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20 burnt alive following deadly collision between bus, oil tanker in Pakistan
Indian paramilitary troopers and police stand guard during restictions in Lal chowk central Srinagar as police and paramilitary reinforcements enforced curfew-like restrictions in parts of Indian Kashmir's summer capital on April 27, 2016. Authorities imposed restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir's city centre Lal Chowk and adjacent areas on April 27 to hold back pro-independence Jammu Kashmir Libration Front (JKLF) called funeral prayers in absentia for Amanullah Khan, who died on April 26 in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi. Khan, 82, was co-founder of the JKLF and is considered as being the architect of the armed rebellion on the Indian side of the disputed Himalayan state.
WN / Imran Nissar
2022-08-16, India TV
Pakistan: As many as 20 people were burnt alive in a collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in the Punjab province of Pakistan on Tuesday. According to the...
Missing Indian woman found in Pakistan after two decades
An Indian Muslim woman shouts slogans during a protest against barring Muslim girls wearing hijab from attending classes at some schools in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022.
AP / Altaf Qadri
2022-08-08, The Siasat Daily
Karachi: An Indian woman, who went missing 20 years ago after a recruitment agent in Mumbai promised her a job in Dubai but trafficked her to Pakistan, has been found...
Hamida Banu: Missing India woman found in Pakistan 'can't wait to go home'
An Indian woman works on the road side during a foggy morning at Suchetgarh village in Jammu, India, 12 December 2016.
WN / Shilpa
2022-08-07, BBC News
An Indian woman who was missing for 20 years has been found in Pakistan with the help of a video on social media. Hamida Banu left India in 2002 after a recruitment agent...
Detained aide of Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan in hospital2022-08-19
The Times & Democrat: ISLAMABAD (AP) — A close aide of Pakistan’s former Prime MinisterImran Khan who was recently arrested on treason charges for alleged anti-military remarks was hospitalized this week after complaining of breathing difficulties, officials said Friday. Shahbaz...
Seven missing after car swept away in flash flood on highway in Pakistan2022-08-19
Sott: At least seven people, including a husband, wife and four children, are missing after a car heading to Hyderabad...
UAE team explores setting up plasma farming facilities in Pakistan2022-08-19
Arab News: ISLAMABAD: A delegation from the UAE has arrived in Pakistan to carry out a feasibility study for a project to set up the first plasma farming facilities in the South Asian country. Plasma farming technology is a growing field in patient care and clinical...
Rehabilitation of rain-hit people of 13 Sindh districts govt's priority: Bilawal2022-08-19
Urdu Point: KARACHI, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 19th Aug, 2022 ) :Foreign MinisterBilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday said it was the government's priority to first protect the people badly affected due to the unprecedented prolonged five spells of monsoon rains in...
Traffic police ordered to conduct inquiry into incident of torture on citizen2022-08-19
Urdu Point: KARACHI, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 19th Aug, 2022 ) :Additional Inspector General of PoliceKarachi Javed Alam Odho on...
PSX Hosts Meeting With Acting SBP Governor, Top SBP Officials & Capital Markets Stakeholders (Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited)2022-08-19
Public Technologies: ) PRESS RELEASE PSX Hosts Meeting with ActingSBPGovernor, Top SBP Officials & Capital Markets Stakeholders Karachi, August 19, 2022: PakistanStock Exchange (PSX) hosted a meeting where the top management of PSX including Chairperson PSX, Dr. Shamshad...
Pak -Customs foils attempt to clear banned items worth Rs.453 millions2022-08-19
Urdu Point: The Pakistan Customs on Friday foiled a major attempt to clear banned items worth Rs 453 millions ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / PakistanPointNews - 19th Aug, 2022 ) :The Pakistan Customs on Friday foiled a major attempt to clear banned items worth Rs 453 millions....
Rozi & representation: Eva B is rapping every woman's story2022-08-19
The New Arab: When Eva B aka Eva Baloch – the first female niqab-wearing rapper from Pakistan – wrote Rozi in November 2019, she had never imagined it would become an anthem of women's empowerment not just in her home country, but around the world. Her song, co-produced...
Pakistan: Thousands of passengers stranded near Fort Monroe after 3 main highways closed due to floods2022-08-19
The Times of India: BALOCHISTANFort Monroe at Dera Ghazi Khan, which connects Punjab with Balochistan, after three main highways connecting Balochistan to the rest of Pakistan were closed due to damage during the recent floods and heavy rainfall. Recent floods and rainfall in...
Relief operations started in rain affected districts: Sharjeel2022-08-19
Urdu Point: SindhInformation Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Friday said that provincial government had started relief operations in all affected districts where unprecedented monsoon rains caused severe damages to infrastructure of cities and crops in rural areas...
Changes underway for a unified, integrated Policing system in country: Amin-Ul-Haque2022-08-19
Urdu Point: FederalMinister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque, on Friday, said that MoITT was making a major change in the decades old Policing system through its "Crime Analytics and Smart Policing in Pakistan (CASPP)" initiative aimed...
Hotel, restaurants tobacco smoke free campaign launched2022-08-19
Urdu Point: Additional Deputy CommissionerEast and HeadTobacco ControlCellOffice of Deputy Commissioner Karachi East Umamah Solangi here on Friday inaugurated TobaccoSmokeFreeHotel, Restaurants Campaign from UniversityRoad Gulshan-e-Iqbal Food Street...
Brain-Eating Amoeba Has Caused Another Fatality This Year – But Do They Actually Eat Your Brain?2022-08-19
IFL Science: Nothing is as joyous for a child as jumping into a local lake for a quick refreshing dip on a hot and sweaty day. Unfortunately, a brain-eating amoeba may be lurking underneath the surface, waiting for a chance encounter with an unsuspecting human....
Second elephant operated on for dental issues in Pakistan2022-08-19
Gulf News: Islamabad: A day after treating elephant Madhubala’s chronic tusk infection at Karachi Zoo, the international team of vets representing Four Paws operated upon her younger sister Noor Jehan. 16-year old Noor Jehan’s dental treatment, however, turned out to be...