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Army's special security division to protect Chinese workers in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has granted approval for assigning a division of Pakistan Army's special security for the protection of Chinese citizens working in Pakistan, President Mamnoon Hussain told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, during a one-on-one meeting...

The Army has created a special security division for the protection of Chinese engineers, project directors, experts and workers employed on various...

Army seeks funds from finance ministry to raise new security division

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Army has sought additional funds from the finance ministry to raise a new security division and an additional 28 security battalions, it emerged on Sunday...

A statement released by the ministry of finance said senior officials from the army had a meeting with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar at his ministry in Islamabad, where the demand for “financing and the release of funds” was made by military officials...

Army to help police ensure peaceful re-polling in Kohat division

KOHAT: Army personnel will be deployed in Kohat, Hangu and Karak districts to ensure smooth and peaceful re-poling in local government elections today (Thursday)...

The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Kohat division commissioner Syed Jamaluddin Shah here on Wednesday...

Pakistan skips Malaysia moot to ‘avert division in Ummah’

ISLAMABAD: Ending uncertainty over Pakistan’s participation in the upcoming Kuala Lumpur Summit, the government on Tuesday announced that it would not attend the event at any level...

Talking to a group of journalists at the Foreign Office on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said there would be no representation from Pakistan government at the summit being held in Kuala Lumpur from Wednesday...

Pakistan to host second division of Asian Rugby Championship

LAHORE: Pakistan is set to host the second division of the Asian Rugby Championship here from May 29 to June 4, the Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) chairman Fawzi Khawaja said Thursday...

Rs39.6 billion for projects in Sahiwal division

64 billion for ongoing schemes and some new projects in Sahiwal division during the current financial year...

PPP accuses PTI of creating division in opposition ranks

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah has blamed the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for providing indirect support to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government by creating division within the ranks of the opposition...

Mr Shah said that he felt pain to see the division in the ranks of the opposition...

Power Division asked to finalise 600MW plant deal with Russia

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet authorised the Power Division on Tuesday to negotiate the draft framework agreement with Russia for the construction of 600-megawatt natural gas combined power plant at Jamshoro...

In a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, the power division was directed to bring the agreed version of the agreement before the cabinet...

Division in opposition vote bank helped PML-N in NA-108

GUJRAT: A huge division in the anti-PML-N vote bank has helped the ruling party clinch Mandi Bahauddin’s NA-108 in the by-election held on Monday...

This vote bank is shared by at least five major opposition political parties, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), PPP, PML-Q, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...

Maximum number of BISP cards issued in Bahawalpur division

BAHAWALPUR: The Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Bahawalpur division topped all other divisions in Punjab by issuing most number of Benazir Debit Cards (BDCs) from Feb 1 to March 20...

He said that after a fresh survey was carried out last year to identify the deserving, 15 offices of the programme in three districts of the division issued the BDCs for giving them Rs1,500 support sum per month...

Title victories for Lahore Division in gymnastics

LAHORE: The Lahore Division won both men’s and women’s titles in the Punjab Gymnastics Championships held in Gujranwala the other day...

Pakistan Gymnastics Fede­r­ation secretary Painda Malik distributed the prizes among the winners...

Controversial CIA official makes it to drone strikes division

Also read: Obama gave CIA 'secret waiver' for Pakistan drone strikes: reportMr Bank was ousted as the head of the agency’s Iran operations division at headquarters a year ago after an internal investigation found he had created an abusive and hostile work environment that put the crucial office in disarray...

Mr Bank’s name has been public since 2010, when he had to be evacuated as Pakistan station chief after he was named in a...

MQM chief’s call for Sindh division inappropriate: CM

The Pakistan Peoples Party would never allow the division of Sindh as the party had already made it clear that division of the province was unacceptable, he said...

Obama criticises 'politics of division', says it takes US '50 years back'

Former United States (US) President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail on Thursday, railing against the “politics of division” after keeping a low profile and avoiding direct confrontation with his White House successor since leaving office...

“What we can't have is the same old politics of division that we have seen so many times before, that dates back centuries,” Obama said at the event in Newark for Phil Murphy...

Sukkur win inter-division kodi kodi tournament

KARACHI: Sukkur division won the first inter-division kodi kodi tournament here at the Sindh Sports Board (SSB) indoor hall in front of a sizeable crowd on Sunday...

“Pakistan is the Asian champions in kodi kodi while many nations are now taking up the sport at international level,” he said...