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Plane crashes in Margalla Hills

Plane crashes in Margalla Hills

ISLAMABAD An Air Blue passenger plane crashed due to bad weather here in Margalla Hills on Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board. The flight number ED 202, crashed into a heavily wooded and hard-to-access hillside, while flying from Karachi, just minutes before landing on Benazir Bhutto ...


National News
Honeymoon plans crash with plane

Honeymoon plans crash with plane

KARACHI - A newly wed couple, Owais and Urosa, planned to break away from the routine life and go on honeymoon. But the fickle fortune had other plans. They boarded Airblue plane and were counted ...

Two athletes among dead

Two athletes among dead

'Degree issue politicised'

'Degree issue politicised'

Sports News
Customs edge out Ghana team in Quaid-e-Azam Cup Hockey

Customs edge out Ghana team in Quaid-e-Azam Cup Hockey

KARACHI Host Pakistan Customs defeated guest Ghana Customs 4-2 in the Quaid-e-Azam Cup Hockey Tournament which began here Wednesday at two grounds simultaneously. The visitors played some good ...

Pakistani players meet 'suspicious persons' in UK

Pakistani players meet 'suspicious persons' in UK

Soggy course spikes difficulty for pros

Soggy course spikes difficulty for pros

Business News
No new locomotives in next two years

No new locomotives in next two years

LAHORE - The government is ignoring the Railways constantly, leading into higher traffic load and increasing accidents ratio. This was stated by Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Chairman Standing Committee of the ...

Sugar sale at subsidised rate at USC to continue

Sugar sale at subsidised rate at USC to continue

USC to provide Rs3b subsidy under Ramazan package

USC to provide Rs3b subsidy under Ramazan package

Regional News

Pak-Afghan transit trade pact inked on US dictation

LAHORE - The water dispute between the provinces is the outcome of Indias water aggression against but Pakistans Foreign Minister and the Indus Water Commission Chairman were pleading New Delhis case ...

Steps taken to avert flood in Mangla Dam

MIRPUR (AJK) - After the reports of heavy impending flood in Mangla Dam Reservoir, the district administration on Wednesday took required preventive measures to deal with any eventuality, officials ...

Six of a family killed

OKARA (APP) - Six persons of a family including three minor girls were butchered by their rivals over an old enmity in village Muhal Musa of Depalpur Tehsil on Wednesday. It is stated that Muhammad ...

Obituary

Bilal Akbar, son of former director NAB Major (retd) Naveed Akbar, passed away on Wednesday (July 28). His funeral will be offered on Thursday (July 29) at Khalid Masjid, Cavalry Ground after ...

Nawa-i-Waqt relief fund

A sum of Rupees 45,000 was donated to Nawa-i-Waqt relief fund on Wednesday. The detail is as under: Rs 25,000 were donated to Nawa-i-Waqt relief fund for affectees of Sawat, Dir and Malakand and Rs ...

High flood in River Chenab

DASKA - There was high flood in River Chenab at Head Marala near Sialkot here on Wednesday. However, the situation remained under control. According to the senior officials of irrigation department, ...

Violence against nurse protested

FAISALABAD - The nurses of Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology (FIC) protested violence against one nurse by a technician at hospital here on Wednesday. Iqbal, a technician at ECG section of the ...

KU body demands release of varsity funds

KARACHI - The Karachi University Officers Welfare Association (KUOWA) has demanded of the government to direct the Higher Education Commission (HEC) to immediately release Karachi Universitys ad hoc ...

'Art exhibitions promote peace'

KARACHI - An Islamic Art and Calligraphic Exhibition was held at Defence Housing Authority Creek Club, DHA Phase-VIII on Wednesday. The exhibition exhibited the masterpiece works of talented artists ...

13 delinquent police officials suspended

LAHORE - SP Headquarters Wednesday dismissed 13 police officers including two Sub-Inspectors, one ASI, nine constables and one driver due to their deliberate absence from duty and ...

Two killed over enmity

KARACHI - Two men were gunned down in separate incidents of violence here on Wednesday. Aziz Bhatti police found a bullet-riddled body of a bank officer from Hakeem Saeed playground near Baitul ...

7 killed, 8 hurt as building caves in

KARACHI - Seven people were killed while eight other were injured when a three-storey building collapsed here at Frontier Colony, Metroville SITE area in the limits of Pirabad Police on ...

Number of free food-seekers on the rise

KARACHI - The alarming increase in the number of people, seeking charitable food, portrays the bleak picture of the devastating economic downturn and its far-reaching repercussion on the common ...

