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  ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser Dr. Moeed Yusuf Friday met Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R Sherman and told her that the international community should engage with the interim Taliban-led government in Afghanistan.  NSA Moeed Yusuf held a meeting with the State Department's number two, who arrived Thursday in Pakistan on a two-day official visit. After the visit of the CIA Director William J Burns, Sherman is the senior-most US official to visit Pakistan. During the meeting, bilateral issues and the evolving situation in the region after the Taliban takeover were discussed. The two also exchanged views on economic cooperation, trade, and the security situation in Afghanistan. "The international community needs to engage with Afghanistan's new interim government," Moeed Yousaf said. Yusuf told Sherman that Indian atrocities in occupied Kashmir were leading the region towards further instability.  Earlier on Thursday, during a weekly press briefing, Foreign Off...

   Karachi police officers are running at least 363 narcotics dens: internal report Internal report states narcotics dens grew from 115 in 2013 to 363 in 2021.  Police officers "directly involved in running these dens and also collect millions of rupees from there", says report.  "Like a ritual, the police officers will be suspended temporarily and will rejoin the force one by one and initiate crimes like they did in the past," laments a police officer.  KARACHI: An internal report prepared by the Sindh Police has rung alarm bells for the law and order situation in Karachi, as it has been found that at least 363 narcotics  dens  are being run by police officers in Karachi. The damning report has identified over 100 police officers, ranking from constables to deputy superintendents (DSPs) involved in running at least 363 narcotics dens across the seven districts of Karachi. The number of narcotics dens in Karachi has almost tripled, as the last report...

Muzaffargarh: Firing over land dispute, killing of Jamshed Dasti's brother In Muzaffargarh, the elder brother of former National Assembly member Jamshed Dasti was shot dead by his opponents. While the jirga was going on over the land dispute, the other side opened fire, as a result of which Jamshed Dasti's elder brother was killed. According to rescue officials, the body of Jamshed Dasti's elder brother was shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital where an autopsy will be conducted. Police have reached the spot and started regular investigation while DPO Muzaffargarh has ordered IG police to take immediate action and arrest the accused as soon as possible.

 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's reaction to Rana Tanveer's warning Former Prime Minister and PML-N senior vice president Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that what party leader Rana Tanveer said in a private TV program is his personal opinion. Talking on Geo News program New Pakistan, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that there is always a difference of opinion in our party and what Rana Tanveer said is also a difference of opinion. Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that he did not disagree with the words of Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Tanveer is my senior in the party, I respect what he said and now I will act. The former prime minister said that if Shahbaz Sharif had any strategy in the 2018 elections, it is not known to me, Shahbaz Sharif is my leader, in the next meeting I will ask what was the strategy. It may be recalled that while warning against Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's statement regarding Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, leader Rana Tanveer had said that I had personally told Shahid Khaqan Abbasi not...

 The FIA ​​arrested Hamid Mir's brother and senior journalist Amir Mir LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cyber ​​Crime Wing has arrested senior journalist Amir Mir. According to sources, Aamir Mir left home in the morning to go to his office and was arrested by the FIA's cyber crime wing. Sources said that FIA personnel took Amir Mir along with his car. According to FIA sources, Aamir Mir is in cyber crime but it is not known in which case Amir Mir was arrested. Remember that senior journalist Amir Mir now runs his own web channel.

 Why did Prime Minister Imran Khan nominate Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir? How did Prime Minister Imran Khan like Abdul Qayyum Niazi for the post of Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir? When senior government and political figures were contacted to find out the answer to this question, three questions came to light. According to sources, Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to form a government after the first and biggest victory of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Azad Kashmir elections. Could bring Prime Minister Imran Khan came up with an easy solution to this difficult situation by asking three questions to the selected candidates for the PM's job and decided to appoint a satisfactory respondent to this important post. The first of the three questions asked by the Prime Minister was, what is your solution to the Kashmir issue? The second question is what will you do to bring the Kashmir issue to the forefront of the world? And the third question is what is ...

  EARTH QUAKE 5.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Islamabad and some parts of KPK 5.3 magnitude earthquake shakes Islamabad, Peshawar and adjoining areas of KPK. According to Pakistan's climatic conditions, it was 159 km deep while the Hindu Kush region was the center in Afghanistan. Lakes are also felt in Balakot, Khyber, Kohat, Mansehra and other areas. As the quake shook the cities, social media users took to Twitter and other plateforms to pray for each other's safety.

