ISLAMABAD: The contingents of Islamabad Police and Pakistan Rangers on Friday conducted search operation in various areas of Koral and nabbed 12 suspects, a police spokesman said. He said that search operation was conducted in the areas of Ali Pur, Tramry and Ghouri Town headed by Station House Officer of Koral police station. The teams...
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Police raided an illegal slaughter house and arrested in-charge, impound huge quantity of unhealthy meat
RAWALPINDI: Police on a tip-off, raided an illegal slaughter house here and impounded a huge quantity of unhealthy meat and fake stamps. In-charge of the slaughter house was arrested and a case was filed against him. Sub Inspector Pir Wadhai Police Station Muhammad Yousaf and his operation team busted an illegal slaughter house on the...
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British-Muslim Ahmed Ali off-loaded from flight for having a beard
MANCHESTER: A British-Muslim man was off-loaded from a flight to Morocco over having a beard. According to a United Kingdom newspaper, the man named Ahmed Ali was heading to Morocco from Manchester via Thomson Airways for honeymoon with his wife. Ali claimed that he and his mother were also questioned by the authorities regarding terrorism....
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Anti-Polio campaign in FATA and FRs to be launched on Monday
PESHAWAR: FATA Secretariat Officials with the support of UNICEF, WHO and BMGF will launch four days anti-polio campaign in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Frontier Regions (FR) from Monday (February 15, 2016). Children in polio high-risk areas including Khyber Agency (Jamrud & Bara), South Waziristan, North Waziristan Agency and FR Bannu (Baka Khail, Jani...
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All communication hotlines between S. Korea, DPRK cut off
SEOUL: All of communication hotlines between South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have been in a state of complete cut-off after the shutdown of an inter-Korean factory park, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday. Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun told a regular press briefing that all communication hotlines linking the two sides...
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Bad weather in Feb. causes drop in migrant sea arrivals in Greece
GENEVA: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported Friday that some 5,110 refugee and migrant maritime arrivals were reported in Greece in the first 10 days of February, a significant decrease compared to the 72,193 arrivals recorded in the whole of January. “Last weekend’s high winds and low temperatures, which saw ferry services to the...
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Australia ready to cooperate with Pakistan in agriculture, energy and other sectors: Margaret Adamson
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan was facing some challenges and Australia was ready to cooperate with it in multiple sectors including agriculture, energy, exploration of natural resources, information technology, health, education and value chain to uplift its economic profile, observed H.E. Ms. Margaret Adamson, High Commissioner of Australia while addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and...
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NAB Lahore graded Excellent Performance with 89.24 %
LAHORE: National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhry visited NAB Lahore Regional Bureau to review its performance on the basis of annual inspection conducted by Chairman’s Inspection & Monitoring Team (CI&MT) at NAB Lahore Bureau here Friday. NAB Chairman’s Inspection & Monitoring Team (CI&MT) was deputed to conduct annual inspection of NAB Lahore Regional...
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SECP starts company registration under VOSS
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has started registration of companies under the newly introduced Virtual One-Stop Shop (VOSS) and has registered two companies namely M/s CEMEX (Pvt) Limited and Bisma Builders and Developers (Pvt) Limited under VOSS. SECP also conducted a number of awareness sessions for potential promoters about VOSS features and...
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Valentine Day celebrations banned in Kohat district
KOHAT: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Kohat district has banned the celebration of Valentines Day, according to a notification issued by the nazim of Kohat District Government. Celebration of any events, sale of Valentines Day cards and paraphernalia has been banned across the district according to the notification issued. The notification issued by the district administration also...