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Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar Terms Question of Governor’s Rule in KP Premature, Highlights Governance Failures
Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar Terms Question of Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Premature, Highlights Severe Governance Failures ISLAMABAD: While strongly condemning the provincial government for significant governance failures and security lapses, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has said that the prospect of Governor’s Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is premature at this…
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Sales Tax on Electricity Further Tightened for Steel Industry
Sales Tax on Electricity Further Tightened for Steel Industry in Pakistan; Re-Rollers Mandated to Pay Rs30 Per Unit ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has now further tightened the rates of sales tax on usage of electricity in the country’s steel industry, imposing stringent conditions for the steel units operating under different regions. The…
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President Zardari and PM Shehbaz Sharif to Hold Crucial Meeting on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security and Constitutional Options
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Expected to Meet Soon to Review Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security and Constitutional Options ISLAMABAD: Sources say Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari will meet at a high level soon to discuss the precarious security scenario in KP and discuss constitutional remedies. The government has…
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Shaukat Yousafzai Urges PTI Leadership to Postpone Long March
Shaukat Yousafzai Demands Party Leadership Postpone Long March, Warns of Potential Emergency and Confrontation ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) presidential candidate, Shaukat Yousafzai, has officially requested the party leadership to suspend the next long march urging them to go with the flow of the current political crisis instead of head-on confrontation. Yousafzai in an official letter,…
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Government Not Against Dialogue, But Opposition Must Show Seriousness, Says Law Minister
Government Not Opposed to Dialogue, But Opposition Must Show Seriousness, Stresses Federal Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar Federal Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar has said that the government has provided opportunities for dialogue with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on several occasions but the substantive dialogue has been hampered and the opposition should show…
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Security Forces Eliminate 5 Fitna al-Khwarij Terrorists in Intelligence-Based Operation in Khyber’s Bara Area
Security Forces Eliminate 5 Fitna al-Khwarij Terrorists in Intelligence-Based Operation in Khyber’s Bara Area, Recover Heavy Arms KHYBER : Pakistan’s security forces have effectively dismantled five terrorists of the Fitna al-Khwarij in Azm-e-Istehkam’s overall vision to neutralize terrorists in KP, Pakistan. Security sources said they carried out a well-targeted intelligence-based operation (IBO) in Bara area…
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Dry and Hot Weather Expected Across Most Parts of the Country in Next 24 Hours, PMD Forecasts
Dry and Hot Weather Expected Across Most Parts of the Country in Next 24 Hours, Predicts Pakistan Meteorological Department ISLAMABAD: No rainfall is likely in most areas of the country in coming 24 hours due to dry spell while hot weather is likely in plains, says Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). As per the meteorological warnings,…
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Won’t Step Back From My Stance Due to Threats of Governor’s Rule, Declares KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi
Won’t Step Back From My Stance Due to Threats of Governor’s Rule, Declares KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has said that he would not give an inch to the pressures being put by the federal government, adding that he would not back down from his principled political position…
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PTI Involved in Terrorist Financing and Acts as B-Team of Proscribed TTP, Charges Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar
PTI Involved in Terrorist Financing and Functions as B-Team of Proscribed TTP, Charges Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar ISLAMABAD: Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has hit back at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership with a scathing and direct attack on the party’s alleged involvement with terrorist funding and acting as the “B-team” of the proscribed…
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Three Traffic Police Personnel Martyred, Two Civilians Wounded in Gun Attack in Tank District
Three Traffic Police Personnel Martyred and Two Civilians Wounded in Armed Attack in Tank; Assailants Flee With Police Vehicle TANK : At least three traffic police officers were martyred and two citizens injured in a gruesome act of terrorism when an unidentified armed motorcyclist opened indiscriminate fire on a traffic police vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s…