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24/02/2023

Muhammad Nisar, Security Guard at Bab-e-Peshawar Station. He recently Joined BRT as a security guard. He is an Mphil in Political Science from Islamia College Peshawar and CSS aspirant who attempted Competative Examination twicely, but failed to secure passing marks in essay only.Nisar has alot of family burdens and responsibilities to meet daily expenses. He is diligent, and dutiful boy and feel proud to earn and feed his family by performing eight hours duty as a security guard. He is a resident of tehkal peshawar.Though he is consistent, dutiful, diligent to perform such tough duty as a security personal, but he also deserve a respectful and a white collar job in this society.Only nepostism, lack of merit and favouritism have discouraged such talented youth to think bigger and out of nutshell. I appreciate his effort and sense of responsibility he has for his family-care but only appreciation is not enough, atleast he must be appreciated through an opportunity in any esteem organization.
Written by Engr Syed Asif Shah

15/05/2022

12/04/2022

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21/03/2022

IPRI Infographics|
This infographic visualizes Pakistan's exports from 2016-2021 which includes, Cotton, sports good, and other agrarian goods.

21/03/2022

IPRI Infographics|
Vote of no-confidence or no-confidence motions process varies across different countries with parliamentary governance systems. This infographic points out the countries where a no-confidence vote was put in motion.

20/03/2022

A week long visit of the Buddhist monks and nuns concluded at Swat.
Buddhist delegation was visiting “Gandhara trail” where last two days they spent at swat valley by exploring Swat museum, Butkara III site, Amluk dara, Jehanabad Buddha, ghaligy and Bazira archaeological sites.

28/02/2022

During his address to the nation, Prime Minister made several announcement to provide relief to the masses.

⏺️ Petroleum & Diesel prices slashed by Rs10/liter with immediate effect. The PM also announced not to pass on the impact of global petrol hike to the consumer.

⏺️ Rs 5/unit relief to low & middle income electricity consumers, and all commercial consumers

⏺️ Ehsaas Kafalat Stipend increased by 17% to Rs14000. 8 Million poorest families to benefit from this facility.

⏺️ Historic incentives for IT sector.
✔️100% tax exemption for both companies and freelancers
✔️100% foreign exchange exemption
✔️100% exemption from Capital gain tax for investments in IT start ups.

14/07/2021

Former president Mamnoon Hussain dies of cancer

Mamnoon Hussain was the 12th president of , who served from 2013 to 2018 during the tenure of the

12/07/2021

A beautiful weather at Gilgit Airport Pakistan

Via i.xahrah

12/07/2021

Ayub Teaching Hospital.

12/07/2021

“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." -- Malala Yousafzai

Join us in wishing happy birthday to our youngest Messenger of Peace, who is championing girls' education around the world!

12/07/2021

PESHAWAR: Senior members of the Afghan Taliban said they recently sent delegations to some regional countries to address their apprehensions about foreign militant factions in Afghanistan. They said they assured the regional countries that the Taliban would not allow foreign fighters to use their soil against any country.

According to Taliban sources, their top leadership had given a task to the Qatar-based political office headed by Sheikh Abdul Hakeem to immediately make contacts with some of the countries including China, Iran, Russia and some Central Asian republics to assure them that they would not support militants belonging to these counties or provide them any assistance to carry out militant activities in their respective states.
"Some of the countries, including Russia, China and Iran, had some reservations about their own militants presently hiding in Afghanistan. We have signed an agreement with the United States that we would not allow foreign militants to use our soil against any other country, particularly the US and its allies," a senior Taliban leader told The News.
Pleading anonymity, he said Taliban delegations visited Russia, Iran and some Central Asian countries and assured them that they should not worry about their security from Afghanistan when they came to power.
"The Chinese were particularly concerned about the Uyghur militants. We sent a letter to the Chinese embassy and explained to them that they should not worry about the Uyghur militants. Let me admit that we have militants from China, Russia, Iran, Central Asian, Arab world and Pakistan but these militants would not be allowed to continue their armed struggle against their respective countries in Afghanistan," he said.
The Taliban leader said they would not ask the foreign fighters to leave their country as they came to them as refugees, but would not let them exploit their hospitality and create issues for them.
According to the Taliban, they would not allow these foreign militant

12/07/2021

ISLAMABAD: Police arrested a man outside the Parliament House Monday for brandishing a pistol and a knife, Geo News reported.
The man can be seen in a couple of videos that have now gone viral on social media, carrying a pistol in one hand and a knife in the other.
Police officers can be seen standing nearby, trying to reason with the suspect. He was soon arrested and taken to a nearby police station.
After arresting the suspect, police said initial investigation revealed he is a 45-year-old man who lives in Rawalpindi's Chakri area.
Taking notice of the incident, Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani instructed IG Islamabad to prepare a report on the matter.
Suspect not sound of mind, say sources
Sources in Islamabad Police spoke to Geo News, saying that initial investigation had revealed that the suspect was not of sound mind.
"The suspect had said he had come out [on to the streets] to save the country, as it is in dire straits," revealed sources.
The suspect said Pakistan was about to disintegrate as a result of a conspiracy, added sources.
Police sources revealed that the knife and the pistol seized from the suspect, were both rusty.
"The pistol didn't even have bullets in it," said sources.

