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Seven elected unopposed senators from Balochistan

QUETTA:   Treasury and opposition parties in Balochistan reached consensus on Thursday on the unopposed election of seven candidates, contesting on the general seats of the Senate, and continued their further talks for the uncontested election on the women and technocrat seats. Those elected unopposed are former caretaker prime minister Anwarul Haq Kakar; Awami National […]

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LNG diversion leads to gas price hike

LAHORE: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has emphasised that the cost of human resources accounts for only 4% of the total gas price, where 94% is the cost of gas and the remaining is the return on capital expenditure. According to an SNGPL spokesperson, one of the key reasons behind the increase in gas […]

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Chinese workers to resume work on hydropower project days after Besham attack

Much to regional rivals’ chagrin, China instructed its workers to resume work on the Tarbela Dam extension project days after five Chinese engineers were killed in the Besham suicide attack. As per an office circular issued by the Power Construction Corporation of China Ltd, on March 28, “workers and office staff will be back to […]

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Inside details about late-night PCB meeting on captaincy, coaches

JOIN OUR WHATSAPP CHANNEL Chairman Mohsin Naqvi of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) presided over a crucial meeting at the PCB headquarters, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on Thursday night.  The focal point of the meeting was the presentation of recommendations by the selection committee members concerning the national cricket team’s captaincy. Deliberations also ensued on matters […]

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ECP links Senate polls with K-P MPAs’ oath

ISLAMABAD:   The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Thursday linked the Senate elections to the extent of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with the oath-taking of its MPAs allocated reserved seats, warning that it would be compelled to delay the polls in the province until they were sworn in. The ECP’s directives have come on the heels of […]

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Naqvi discusses K-P security with CM

PESHAWAR:   Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Thursday vowed to strengthen Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) by increasing its capacity to effectively deal with the menace of terrorism. Presiding over a meeting in the provincial capital, he said that the K-P CTD would be given access to necessary data while the cyber cell of the […]

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Sindh farmers urge promotion of intercropping

KARACHI: Progressive growers and agriculture experts are advocating for promoting intercropping, one of the traditional farming systems, to boost the agro-ecosystem and ensure food security in Sindh, where there is a significant water shortage. Intercropping, cultivating two or more crops simultaneously in the same field, is a traditional farming system that has been in use […]

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SC to hear all sides in Mubarak Sani case review

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court decided on Thursday that no private person would be made party to the Mubarak Sani case review, but any individual or institution could make their written submission to the court within two weeks’ time. Heading a three-member bench, including Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Chief Justice Qazi […]