PT Report Gilgit, February 14: A special Joint Investigation Team has been formed to study and analyze the attack on JUI Information Secretary, Minhajuddin, who survived at leave five bullets the other day. According to details the investigation team will be led by a DIG rank officer. The team will also have members from civilian [...]

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Zahirrudin CHITRAL: If asking for a `telephone` or `cooker` in the remote Kalash valley of Rumbur or Bumburate the local people lead you to someone`s house; take it easy as Kalash people have been naming their children after household items since long. The people of primitive culture and civilisation living in the segregated valleys in [...]

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ISLAMABAD: The 20th Amendment bill has been unanimously passed in the National Assembly (NA), Express News reported on Tuesday.  Earlier Law Minister Maula Bakhsh Chandio had presented the bill in the NA, after the Federal cabinet had approved the bill’s draft during a meeting in Islamabad. Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar, during the NA session, had stated that the government [...]

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The Milky Way Trust is a youth-led, non-profit, organization working to improve underprivileged families by educating their children. We not only support and encourage the school going children but also those who have left their schools due to financial constraints. The Trust is voluntarily managed by the youth, who devote their time, knowledge and monetary services [...]

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PT Report Gilgit, February 14: A week-long Psychosocial Support Program (PSP) training for coaches commenced Tuesday here in the regional capital. The training has been organized by Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with IFRC, as part of its efforts to build capacities in disaster response. The workshop is being attended bh 16 participants, [...]

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چٹورکھنڈ(نمائندہ خصوصی) ضلع غذر کے لیڈی ہیلتھ  ورکرز کے دو مہینوں کی تنخواہ غائب. محکمہ صحت نے ذمہ داری بینک پر ڈال دی، احتجاج کے باوجود معاملہ حل نہ ہوسکا، چیف سیکریٹری سے  نوٹس لینے کا مطالبہ. تفصیلات  کے مطابق ضلع غذر سے تعلق رکھنے والے سو کے قریب لیڈی ہیلتھ  ورکرز کی دو مہینے، [...]

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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has decided to give voting rights to overseas Pakistanis in general elections. The landmark decision would enable 3.7 million overseas Pakistanis to participate in elections. A high level meeting of the commission held here on Tuesday with EC Secretary Ishtiak Ahmed Khan in the chair. The meeting was also attended by [...]

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Saleem Khan  Hunza, February 13: FWO has decided to extend the date for removal of blocked spillway by three days. According to reports the new date has been fixed at February 18. People have been advised to keep all precautions because the blockade removal is likely to trigger high volumes of water (up to 40,000 [...]

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Fair investigation of attack on party leader demanded Asim Iqbal Islamabad, February 14: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Gilgit Baltistan has linked the attack on his party’s leader Minhaj ud Din to sectarian violence and demanded of the government to conduct impartial inquiry into the case. Addressing a press conference chief of JUI Gilgit-Baltistan chapter, Mulana Luqman Hakeem [...]

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday indicted Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for contempt of court in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) implementation case. A two-page charge sheet was read out by Justice Nasirul Mulk, who headed the seven-member bench hearing the case. The charge sheet said that the prime minister had violated Article 204 of [...]

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Mazhar Iqbal A senior lawyer-cum-politician from Gilgit Baltistan (GB)-a territory disputed between India and Pakistan and currently governed by Pakistan-backed government, has recently sent a communiqué to the president of Pakistan soliciting representation for this region in the upper house of the parliament. Advocate Amjad Hussain, member Gilgit Baltistan Council and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) [...]

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KARACHI: The father of an army brigadier against whom the army initiated court martial proceedings has requested the government to hold an inquiry into his son’s arrest and direct the concerned authorities to release him. Brig Ali Khan and four other officers were detained in May, 2011 for suspected links to Hizbut Tahrir. Brig Khan [...]

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Asim Iqbal Islamabad, February 12: Panic and fear gripped Skardu on Sunday night after two groups exchanged fire, reportedly, over some petty issue. According to details two boys quarrelled in Abbas Twon area near Baltaro Rest House Sunday morning for unknown reason. Elders of the locality immediately intervened to defuse the situation and settled down the dispute. [...]

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PT Report Chitral, February 12: While Pakistan’s government dangerously dangles between the Supreme Court and Presidency, preparations for general elections are already half way through. Several candidates have expressed their desire to contest elections. According to Chitral News,  Ex president PPP Zainul Abeddin had some time back announced contesting for both the NA and PA [...]

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