School demands security after firing incident

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have responded to an incident of firing outside a school in sector G-8 during an exam. According to details, the school administration...

Senate body wants end to drugs in schools

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Narcotics on Tuesday asked the ministry concerned to take more steps to control the use of drugs in...

Daughters of Balochistan to play lead role in defeating anti-state narrative, says Afridi

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Khan Afridi Tuesday said that women's role in character building was pivotal and daughters of Balochistan would...

Street Art Competition reflects students’ love for culture, national heroes: NHA chairman

ISLAMABAD: National Highway Authority (NHA) Chairman Jawwad Rafique Malik has said that NHA is striving hard to advance Clean and Green Pakistan drive through...

ATC adjourns Barrister Fahad murder case hearing till April 1

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday, resuming the hearing of a case pertaining to the murder of Barrister Fahad Malik, expressed reservations over...

Couple caught ‘smuggling’ ice at Islamabad airport

ISLAMABAD: A couple was arrested at Islamabad International Airport for trying to smuggle ice to Saudi Arabia on Monday. According to Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) officials,...

Govt should promulgate new rent control law, ICCI demands

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) President Ahmed Hassan Moughal has called upon the government to arrange the passage of the amended bill...

Antiques’ theft: Accountability court extends judicial remand of Dr Abdul Samad

PESHAWAR: An accountability court here on Monday extended judicial remand of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Archaeology and Museums Director, Dr Abdul Samad, in illegal appointments...

Citizens urged to play role to enhance greenery

RAWALPINDI: The citizens have been urged to come forward and play their due role to enhance forests and greenery which would help control the...

Women more prone to pollen allergy: Dr Ishaq

ISLAMABAD: Women are more affected than men due to allergy caused by pollen buds of paper mulberry trees proliferated in the Federal Capital. Professor Dr...

ANF foils bid to smuggle 13kg heroin

The Anti Narcotic Force (ANF) on Sunday arrested a dual national woman after thwarting her attempt to smuggle narcotics and recovered 13 kilogrammes heroin...

All set for three-day polio drive in KP

PESHAWAR: A three-day anti-polio campaign will begin in twenty-five districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday (today). According to the Provincial Health Department, about five point...

Govt allocates Rs749m for education sector

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated an amount of Rs749 million for the establishment of seven new, as well as up-gradation of seven old...

Two killed over old enmity in Swabi

SWABI: Armed men gunned down two people over old enmity here on Sunday and escaped the scene. Police said that armed men of a group opened...

KP CM orders probe into delayed BRT project

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan on Sunday ordered an inquiry for ascertaining causes that delayed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project Peshawar. The KP CM...

Six of a family dead in Attock roof collapse

ATTOCK: Six members of a family, including women and children, died when the roof of a house collapsed here on Friday. According to details, the...

Safe drinking water, sanitation key priority areas: President Alvi

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that safe drinking water and sanitation are the key priority areas of the ‘Clean Green Pakistan’ Movement. The...