IMRAN KHAN WITH AQ NIAZI Prime Minister Imran Khan nominated Abdul Qayyum Niazi for the post of Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir ISLAMABAD - The current government Prime Minister Imran Khan has finalized the name of Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the next Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry announced that Prime Minister Imran Khan has nominated Abdul Qayyum Niazi as the next Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Taking it on Twitter, the PTI leader said that Prime Minister Imran had taken this decision after extensive consultation and review of all suggestions. The caption reads, "Mr. Qayyum Niazi is a dynamic and genuine political activist whose heart beats with the activists." Earlier, the Prime Minister Imran Khan had interviewed seven candidates for the post of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said that the Prime Minister asked him various questions, his future strategy and views on environment, tourism, and...

COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN   ISLAMABAD(Media Reports) Pakistan on Tuesday hit the target of vaccinating one million people a day against Covid-19. The achievement made strides in Pakistan’s inoculation campaign just weeks before a deadline for workers in public-facing roles to obtain vaccination certificates. The Government of Pakistan announced last week that workers in schools, shopping malls and hospitality businesses, and the transport and air travel industries would be barred from entering public offices unless they show vaccination certificates by the end of this month. Asad Umar, the minister in-charge for Covid-19 operations, said in a tweet. "Happy to report that the target we had set for 1 million vaccinations in a day was crossed,"  Pakistan has seen an increase in coronavirus infections, fuelled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, putting its weak health infrastructure under extreme pressure. Out of a population of 220 million, more than 31 million have receive...

KARACHI: A deadly road accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach late Saturday night left at least 59 dead with scores wounded as both vehicles caught fire.       “We have received more than 59 dead bodies but the death toll may rise as most of them are completely burnt and stuck to each other,” Doctor Semi Jamali at Karachi's Jinnah hospital said.       Jamali said the bodies of at least six children were stuck to women who may have been their mothers, adding it was impossible to separate the remains. “They are beyond recognition, they can only be identified by DNA test,” she said. Gul Hassan, a resident of Karachi, said he lost nine relatives including the 80-year-old head of the family and a two-year-old child.       The dead also included two women and another child, Hassan said. “They were travelling in the same bus. I cannot recognise any of them, all the bodies are completely burnt,” he said. The overloaded bus, carrying mo...

Islamabad: As speculations regarding the marriage of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan with DawnNews anchor Reham Khan persist, the party’s central information secretary said on Thursday the wedding will be a low-key affair.        Dismissing reports that the wedding would be a fundraising event for Imran’s Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital, Shireen Mazari told Dawn: “As far as I know, it is an extremely private affair. There are no such ticketed cards and no grand function.” “Imran is in no mood to celebrate after the Peshawar tragedy,” Mazari added. “This is not a time to celebrate.” Mazari hinted that a  nikah  ceremony was likely to take place “today or this week” and that a purported marriage document doing the rounds on Twitter was “absolutely fake”. She added that Imran has been cautious about the announcement as he wanted to inform his children first. “He was not going to do anything until he spoke to his sons first....

ISLAMABAD: The government finalised on Friday a plan to set up gas-based power projects in Sindh and Punjab of 5,600MW, with those in Hyderabad and Sukkur scheduled to start producing about 2,000MW by May this year.       The plan was firmed up at a meeting of a ministerial committee headed by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and comprising Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Water and Power Minister Khwaja Mohammad Asif.       The cabinet committee on energy headed by the prime minister had directed the ministerial committee to present the plan within a week for its approval and implementation.        A senior government official told Desi that the plan would be submitted to the prime minister for formal approval by the cabinet committee, most probably on Monday.       He said the plan consisted of two stages. In the first stage, about 2,000MW would be generated through trailer-mounted small power projects of ...

RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) dissident has announced that she is launching her own party to make a ‘new’ Pakistan.        Hina Manzoor, former Punjab north secretary general and PTI candidate for NA-54 in the 2013 elections, claimed that many other dissidents would be joining her party. “The homework for the launch of Front National  has been done. Many people from the PTI will join us,” she told Desi.     Ms Manzoor resigned from the post after Imran Khan suspended 10 office-bearers from Punjab north and Rawalpindi district for beating his nephew Ahmed Niazi during the sit-in outside Parliament House in November. “I resigned from the party due to a major shift in the ideology and political structure of the party. I had no choice but to resign. Now we have registered a new political party.” She added: “We will not work to derail democracy and topple any elected government but provide a platform to the people to raise ...

