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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: About 10,000 officials of police and other security agencies will perform security duty in Islamabad during the upcoming election, police said on Wednesday. In this regard, a ban has been imposed on policemen’s holidays, they said, adding that besides it was also under consideration to reinstate the suspended official, including over 70 officials who have been suspended during the …

PESHAWAR/BAJAUR: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has asked its workers to move towards Islamabad in convoys from their respective areas on Monday morning to take part in the sit-in outside Supreme Court, announced by Pakistan Democratic Movement. The workers of JUI-F will gather in their respective areas on Monday morning and will proceed towards Hakla Interchange on Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway from where they …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Proposals in Austin could give parents thousands to cover the costs of private education. But opponents fear it won’t actually give options, and it will only help families already enrolled in private schools. TEXAS SENATE BILL GIVES PARENTS $10,000 FOR PRIVATE EDUCATION When it comes to where to send their children to school, some parents want more …

A South Texas ranch that just hit the market has deep Texas roots and totals almost 10,000 acres. The Arrowhead Ranch is located near Edinburg in the Rio Grande Valley. The 15-square-mile spread was owned for almost 50 years by the family of four-term Texas senator and U.S. secretary of treasury Lloyd Bentsen. The current owners, Homer and Linda Gomez, …

LAHORE: Afghanistan has collected 10,700 tonnes of wheat from India so far, using Pakistan’s territory through Lahore’s Wagah border. The remaining 39,300 tonnes are likely to be collected by Afghanistan under humanitarian assistance by the end of next month, according to official sources. “Five convoys of Afghan trucks collected wheat consignments at Attari from Indian authorities and returned to Afghanistan …

PESHAWAR: The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl on Thursday announced that it would send around 10,000 volunteers of its Ansarul Islam force to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to provide security to the participants of the opposition’s march on March 25. The JUI-F’s provincial council met here on Thursday with Maulana Attaur Rehman in the chair and worked out the plan for the Islamabad …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A GoFundMe page has been set up after thieves broke into a 4-year-old boy’s family’s van and stole not only a laptop but the money that would be used to pay for his heart surgery. Gabriel was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and needs help paying for his third open-heart surgery. Gabriel’s parents saved upwards …

TOKYO: The countdown clock for the Tokyo Olympics hit 50-days-to-go on Thursday, and the day also brought another problem for the delayed Games. About 10,000 of 80,000 unpaid volunteers for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have told organisers they will not participate when the Games open on July 23. Organisers said some dropped out because of worries about Covid-19. Few …

MOUNT ARAFAT: Mas­k­ed pilgrims scaled Mount Arafat on Thursday to pray and repent in the climax of this year’s Haj, the smallest in modern times because of coronavirus restrictions. A tight security cordon was erected all around the foot of the rocky hill outside Makkah, also known as Jabal al Rahma, or Mount of Mercy, for the high point of …