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ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will approach the Supreme Court over non-payment of net hydel profit (NHP) and share of erstwhile Federally Adminis­tered Tribal Areas (Fata) from the federal budget. Addressing a press conference at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House, KP Finance Minister Taimur Jhagra, along with Special Assistant on Information Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, held the federal government responsible for withholding …

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa downed Southern Punjab by seven wickets while Balochistan outplayed Northern by 19 runs in their respective National T20 Cup matches here at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Monday. In the first match, KP maintained their rhythm and recorded their fourth straight win in a contest reduced to five-overs due to wet outfield. Left-arm pacer Mohammad Imran made …

ISLAMABAD: Multiple shocks, including high food and fuel prices, drought, livestock diseases and widespread loss of income-generating opportunities due to the impact of Covid-19 drove high levels of food insecurity across Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces, says a global report issued on Wednesday. The ‘Global Report on Food Crises’ released by the Global Network Against Food Crises, an alliance …

ISLAMABAD: As the cases of Covid-19 continue to decrease across the country, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday decided to lift additional restrictions in six districts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, general non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) will remain enforced across the country till Sept 30. The situation will be reviewed on Sept 28. The NCOC had on …

LAHORE: Gas supply to the general industry and its captive power (non-export), compressed natural gas (CNG) and cement sectors will remain suspended for three days in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other areas due to re-deployment of the Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) at the Karachi port. “The respective state-owned organisations are not taking interest in resolving issues related to …

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has allowed the mobile phone operators to restore internet services in several areas of Balochistan and Khyber district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the security situation has improved there. After review of security situation by the departments concerned, the ministry of interior has cleared Turbat city, Kech, Awaran, Panjgur, Washuk and Kalat along the highways …

KARACHI: The first-round action in the Pakistan Cup on Friday saw Khyber Pakht­unkhwa and Southern Punjab both comfortably chase down 300-plus totals and five batsmen post centuries across the three matches. In the televised fixture at the SBP Sports Complex, Southern Punjab rode on an Agha Salman’s second List A ton to hand Sindh a four-wicket defeat with nine deliveries …

KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and defending champions Central Punjab held on stubbornly to deny their respective opponents as all three fifth-round fixtures in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy ended in stalemates here on Sunday. Northern’s aspirations of surging to the top of the six-team standings were thwarted by dogged resistance from tailender Mohammad Wasim, who hung for dear life while eating up as …

ISLAMABAD: Four more polio cases have been reported — two each from Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — taking the tally for the current year to 119. According to a notification issued by the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Islamabad, the cases in Sindh have been reported from Sukkur and Tando Allahyar districts, and in KP from Tank and Bannu …

ISLAMABAD: As the National Polio Programme is set to launch this year’s last countrywide vaccination drive on Monday (today), three more infants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab were found to be suffering from polio. With the latest confirmation of the crippling virus in the three children, aged between four and eight months, the total number of polio cases in Pakistan …