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Two more killed as forest blazes rage in several districts of KP


June 11, 2022

MOHMAND: Wildfires continued to rage in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Friday, claiming the lives of a security official in Mohmand and a volunteer in Upper Kohistan and causing injuries to several others. The casualties took the death toll in forest blazes to nine in over a week. A security official engaged in firefighting operation in Baizai tehsil of …

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Budget targets are ‘fiscal consolidation’ and ‘relief for the poor’: Miftah Ismail


June 11, 2022

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Saturday said the priorities of the federal budget are “fiscal consolidation” and providing relief to the underprivileged public, as he spoke of reversing the “damage wrought by Imran Khan” at a post-budget press conference. “Growth and inflation are our targets, but our first target is fiscal consolidation, to move the country away from the point …

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Power division given three names to pick NTDC head


June 10, 2022

LAHORE: The Ministry of Energy (Power Division) has been asked to appoint one of the three officials, recommended by the Board of Director (BoD), as MD of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) on a look-after-charge basis as a stop-gap arrangement till the appointment of the regular incumbent. The officers who have been recommended by the BoD to head …

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K-IV is no more a pipe dream — three Rs98.5bn contracts signed


June 10, 2022

ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Thursday awarded three contracts of Rs98.5 billion for construction of Phase-I of Greater Karachi Water Supply Scheme — also known as K-IV — to supply 260 million gallons per day (MGD) of water to Karachi. The contract signing ceremony between Wapda and three contractors was witnessed by Minister for Water Resources …

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Ex-PM’s cousin was running health ministry from US: minister


June 10, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Health Abdul Qadir Patel on Thursday alleged that during the tenure of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government the ministry’s departments were run from the United States by a cousin of the then prime minister, Imran Khan, through social media. He hinted that a number of issues related to the health ministry may be referred to an independent …

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Nawaz convicted without evidence in Avenfield case, counsel tells IHC


June 10, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was convicted without any oral or documentary evidence that would substantiate his beneficial or real ownership of London’s Avenfield Apartments. This was argued by the defence counsel before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday during the hearing of Maryam Nawaz’s appeal against her conviction in the reference. The case was being heard before …

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Culprits ‘will not escape justice’: Pakistan rejects India’s remarks on Karachi Hindu temple vandalism


June 10, 2022

Pakistan has rejected remarks made by a spokesperson of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) accusing Islamabad of “systemic persecution of religious minorities” after a Hindu temple was vandalised in Karachi. “They (perpetrators) will not escape justice and the Government will deal with them with the full force of law,” the Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday …

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PTI demands probe following death of Sharifs’ ex-employee


June 10, 2022

LAHORE: A central figure in the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Rs16 billion money laundering case against Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has passed away in Dubai ‘under mysterious circumstances’, prompting the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to demand an independent investigation to ascertain the real cause of the person’s death as well as that …

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Ruling allies express ‘full confidence’ in PM Shehbaz


June 10, 2022

ISLAMABAD: A day before announcement of first budget of the new coalition government, the ruling allies on Thursday expressed full confidence in the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. They expressed their confidence at a dinner hosted by PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for all political parties in the coalition government. “The current political situation in the country was discussed. …

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Lahore ATC grants interim bail to PTI leaders over long march vandalism


June 10, 2022

A Lahore anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday approved interim bails of top leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) in Punjab a day after it issued non-bailable arrest warrants for them over multiple charges including alleged violations of Section 144 and attacks on law enforcement agencies on May 25 — the day PTI workers marched to Islamabad. According to the court …

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