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PESHAWAR: A Bus Rapid Transit bus caught fire near Gulbahar area here on Friday. However, no one was hurt in the incident, which is the third of its kind since the inauguration of the mass transit facility on Aug 13. TransPeshawar, a government-owned company managing the BRT operations, claims that …

ISLAMABAD: All educational institutes will reopen on September 15 across the country, said the spokesperson from the education ministry. Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood on Wednesday chaired a conference of education ministers in Islamabad where the decision was taken. In the light of a unanimous decision, schools in Sindh …

ISLAMABAD: While addressing the attendees of a rally, taken out in Islamabad in solidarity with residents of occupied Kashmir, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi challenged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Muzaffarabad and to let Prime Minister Imran Khan visit Srinagar. Addressing the Indian premier, he said: “If you …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Kashmiris facing Indian atrocities are not alone and Pakistan will continue in exposing real face of India before the world through more effective manner. In a Video Message on Youm-e-Istehsal on Wednesday, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan is fighting case …

ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’, Pakistan urged the international community to “do more” and back its words with concrete actions for the people of occupied Kashmir, who have been subjected to inhuman atrocities from the Indian forces. In an official statement released by Foreign Office on Wednesday, Pakistan once …

RAWALPINDI: An 18-year-old girl, resident of Fatehpur, embraced martyrdom while six others were injured as Indian troops resorted to another unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Indian troops LoC targeted civil population along the LoC in the Hot …

ISLAMABAD: On the occasion of Youm-e-Istehsal, a special session of the Upper House was held Wednesday to express solidarity with the people of occupied Kashmir and to denounce the Indian brutalities in the region. Pakistan and the people of Kashmir, across the world, are marking ‘Youm-e-Istehsal’ as exactly one year …

MUZAFFARABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan slammed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday, saying that he is ‘trapped’ and that Kashmiris will be free soon from India’s reign of terror. “It looks as if all of you, from the inside, are a bit feeling like you have lost,” he told parliamentarians …

Islamabad: As Pakistan marks one year to the revocation of Indian-occupied Kashmir’s special status, President Arif Alvi on Wednesday lashed out against New Delhi for its ongoing oppression of Kashmiris, saying that “India has learned how to change the demography from Israel”. While addressing the attendees of a rally, taken …

KARACHI: At least 10 people were killed in the two days up to Monday of torrential rainstorms that lashed the metropolis, wrecking its neglected infrastructure, flooding streets and multiple neighbourhoods, and causing traffic jams on major thoroughfares. According to authorities, the 10 people died in different incidents during the rains …