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Staff ReporterPESHAWAR: Due to maintenance work on grid stations and power transmissions lines, Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) Tuesday announced power failure notice.Power supply will remain suspended from 132 KV Jamrud Grid…

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A loader rickshaw carrying family members near Basti Jamal Shah overturned and fell into a water canal in which 19 people have been confirmed to have died while the search continues for missing ones. The rickshaw was…

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of parliamentary leaders summoned by Speaker of the National Assembly Asad Qaiser for a briefing on the prevailing security situation has been postponed, the NA secretariat said on Tuesday. The NA speaker had…

LAHORE: Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday said the health of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is improving. “He is feeling better now and his health is improving with every…

Staff ReporterPESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai Tuesday said the government strongly believed in democratic norms and would not create any hurdle for Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) proposed…

KARACHI: Sindh chief minister has announced 518 new cases of novel coronavirus in the province during last 24 hours. Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a statement on COVID-19 situation in Sindh reported 518 new cases and three…

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday issued revised standard operating procedures (SOPs) for marriage halls after the owners refused to accept previous restrictions amid fears of a second wave of COVID-19…

Bureau ReportLahore: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (PIAF) Chairman Mian Nauman Kabir has asked the central bank to get its policies implemented in true spirit to provide financial support to the trade and industry,…

ISLAMABAD: The Competitive Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) and 84 sugar mills for forming a cartel. According to details, the show-cause notices were…

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has approved on Tuesday a blueprint to introduce competition in the power market which is likely to distribute energy on competitive price. NEPRA has given go-ahead to Competitive…