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The government on Monday reduced the price of petrol by Rs2.93 per litre, but increased that of high-speed diesel (HSD) by Re0.61 per litre. Following the revision, petrol will retail at Rs395.37 per litre, while HSD will cost Rs396.85 per litre. The government continues to levy Rs114 per litre in t...
All educational institutions in Peshawar will remain open on Tuesday, a statement by the city’s deputy commissioner (DC) has announced. The statement, posted on Facebook, urged the public not to pay heed to any “fake notification or rumours” in this regard. Educational institutions in Khyber Pakhtun...
Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi will undertake an official two-day visit to Pakistan on Tuesday, the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday. According to a statement issued by the FO, Albusaidi’s visit, taking place at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, ...
All educational institutions in Peshawar will remain open on Tuesday, a statement by the city’s deputy commissioner (DC) has announced. The statement, posted on Facebook, urged the public not to pay heed to any “fake notification or rumours” in this regard. Educational institutions in Khyber Pakhtun...
Pakistan will look to complete a commanding series whitewash when they face Sri Lanka in the third and final Twenty20 International at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, with captain Sahibzada Farhan keen to see his side continue its aggressive approach after two emphatic victories. Having s...
Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokolstev arrived in Pakistan on Monday and would hold “important meetings” with the leadership here, according to a statement by the interior ministry. The statement said Kolokolstev was undertaking the four-day visit at the invitation of Interior Minister Mohsi...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Monday that gone were the days when there would be no coordination between the Centre and the province, adding that “our policies will now come from Islamabad, not Kabul”. “Gone are the days when there was no coordination between the Centre and ...
Non-functional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister, Sohail Afridi, and some of his cabinet members are in preventative custody, officials confirmed on Monday. The PTI had reported their detention on Sunday, shortly after the Centre imposed emergency and governor’s rule in the province under Articles 2...
A boy was killed in an explosion that injured around 19 others during a school trip in northern Israel near the Lebanese border on Monday, according to Defence Minister Israel Katz. The explosion occurred as a group of Israeli high school students hiked near the Lebanese border, with unexploded ordn...
US authorities conducted a predawn Monday raid on the Washington-area home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing investigation, the Justice Department said. The raid followed a criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born lawmaker’s immigration paperwork, which was fille...
A boy was killed in an explosion that injured around 19 others during a school trip in northern Israel near the Lebanese border on Monday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said. The explosion occurred as a group of Israeli high school students hiked near the Lebanese border, with unexploded ordnance sus...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi said on Monday that the new setup in the province would “not compromise on police”, pledging enhanced support and a pay raise for its law enforcers. He was addressing a press conference in Peshawar a day after the Centre imposed governor’s rule in the p...