12/07/2021

Ms. Gul Bano, PAS (BS-18) officer has assumed the charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner (G) Peshawar on this the 12th day of July 2021.

14/03/2021

08/03/2021

Inspirational Saira Shams, making Dir proud.

By Farooq Khan

Born in Timergara, a town of District Dir Lower, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Saira in the initial days of her life, met with a tragedy of disability as a result of muscular dystrophy due to premature birth. She faced annual muscle surgeries from 1992 till 2011. Her life with wheelchair started in the year 2011 and this was where she challenged all those hurdles coming in her way, with the support of her late father Shams Ul Qamar, a former politician and honorable elder of the town who never let her daughter realized any disability.

Saira’s dream was to be a leader and motivator for the rest of the women and she never compromised over her dream, that is why she became the district counselor of her town and now keeping the role of Vice President women wing of Insaf Youth Wing, a youth group of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf.

Saira is the only writer in her family and she used to send poems to magazines and newspapers when she initially started writing. She added “I formally started writing after my father passed away which was indeed a painful chapter of my life”.

Saira looks forward to talk about the rights of persons with disabilities in the country which she believes is unavailable. She went through many challenges during her studies accessing the class rooms, exam halls because of no proper stairways for the persons with disabilities which is why she aims to raise her voice for such issues.

Saira suggests direct representation of the persons with disability in the decision-making platforms where they can directly represent and share their grievances.
Saira also focuses to empower the women of the area from where she belongs, a typical Pashtun society with many issues of women being accepted as leaders but she tries hard to access as many as she can to inspire them.

Answering to a question “Why women in this society are not empowered?” She said “Women are capable of doing every single work but she n

05/03/2021

Meet the girl from Malakand who masters never-before-tried art

27/02/2021

Sports & Cultural Festival kicks off in Gabin Jabba
Official says pragmatic steps being taken to facilitate tourists in KP
PESHAWAR: Secretary Tourism Department Abid Majid on Friday said that pragmatic steps were being taken to facilitate tourists during their visit to the scenic spots of the province.
“Gabin Jabba and Malam Jabba are the most attractive tourist destinations in Swat valley that is why domestic and foreign tourists are now even coming in chilling winter to enjoy the beauty of mini-Switzerland in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” he told a function held in connection with inauguration of the three-day Sports and Cultural Festival in Gabin Jabba.
Officials of the Swat district administration, including Deputy Commissioner Junaid Khan, and Tourism Department were also present.
The secretary said that tourism was being promoted along modern lines to boost the sector and create employment opportunities for the local populace as well.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Authority (KP-CTA) under the aegis of Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs Department and Swat district administration have jointly organized the spectacular extravaganza.
Earlier, the festival kicked off in the scenic tourist resort - Gabin Jabba - in Swat valley.

The festival featured cultural activities and sports competitions, including snow marathon race, snow cycling, snow judo, tug-of-war and archery on the first day of the gala.
A large number of visitors from across the country visited tourist information desk, handicrafts and food stalls while children enjoyed various games in the play land.
Famous singers and artistes, including Shahid Ali Khan, Khalid Malik, Humayun Khan, Moeez, Shahukat Mahmood, Almas Khan Khalil and others would also participate in the music shows to be organised during the event.
FC dance performance, rabab music, Pashto poetry recital sessions, magic and martial art shows and stage dramas are also part of the festival.

26/02/2021

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20/01/2021

For more than two centuries, the top ranks of American power have been dominated by men — almost all of them white. That ends today.

Kamala Harris is the first female US vice president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the role.

20/01/2021

Democrat Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, ending the tumultuous four-year term in the White House of Republican Donald Trump.

Biden, 78, took the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at a solemn ceremony at the US Capitol which was snubbed by the outgoing president and took place in the shadow of a raging coronavirus pandemic.

08/01/2021

Nobel Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai has expressed grief over the killing of Shia Hazara miners in Balochistan's Mach area.

"This is not the first time that this has happened. But I hope it is the last," she wrote on Twitter, requesting PM Imran Khan to meet with the victims' families "as soon as possible".

30/12/2020

Pakistan Democratic Movement pays tribute to the martyrs of Garhi Khuda Baksh.

Charon sobon ki zanjeer
Benazir Benazir

30/12/2020

The federal cabinet on Tuesday accorded approval for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ( ) between the National Accountability Bureau ( ) and the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation ( ).

Though there were no details available about the content of the MoU, the country’s top graft buster had long sought assistance of the FBI to train its investigators along modern lines to fight corruption.

The main idea behind the move was to keep NAB investigators conversant with new investigation techniques and methods to investigate white-collar crimes in an effective way.


