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QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed in Balochis­tan and Sindh on Saturday in rain-related accidents as heavy downpour wreaked havoc in the two provinces. The fresh spell of monsoon rains, causing flash floods, claimed the lives of 10 people in Balochistan, while at least four were killed in Karachi. The death toll in Balochistan during the current monsoon season …

Pakistan independence Day will celebrate on Sunday at Frisco conversation center on Sunday 8/14 By: Raja Zahid A. Khanzada Dallas: Pakistan Society of North Texas, PSNT, is known as the largest representative organization of Pakistani’s in North Texas Dallas. This year, on Sunday, August 14, 2022, they managed to organize the 75th Pakistan Independence Day program in Frisco, Texas.  PSNT celebrate …

NORTH WAZIRISTAN: The Uthmanzai tribemen on Friday put off their sit-in protest against ‘lawlessness’ here after successful talks with a 16-strong political committee formed by the prime minister. Headed by opposition leader in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Akram Khan Durrani, the panel comprised Awami National Party central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Qaumi Watan Party leader Sikandar Sherpao, Pakistan Muslim …

LAHORE: Newly appo­inted Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) Chairman ret­i­red Lt Gen Sajjad Ghani assumed charge on Friday. The government issued a notification about his appointment on Thursday. Mr Ghani — 23rd chairman of Wapda — is a civil engineer and soldier as he has pursued two parallel career streams for the past four decades. He obtained Bachelor of …

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Friday turned down a request by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and others to restrain the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from holding its public rally in the National Hockey Stadium on Aug 13. Justice Muzamil Akhtar Shabbir disposed of the petitions with an observation that the court could not intervene in such matters. The judge …

Intermittent and heavy rain continued to lash parts of Balochistan on Saturday, rendering hundreds of people homeless in several districts as authorities scrambled to rescue them. Rainfall was reported in Lasbela, Pishin, Chaman, Qila Abdullah, Ziarat, Harnai, Duki, Sanjavi, Loralai, Fort Minro, Barkhan, Zhob and Sherani areas in the last 24 hours. According to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), …

ISLAMABAD: Former Pun­­jab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif on Friday approached the Sup­reme Court with a plea to revisit and recall its July 26 order which declared Chau­dhry Parvez Elahi as duly elected chief minister of the province for admittedly sec­uring 186 votes against 179 in the July 22 run-off poll. Filed through senior counsel Mansoor Usman Awan, the review petition also …

The Pakistan Meteorological has predicted a new spell of torrential rains and “vigourous” monsoon activity in the country from August 14 (Sunday) to August 18 (Thursday) and warned of flooding in several areas of Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh, including Karachi, during the forecast period. According to a Met Office alert issued on Saturday, a depression has developed in the Arabian …

Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday recognised the deep-rooted ties between Pakistan and the United Kingdom, expressing the hope that relations between the two countries would reach “historic heights” in the future. The army chief made the remarks while attending the passing-out parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst where he was the chief …

An Islamabad district and sessions court on Friday rejected the police’s request to extend PTI leader Shahbaz Gill’s physical remand and sent him to jail on judicial remand. Gill was arrested on Tuesday afternoon at Banigala Chowk in the capital after a video clip of his controversial remarks, aired on ARY News, went viral on social media. He was subsequently booked …