Bid to smuggle 1.130kg ice heroin to Saudi Arabia foiled

ISLAMABAD: The Airport Security Force (ASF) foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of ice heroin worth millions to Saudi Arabia and arrested an accused...

CDA Sports Complex under encroachment cover

ISLAMABAD: The sole sports complex in sector I-8 of Islamabad which was established some years ago for the sac of sports activities and walk...

85,000 deserving families to get health cards in federal capital

ISLAMABAD: The government has planned to ensure access of 85,000 deserving families to quality indoor healthcare services under Sehat health card scheme in the Federal...

KP cabinet approves 10-year development plan for merged districts

--Also approves use of helicopters by ministers   PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet on Thursday approved 10-year developmental plan for merged districts and directed all relevant...

ECP starts receiving nomination papers for KP Assembly’s elections

PESHAWAR: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday started the process of receiving nomination papers from the candidates for elections on 16 seats of...

Man sentenced to life over murder

ISLAMABAD: An Additional District and Sessions Judge Wednesday awarded rigorous life imprisonment along with Rs 0.4 million fine to an accused involved in a...

IHC extends stay against accused’s bail in Barrister Fahad murder case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Tuesday extended its stay order till May 13, against the bail of a main accused Raja Arshad in...

46 dairy farms marked unsafe in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: As many as 46 milk spots have been accused of supplying adulterated milk which is responsible for spreading various diseases in the federal...

Control rooms set up in federal capital to monitor prices

ISLAMABAD: District management Islamabad Capital Territory has established a control room at Deputy Commissioner Office to monitor prices. A spokesman of district management warned profiteers...

Proposal under consideration to impose charges on water extraction in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Tuesday told the Senate that a proposal was under consideration of Metropolitan Corporation to...

More than 15.95% cigarettes consumed in Islamabad classified as ‘illicit’

ISLAMABAD: A study on illicit trade of cigarettes has revealed that there are only 15.95% of the cigarettes per day consumed in Islamabad, classified...

ECP issues schedule for elections on 16 KP Assembly seats

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday announced that elections for tribal district seats in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly will be held on July...

Terror bid foiled in Khyber

BARA: The security forces on Sunday foiled a major terror bid and recovered a cache of arms in Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Polio worker gunned down in Bajaur

BAJAUR: A union council polio officer of the World Health Organization (WHO) was shot dead by unknown killers in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur district,...

South Korea hands over six state-of-the-art police vehicles to Balochistan CM

KARACHI: South Korean Ambassador Kwak Sung-kyu has said that Korea would keep contributing to make Balochistan Province a safe and secure province and in...

IHC orders action against mineral water brands spreading Hepatitis C

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered action against eight mineral water brands supplying contaminated water to citizens of the federal capital and...

IHC suspends suspect’s bail in Fahad murder case

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday suspended the bail of main accused in Barrister Fahad murder case till the judgment on the appeal filed...