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30/12/2020

The relentless New Zealand side has won it despite the best efforts of Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan. A scintillating Test comes to an end. It's the Kiwis that rejoice 🔥

30/12/2020

A day after announced that they will partake in the Senate elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President announced to call on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday.

The meeting will discuss the situation after the arrest of former foreign minister and the acting leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, , in an assets beyond means and money laundering case.

Maryam and Fazl will discuss the long march that the opposition has threatened to hold if does not resign by January 31.

Moreover, other cases and arrests against political leaders by the National Accountability Bureau ( ) will be discussed.

30/12/2020

The US Attorney General said Tuesday the United States "stands ready" to try a militant convicted of murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl whose release was ordered by a Pakistani court.

The decision by Sindh High Court to release the accused comes months after it sparked outrage for overturning the murder conviction and death sentence of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, and acquitted three other men connected to the case.

The four are being held under the emergency orders of the local government while an ongoing appeal against their acquittals is heard in the Supreme Court, but defense lawyers argued against their continued detention in the south of the country.



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29/12/2020

Iran warned Israel on Monday not to cross its "red lines" in the Gulf in the final days of Donald Trump's presidency and following a reported Israeli submarine deployment.

Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh stressed the Islamic republic would defend itself against any American military "adventure" in the runup to the January 20 handover of power in Washington.

The statement came a week after the US Navy announced a nuclear submarine was being deployed to the Gulf, in a new show of force directed at Iran.

29/12/2020

In a horrific act, a minor girl in suburbs of Lahore was strangled to death before being sexually assaulted by two suspects including her cousin.

The body of seven-year-old A*****, who had gone missing on Sunday, was recovered from drain near her home in Sundar, a small area near the provincial capital of Punjab.

The victim’s family began search of the minor girl after finding her missing and the suspects who were involved in the horrendous crime were also pretending to be aiding in the search.

29/12/2020

Pakistani internet users were surprised to see Google search results showing -famed Esra Bilgic as Pakistani actor 's parent. It was then discovered that the information has been sourced to Wikipedia and the search engine was not responsible for creating this misunderstanding.

Turns out, the actor's bio was heavily vandalised last week, since anyone can edit information on the site with hundreds of changes being made everyday in an effort to keep it updated.

29/12/2020

Novavax Inc has begun a large late-stage study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, the drug developer said on Monday, after delaying the trial twice due to issues in scaling up the manufacturing process.

It will enroll up to 30,000 volunteers across about 115 sites in the United States and Mexico, with two-thirds of them receiving the shot 21 days apart and the rest getting placebo, the company said.

29/12/2020

recently came under fire after she shared a picture of a ornament engraved with the message "Our first pandemic 2020." in an story, reported Insider.

Although the actor didn't give context as to whether the ornament was her own or just a random picture, netizens didn't hold back in giving her a piece of their mind.

29/12/2020

The federal government has notified an increase of up to 18 paisas per unit in the electricity tariff for all consumers except those of Karachi effective from December 1, 2020.

According to the notification issued by the Ministry of Energy on Monday, the tariff has been increased from Rs13.35 per unit to Rs13.53 per unit.

“Fifteen paisas per unit increase is applicable on consumers using up to 300 units of electricity” while those using more than 300 units will have to pay 18 paisas per unit more, the notification stated.

09/12/2020

Office of the Press Secretary to Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Handout No.1 Peshawar 9th December 2020
As a significant progress to promote industrial activities in the province, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has performed ground breaking ceremony of Nowshera Economic Zone (Extension) Project and distributed allotment letters to the investors for setting up industrial units in the Economic Zone. The 76 acres Nowshera Economic Zone (Extension) project will have the capacity for setting up more than 60 industrial units and create over 12 Thousands direct and indirect employment opportunities while on initial investment of Rs. 1.6 billions is expected in the zone upon colonization.
In his address to the ground breaking ceremony, Chief Minister Mahmood Khan has termed the Nowshera Economic Zone Extension project as another milestone towards the rapid industrial promotion and provision of employment opportunities to people adding that the provincial government is taking result oriented steps to stabilize the provincial economy and to provide employment opportunities to the people. “The extension of Nowshera Economic Zone will play a vital role to this effect and bring in a new era of industrial development in the province”, he added. Special Assistant to CM on Information Karman Bangash, Principal Secretary to CM Shahab Ali Shah, Chief Executive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Management Company Javed Khattak and others attended the ceremony. On this occasion the Chief Minister was also briefed about various aspects of Nowshera Economic Zone (extension) project and told that being in the proximity of Azakhel Dry Port, Peshawar and Islamabad Motorway, this project offers promising potentials to the enterprising locals who intend to expand their industries are want to come up with new start-ups. The project would provide ample opportunities for pharmaceutical, food processing, construction, marble, granite and food packing whereas industrial products from this

09/12/2020

The Lahore police detained DJ Butt from the Model Town Bank Square on Wednesday for violating coronavirus SOPs

09/12/2020

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