Board […]
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(BE2C2) — Media Matters, one of Pakistan’s leading public relations firms, has announced its affiliation with Grayling, a world-leading communications solutions provider. The Karachi-based PR and strategic communication firm is also the pioneer of live in-house news monitoring in the Pakistani PR industry and excels in Digital PR. Jon Meakin, Grayling’s Global Head of Strategic […]
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(PKONWEB News Monitor) — The Sindh Finance Department has admitted that Rs 10 billion (US$95 million) has so far been spent on 18 Reverse Osmosis (RO) water filtration plants for two areas – Keamari and Lyari – from 2010 to December 2017. Official report of the department revealed that Pak Oasis Company had been paid […]
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(PKONWEB) — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Fawad Chaudhry said the party supported a separate province for the people of South Punjab. Fawad while addressing a press conference at the party’s chairman secretariat in Lahore on Monday commented on the presser of eight PML-N leaders from South Punjab who demanded new provinces “for the security […]
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(PKONWEB) — With general elections expected to be held this summer, things don’t seem to be going too well with Pakistan Peoples Party as many influential political families of Sindh– PPP’s traditional stronghold, are reportedly interested in joining other political parties or independent groups. PPP was in power in province of Sindh and in the […]
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“This is not a kingdom where anyone can go around doing whatever they feel like” (PKONWEB) — The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took suo motu notice of losses amounting to Rs60 billion (US$545 million) that have been incurred by Pakistan Railways, one of the several state-run and loss-making enterprises like the […]
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(DESPARDES/PKONWEB) — Pakistan’s Ambassador to the U.S. Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry on Friday addressed Pakistani, American and International media representatives highlighting latest developments in Indian Occupied Himalayan Valley of Kashmir on the occasion of Kashmir Solidarity Day held at the Embassy in Washington. A day earlier the Pakistani envoy addressed a group of students from George […]
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(PKONWEB) — Defense Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan confirmed to Russian media outlet Sputnik that Islamabad was in talks with Moscow on the issue of purchasing air defense systems, adding that Pakistan was interested in such weapons. “Air defense system is a different kind of weapon we are interested. We are very much interested in a […]
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(PKONWEB) — The State Bank of Pakistan has advised the general public that virtual currencies like Bitcoin, Litcoin, Pakcoin, DasCoin, Pay Diamond etc are neither recognized as legal tender nor the central bank has authorized or licensed any individual or entity for the issuance, sale purchase, exchange or investment in any such currency in Pakistan. […]
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Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will share evidence of cross-border terrorism with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on his visit to Kabul Friday, report The Nation citing diplomatic sources. (PKONWEB) — Pakistan’s prime minister is in Afghanistan for a day-long visit many see as an effort to ease strained relations between the two neighbors and revive […]
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(PKONWEB) — The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar Thursday once again dismissed rumors of the possibility of a “judicial martial law” being imposed in the country, saying there is no provision in the Constitution that allows for such a move. Justice Nisar said he could only laugh at the talk of a ‘judicial […]
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(BE2C2) — The Pakistan government is considering imposing tax on foreign remittances exceeding $100,000 a year to plug a hole being used for whitening black money in the country. Under Section 111(4)(a) of the Income Tax Ordinance, the government cannot ask the source of foreign remittance. The Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and the Supreme […]
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(PKONWEB) — The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has reportedly identified major irregularities in Prime Minister Laptop Scheme (PMLS) run under the supervision of Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. Reports say a local company violated contract with HEC by procuring locally manufactured laptops against terms of the agreement set forth in the tender. As a […]
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(DESPARDES/PKONWEB) — A senior Dubai police official has tweeted that “Indians are disciplined… while sedition, criminality and smuggling in the Pakistani community are rampant.” Head of General Security for Dubai, Dhahi Khalfan, tweeted: “The Pakistanis pose a serious threat to the Gulf communities because they bring drugs to our countries.” The statements were posted on […]
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IRSHAD SALIM — Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is all set to lead a 23-party alliance in the general elections this summer. The alliance would constitute a third force in national politics– it is being considered an equalizer albeit pressure group, several observers say, as the triangular contest between ruling PML-N, PTI and PPP parties […]
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