CM Maryam removes Jhelum DC over exam postponement ahead of her visit
JHELUM/LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Sunday removed Deputy Commissioner Jhelum Mir Reza Ozgen from his post after the district administration sought postponement of an HSSC examination scheduled for November 10, coinciding with her planned visit to the district.
Hamza Shahbaz meets Hindu community delegation, extends Diwali greetings
ISLAMABAD – Former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday met a delegation of the Hindu community, led by Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Dr Darshan, at the Prime Minister’s Office here on the occasion of Diwali.
Nation observes 149th birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal today
LAHORE – The nation will observe the 149th birth anniversary of national poet and philosopher Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Monday (November 9) with renewed commitment to his vision of an independent Muslim state, self-respect, unity and intellectual awakening.
NCCIA recovers Rs2.94m for woman defrauded of Rs 9.5m
ISLAMABAD – The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) Islamabad has recovered Rs 2.
PM felicitates President Aliyev, Azerbaijan nation on Victory Day
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Sunday, extended his warmest felicitations to President Ilham Aliyev and the brave and brotherly people of Azerbaijan on the sixth anniversary of Victory Day.
Netanyahu demands ‘national unity’ government as he claims Arab parties ‘want to eliminate Israel’
TEL AVIV- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the parties of the so-called change bloc to form a national unity government with the parties of his outgoing coalition, and issues dire warnings that a government formed with the Arab parties, whom he labels “terror supporters,” would destroy the country.
PM extends felicitations to Hindu community on Diwali
ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif extended his heartfelt felicitations and warmest wishes to the Hindu community across the world, particularly those residing in Pakistan, on the joyous and auspicious occasion of Diwali.
70,000 tents flooded by heavy rain in Gaza
GAZA CITY – Heavy rain on Saturday flooded tens of thousands of displaced people’s tents in war-devastated Gaza, Palestinian authorities said, leaving them without shelter.
Regional security framework should be free from foreign interference: Araghchi
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has stressed the need for regional security arrangements free from the involvement of extra-regional powers, raising the issue in phone talks with 12 regional counterparts over the past 48 hours.
