1,025 militants surrendered in Balochistan during past year
The largest province of the country by area, is home to a low-level insurgency by ethnic Baloch separatists...
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ArchiveAustralia claims foiling ‘terror plot’ to bring down aeroplane
SYDNEY: Australia has foiled an Islamist-inspired terrorist plot to bring down an aircraft with an improvised explosive device, authorities said on Sunday, after four people were arrested in raids across Sydney...
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the plot appeared to be “elaborate” rather than planned by a lone wolf, as security was strengthened at major domestic and international airports across the nation -
ArchiveSolar-powered aeroplane lands in New York City
THE solar-powered aeroplane on a globe-circling voyage that began more than a year ago in the UAE reached a milestone on Saturday, completing a trip across the US with a Statue of Liberty fly-by before landing in New York...
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TechCode for Pakistan brings technology geeks to solve civic and social issues
ISLAMABAD: A two-day Islamabad Civic Hackathon — an event organised by Code for Pakistan (CfP) and OPEN Islamabad — concluded Sunday with participants working constantly to develop mobile/web applications and digital tools which address civic and social issues...
“It was inspirational … It makes me feel incredibly hopeful for Pakistan...
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PakistanPakistan startup founders booked for plagiarising source code
KARACHI: Four people were reportedly booked on Wednesday for violating copyright and intellectual property laws after allegations of plagiarising source code for a financial information startup surfaced...
The entrepreneurs behind Investor's Lounge, Baqar Abbas Jafri, Sennen D’Souza, Hammad Ali Hashmi and Waqar Ehsan, have been accused by their former employer ? Mir Muhammad Ali Khan of AMZ MAK Capital Ltd ? of stealing firm’s source...
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Pakistan‘Pakistan is high risk area for Aids due to lack of awareness’
The disease is not that prevalent in the country, but Pakistan is still one of the high risk areas because people do not have awareness about the disease,” he said...
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Archive9 dead as coach carrying Pakistan Navy personnel, their families falls into ditch in Buzi Top area
At least nine individuals lost their lives while 29 others were injured when a coach carrying Pakistan Navy personnel and their families from Ormara to Karachi developed a mechanical fault and fell into a deep ditch...
Travelling through the dangerous turns in the Buzi Top area, the coach developed a mechanical fault and fell into a deep ditch...
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ArchiveNaya Pakistan authority seeks to develop part of Blue Area in joint venture with CDA
ISLAMABAD: The Naya Pakistan Housing and Development Authority (NAPHDA) is looking to develop a part of Blue Area on a public-public partnership model with the Capital Development Authority (CDA)...
Blue Area is acquired commercial area belonging to the CDA, where the NAPHDA now wants to begin a joint venture...
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ArchiveUN condemns up to 23 killings in Iran's border area with Pakistan
Iran is investigating an incident in which at least two Iranians were shot dead this week at the border with Pakistan, and Islamabad has handed over the body of one of the victims, the Iranian foreign ministry said a week ago...
“The series of violent events and unrest began on February 22, when Revolutionary Guards are alleged to have shot and killed at least 10 fuel couriers, known as sookhtbar, in Sistan and Baluchestan province at...
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ArchiveFO rejects ‘baseless’ Indian claims linking Pakistan to 'encounter' in IOK's Kulgam area
The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday rejected the “irresponsible” and “misleading” statement by Indian officials regarding an 'encounter' in Kulgam area of Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK)...
The statement by FO spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri comes a day after an Indian police official in occupied Kashmir claimed to have "confirmed Pakistan's involvement" in an attack on an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) convoy...
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ArchivePakistan designated ‘very high concern’ area in food insecurity
5bn to be repaid over next three years • Political instability, lack of IMF deal to hit ability to import foodISLAMABAD: Acute food insecurity in Pakistan is likely to further exacerbate in coming months if the economic and political crisis further worsens, compounding the effects of the 2022 floods, warns a new United Nations report published on Monday...
It notes that amid the current global economic slowdown, mounting public debt...
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ArchiveECP issues notice to Imran, Fazl for violation of code of conduct
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman for violation of the code of conduct ahead of by-elections in PK-8 (Peshawar)...
After receiving reports about the two party chiefs’ visit to the constituency, warnings were issued reminding them of blatant violation of the code of conduct...
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ArchiveStrict code of conduct for SECP employees
ISLAMABAD: Under a strict code of conduct introduced on Tuesday, all the serving and retired senior officers of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) have been barred not only from politics but also befriending any stakeholder...
The SECP Policy Board approved the code of conduct for the employees that was put it into effect immediately...
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ArchiveSECP notifies draft code of corporate governance
ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has notified the draft Listed Companies (Code of Corporate Governance) 2017, under the newly promulgated Companies Act 2017...
Moreover, the requirement of minimum number of directors obtaining training, as in the code, has been accelerated to be 100 per cent by 2020...
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PakistanNA-120: ECP warns PML-N leader of disqualification over code of conduct violation
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned Punjab Food Minister Bilal Yasin on Tuesday that it would issue a show-cause notice for the latter's disqualification if he is found violating the ECP's code of conduct while campaigning for PML-N candidate Kulsoom Nawaz for the NA-120 by-election...
Headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) retired Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza, a two-member ECP bench had taken up the complaint filed...
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