ISLAMABAD: After the restoration to the Army Act (Amendment), the Pakistan Army can take any action against attackers of civil, military institutions in the country.      According to the bill presented in National Assembly today, an amendment to Article 175 was also presented, along with amendments to the Army Act 1952.      Under applicable law, any attackers using weapons in the name of religion would also be liable to punishment. Any individual or group suspected to be carrying, hiding, or transporting any explosive material would also be liable to punishment. Anyone accused of kidnapping would also be punished. Any financing of illegal activities would also be liable to punishment.     Under the Army Act, the final verdicts for any terrorist acts being tried in special courts would be taken by the federal government.     All applicable laws under the Army Act would be in effect for a total of two years, after whi...

SHAKARGARH: Unprovoked firing by Indian forces along the Silakot Working Boundary killed a 13 year old girl and injured an eight year old child on Saturday.      Intermittent and unprovoked firing at the Working Boundary by Indian forces continued, despite the previous incidents during the last few days.      According to a statement by the ISPR, aggressive firing by Indian forces left a 13-year-old girl from Chak Nihala area in Zafarwal sector, severely injured. She was being immediately taken to District Headquarters Hospital, but died on the way.      Firing by Indian forces in Shakargarh sector also left an eight year old child critically wounded.      The Pakistan Rangers also retaliated with intermittent firing at the Working Boundary.      On December 31, two personnel of the Punjab Rangers were martyred in an unprovoked firing incident during a visit for a flag meeting invitation by ...

Islamabad: National Party protested outside the Islamabab press club against the illegal charges of  Dera Ghazi Khan workers. The National Party of Punjab president Muhammad Ayub malik, Muhammad Hafeez Baloch,  Dr. Obaid Baloch and Nasir Baloch said in his speech, Dewan Petroleum not be processed until the previous year contracts nor their rights are being served to Baloch community of Dera Ghazi Khan.  They added the 17-days peaceful protest in winters not innitiated  talks with protesters is  cruel attitude of the administration's of Dewan Petroleum and silence is wonderful for them.They legitimate demands of protesters decided to accept full emanate from the district administration, the consequences will come.

Retra:ASWJ Tehsil Taunsa  delegation headed by President ASWJ District Dera Ghazi Khan Qari  Inayatulah Malkani met with leader ASWJ Maulana Mohammad Ahmed Ludhianvi. Dr. Liaqat Ali president Tehsil Taunsa, General Secretary Haji Ishfaq Ahmed chajrah, Malik Faisal Dogar, Siddique-ul-Rehman Khan Shadan Lund were in delegation. On this occassion delegation condolences to Maulana Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi to their son in law's death in accident and Late been prayed for forgiveness and tribute.Later the delegation informed Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi about the party issues in Tehsil Taunsa.The participants of the delegation participated in the reception of the marriage of Maulana Numan zia Fariiqui accompanying the  Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi.Addressin to the participants Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi said that our party ASWJ is peaceful and patriotic.He said the court lifted the ban on the SSP should the government also notified the early to declare an end ...

Vahova:Funeral of  Muhammad Zahid Madan died in a traffic accident in Lahore has offered in his native village Darbhi near Vahova. In details, Muhammad Zahid Madan who was in Lahore for a Private job at 2 o'clock last day of a work that was going on in the motorcycle crashed into a truck from the opposite direction suddenly. He was seriously injured after a clash between bike and atruck.Mohammad Zahid injured people at the scene rushed to hospital.Where Mohammad Zahid died succumbed to the injuries could not continue. Every eye was on his sudden death weeps

Retra(correspondent): Successful prosecution of the Retra police , drug dealers were arrested over a kilo of hashish. According to the police in the vicinity of Retra police station last days a drug raid in the town kot Qaisrani Mohammad Musa publicaly has caught selling marijuana.One kilogram and fifteen gram of marijuana has recovered from his custody. Inspector to oversee the operation Allah Diwaya told the media that the suspect was selling marijuana openly in front of his house. After the time of arrest and the police party is threatened with dire consequences.No matter how influential he might be accused without discrimination against any action would be taken he added.

Retra (correspondent) Retra became a interest eaters paradise.           Pesticides, fertilizers, seeds, motorcycles, tractors trading business with interest and social circles are protesting against such elements and demanding action against criminals .In details interest interest business in the Retra the height is reached racket. Distinguished career civil servants and businessmen linked business are blatantly involved.Poor farmers being sold seeds and other items.Three month loan interest mourn the poor more than the actual amount of interest is received brutal action. Citizens of Retra i demanded action against criminals.