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By A Special Correspondent Houston: A mammoth gathering on Sunday, March 17, at the Bayou City Center in Houston of over 2,000 persons made it again the largest Iftar Dinner event in the United States. The Silver Jubilee of America’s largest Annual Houston Iftar Dinner has  been organized for the past many years by the Muslim Sister Cities of Houston, …

By: our corespondents Dallas: The Dallas community mourns the demise of a respected personality, Abdul Latif Khan Khanzada, respected social activist and eminent journalist of Geo News.Daily jang Raja Zahid Khanzada’s father, one Abdul Latif Khan Khanzada passed away peacefully after a very short illness, leaving a memory in the hearts of all who knew him. The funeral prayer of …

LAHORE: Nearly 10,000 acres owned by Pakistan Railways (PR) is in illegal occupation of people and most of them are using the land for residential purposes across the country. However, despite various issues, the railways hopes to achieve its land revenue collection target of Rs5bn in the current financial year ending on June 30, Dawn has learnt. “As much as 9,644 acres …

ISLAMABAD: Presi­dent Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred military awards on officers and soldiers of the Army, Navy and Air Force. One Sitara-i-Basalat, 135 Tamgha-i-Basalat, 45 Imtiazi Asnad, 148 Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Commendation Cards, 23 Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military), 109 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 137 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Mili­tary) were awarded to officers and soldiers, said a statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations …

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday conferred Pakistan’s highest civil awards on a number of Pakistani citizens as well as foreign nationals in recognition of their distinction, excellence, contributions, and show of valour in different fields, including Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Fawad Hasan Fawad, Qaim Ali Shah, and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The awards were announced on Aug 14, 2023. …

ISLAMABAD: Former attorney general for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Saturday explained that he wanted a proper inquiry into the serious allegations levelled by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, though he was unaware of any previous government letter in this regard. Mr Khan said he, as the then first law officer, and not Anwar Mansoor, had furnished a letter dated June 10, …

QUETTA: Armed men kidnapped three coal miners in the Duki coal field area of Balochistan on Friday night, officials said. The officials said miners were identified as Johar Khan Ishaqzai, Shah Khan and Bacha Khan Yousafzai and two of them belonged to Shangla area of Swat while the third one hailed from Quetta. A heavy contingent of Levies Force and …

ISLAMABAD: Paki­stan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) founding chairman Imran Khan on the occasion of Pakistan Day has vowed his party is committed to make Pakistan a truly sovereign Islamic welfare state, as the nation will not accept slavery. In his message issued by the PTI’s media wing on Saturday, Mr Khan vowed to continue struggle for the rule of law and ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’ …

LAHORE: Adding another layer of cruelty to the already vicious business of human trafficking, notorious human smugglers have started taking advantage of Pakistani immigrants trying to illegally reach Europe via Iran by holding them for ransom. The smugglers in Pakistan with the help of their sub-agents detain and torture immigrants aspiring to reach Europe, film the ordeal, and send it …

RAWALPINDI: Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) has announced that it would be taking several measures to ensure provision of clean drinking water to citizens, including repairing and renovating mini-filtration plants across the city, adding chlorine to improve water quality and replacing filters in purification plants on time. This was stated by acting managing director of Wasa Mohammad Salim Ashraf at …