US arranged Afghan war files leak: Gen Gul

LONDONG (Agencies) Former spymaster Lt-Gen (r) Hameed Gul has hit back at allegations he supported the Taliban, saying the US orchestrated a mass leak of confidential files in a bid to scapegoat him ...

PPP-S blames govt for inflation

PESHAWAR Provincial President of Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) Sikander Hayat Sherpao on Tuesday blamed the government for bringing inflation and anarchy in the country. Addressing the Organizing ...

Pakistan hands over new building to Kabul University

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Government of Pakistan handed over the new building of Allama Iqbal Faculty of Arts to the Kabul University at a graceful ceremony held Wednesday at the Kabul University. This major ...

Student dies, six injured as seminary collapses

MARDAN A student of a religious seminary was died and six others were injured when the roof of a seminary collapsed in Mazdoorabad area of Takhtbai tehsil here on Wednesday. According to details, ...

Zardari for greater interfaith harmony

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Zardari has said that need for interfaith understanding and dialogue has never been as great as is today to counter those who were predicting clash of civilizations. ...

Workers move LHC against termination

RAWALPINDI Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench, on Wednesday, issued notices to Medical Superintendent (MS) of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed (BBS) hospital in response to a petition challenging ...

Secy Interior summoned in Aafia's case

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Wednesday directed Secretary Interior Ministry to appear in the court on August 2 to explain why he did not hand over documents to Foreign Ministry, which could be ...

Political leaders grieved over loss of lives in plane crash

LAHORE - Leaders of various political parties while expressing their profound grief and sorrow over the loss of precious human lives in a plane crash at Margalla Hills, Islam-abad demanded thorough ...

CCP supports Saidu Hospital

LAHORE The Concerned Citizens Society of Pakistan has extended support to the Saidu Hospital Swat functioning under the Swat Relief Initiative, a non-governmental organisation aiding destitute women ...

More downpour expected in next couple of days

LAHORE - Various parts of the country including the City received rains of varying intensities on Wednesday with experts predicting the wet spell to continue during the next couple of days. The ...

Survey of flood-hit areas starts

LAHORE - On the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, survey of flood hit areas of districts of Rajanpur and DG Khan has been started. Financial assistance amou-nting to one ...

LHC summons MD Wasa for non-utilisation of funds

LAHORE - Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif has directed Managing Director WASA to appear in the court on August 17 to reply why WASA did not utilise funds given to it by the ...

Electrocuted

LAHORE - A youth was electrocuted at Kot Abdul Malik in Factory Area police precincts on Wednesday. Police investigators said the deceased Muhammad Ashiq (25) was removing fault from the electric ...

14,000 cops deprived of tech, dearness allowances

LAHORE - As many as 14,000 employees of the Punjab Police have been deprived of technical and dearness allowances they were entitled to under the rules, after the Punjab government raised the basic ...

Changes proposed in AT law to derogate human rights: HRCP

LAHORE The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern that some of the changes proposed in the anti-terrorism law are not only contrary but they will also cause derogation of ...

3 including woman commit suicide

LAHORE - At least three people including a woman committed suicide in various localities over different issues in the City on Wednesday. Police said, a 20-year-old youth Amir Iqbal, resident of ...

Khosa announces Rs100m grant for CPSP

LAHORE - The 44th convocation of College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) held here on Wednesday. As many as 300 doctors were awarded with the fellowship and 75 were awarded with the ...

UoE refuses teachers to do PhD at PU

LAHORE - The University of Education (UoE) has refused their faculty members to do PhD from Punjab University. A number of PhD scholars who intended to do their PhD from the Punjab University and ...

Opp demands LHC Bench at Faisalabad

LAHORE - The demand of the people of Faisalabad, lawyers and civil society regarding a Lahore High Court bench for Faisalabad is their right and their demand should be acknowledged at the earliest, ...

Mastikhel seeks apology for anti-media resolution

LAHORE Member Punjab Assembly Muhammad Sanau-llah Mastikhel has written a letter to Quaid Pakistan Muslim League-N Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in which he has informed him about the situation, and has ...

Shahbaz Sharif grieved

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sense of grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in a tragic plane accident at Islamabad on Wednesday. He prayed that may ...

PPP leaders condole

LAHORE - The entire PPP leadership has expressed deep sense of shock and grief over the tragic loss of precious lives in Islamabad plane crash on Wednesday. In a condolence message, PPPs central ...

PRCS blood donation camp

LAHORE - The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in collaboration with a local hotel set up a blood donation camp for Thalassemia patie-nts here on Wednesday. Addressing the donors, Director Health ...

US can't dictate any country: Prof Walter

LAHORE - Pakistan and the United States share contrary perceptions of foreign policy which is the biggest reason behind fluctuating relationship between both the countries. This was stated by ...

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