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Removal of untrained guards from Chinese installations in Rawalpindi ordered


March 18, 2024

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab Home Department has directed the city police officer and the deputy commissioner to send notices to the managements of Chinese installations (non-CPEC) to disengage self-recruited security guards forthwith or get them trained by government-approved institutions. The project managements of non-CPEC installations were to be issued a deadline of one week to get their security guards trained from …

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CDA unmoved by Islamabad’s growing housing crisis


March 18, 2024

ISLAMABAD: As the federal capital faces an acute housing crisis due to a population boom, the Capital Development Agency (CDA) seems least interested in the development of at least six residential sectors which are expected to add as many as 20,000 plots to the burgeoning housing market. Due to various reasons, the development work in E-12 and C-16 is barely …

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Air chief gets one-year extension


March 18, 2024

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday granted a one-year extension to Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhu. The prime minister had sent the advisory of the Air Chief Marshal’s extension to President Asif Ali Zardari and granted him extension after his approval. However, no official statement was issued on the development. ACM Zaheer Babar is a four-star air …

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Voting trends indicate generational desire for change, says US diplomat


March 18, 2024

UNITED NATIONS: Voting trends in the February 8 elections demonstrated that there is a strong desire for change among the Pakistani youth, according to a senior US diplomat. The remarks by Elizabeth Horst, a senior US diplomat overseeing Pakistan affairs at the State Depart­ment, came during a seminar held on the sidelines of an ongoing UN debate on the nexus between gender …

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Online land record services for expats to start next month


March 18, 2024

ISLAMABAD: The government has finalised technical and operational details for providing online digital land record services to overseas Pakistanis through its foreign missions abroad and is set to formally launch the programme next month, starting from Saudi Arabia, to attract foreign inflows. This initiative will expand to other countries with large Pakistani diasporas such as the UAE, US, and UK …

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PTI continues to ‘repent’ alliance with seatless SIC


March 18, 2024

KARACHI: The coalition of convenience between PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) remains strained due to conflicting statements from leaders of both parties. While more PTI leaders, in retrospect, are calling the alliance a mistake, the SIC head has warned that such statements would damage Imran Khan’s party. Now, PTI leader Walid Iqbal has also joined the likes of …

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Caretakers’ candidature for Senate ‘unconstitutional’: PTI


March 18, 2024

KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cast fresh doubts on the participation of individuals who were members of the caretaker set-up in the upcoming Senate polls, saying that the Constitution does not allow it. However, the government maintains that the constitutional provision in question only applied to the general elections and not the Senate polls scheduled for April 2. Those …

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President vows retaliation as attacks continue


March 18, 2024

LAKKI MARWAT/ PESHAWAR/MOH­MAND: Police continued to brave attacks from militants in multiple districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa over the weekend, even as President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to eliminate terrorism from the country, saying the blood of martyrs will not go in vain. After seven troops, including two officers, were martyred in North Waziristan’s Mir Ali area on Saturday, militants targeted a police …

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Pakistan carried out anti-terrorist intelligence operations inside Afghanistan, FO confirms


March 18, 2024

The Foreign Office (FO) on Monday confirmed that Pakistan carried out “intelligence-based anti-terrorist operations” inside the border regions of Afghanistan, hours after Kabul said airstrikes conducted on its soil had killed eight people. A press release from the FO said the prime targets of the operation conducted in the morning earlier today were terrorists belonging to the Hafiz Gul Bahadur …

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Bahrain’s National Guard commander calls on COAS


March 17, 2024

RAWALPINDI: Commander of the National Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Gen Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, called on Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Gen Asim Munir at the GHQ on Saturday. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral military cooperation. Both leaders discussed matters of mutual interest, including regional security dynamics, counterterrorism efforts and training exchanges, …

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