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Four policemen have been martyred: 500 injured in hardliners-police clash Government calls rangers in Punjab province to maintain law and order By Zoraiz Klasra Islamabad: Tens of thousands of hardliners of proscribed Tehreek labaik Pakistan started marching to Islamabad, the federal capital in the morning on Thursday. According to a correspondent of Islamabad telegraph the hardliners were traveling on buses, tractors, coasters and pick ups. Inter-provincial transport has been suspended throughout Punjab province following the massive protest. Islamabad district management has closed majority of the entry and exit points of Islamabad have been closed to keep the protesters at a…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi met Dr. Amir Abdullahian today over a working luncheon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran. Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq, Ambassador of Pakistan to Iran, Rahim Hayat Qureshi and other senior officials accompanied the Foreign Minister. The two Foreign Ministers had extensive discussions on matters of mutual interest. Recalling Pakistan’s initiative to evolve regional approach on Afghanistan, the Foreign Minister remarked that his visit of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Iran led to the first meeting of the Neighbouring countries of Afghanistan, which was held virtually…

By Zoraiz Klasra ISLAMABAD: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the violent smear and hate campaign that members of Pakistan’s ruling party are waging on social media at the government’s instigation against a well-known columnist with the BBC’s Urdu-language service. This campaign is an unacceptable violation of press freedom, RSF’s says. The week-old campaign against Asma Shirazi, who writes a weekly column for BBC Urdu, is being conducted by online supporters of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) – Pakistan Movement for Justice – who have evolved into a formidable government weapon for intimidating critical journalists. The campaign was trigged by comments…

By Haroon Siraj Swat: Weather turned chilly at swat as the valley receives first winter snowfall of the season. Mingora city and its outskirts receive rainfall while tourist’s spots mainly Kalam, Bahrain and Malamjabba received first snowfall which dropped the temperature below zero Celsius. According to details, mountains of Utror kalam received snowfall which was continued till last day morning. The intermittent rain spell was continued at Swat since Sunday night while Met Office said different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Charsadda, Nowshehra, Swat and Noshehra will experienced more rain with snowfall at some isolated parts during next days. As…

By Zoraiz Klasra Dubai: Titans of the world of International cricket are all set to clash in Dubai’s world class iconic cricket ground Today. While Indian cricket team takes pride to be at number two position, Pakistan stand firm at number three and working hard to improve ranking. Rivalry of the duo on and off the field is well known to the world. Pakistan-India cricket match has been considered mother of all clashes in the world of cricket. Titans will be clashing today after two years. This time in Dubai International cricket stadium which is considered as second home of…

By Our Correspondents Lahore/Islamabad/Rawalpindi : Armed with petrol bombs, bricks , batons and automatic weapons, workers of Tehreek Labaik Pakistan, a proscribed organization killed three policemen late at night Friday. A number of other policemen sustained injuries and rushed to hospital. “Three policemen have been martyred in the line of duty,” a spokesperson of Punjab police told journalists. Police fired tear gas in the morning on Saturday to disperse protesters. According to eye witnesses, protesters engaged with police thrashing a few of policemen. “Leaders of protesters have been using loud speakers urging the masses to join the protest. Majority of…

By Richard Kemp New York : Twenty five year-old Ali Harbi Ali has been arrested on suspicion of the murder last week of British Member of Parliament Sir David Amess in a church in Essex. Ali is a member of a well-to-do Somali family who were given refuge in Britain from the war-torn East African country in the 1990s. British authorities had previously been alerted to his radicalisation and he was referred to the UK’s “Prevent” anti-terrorist scheme. The precise reason for his alleged attack on this particular MP, which he has reportedly admitted, has not yet been established but…

By Our Correspondents Lahore/Karachi/Islamabad : Protests have erupted in main cities of Pakistan including Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Daily life in cities mentioned above has been disturbed. In Lahore, government partially suspended telephone and internet services to minimize effects of protests. Police in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi have blocked certain roads with containers while the metro bus service has been suspended in the latter as authorities gear up for the long march by the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Friday. Announcing the long march on Islamabad Yesterday, TLP leader Pir Ajmal Qadri said the “peaceful”…

By Our Staff Reporter Islamabad: Pakistan is host to more than one million freelancers working for various global platforms. Although the majority of freelancers are from Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad, the freelancing landscape is about to change in the country. Pakistan’s largest E-Commerce training platform, “Extreme Commerce” is creating the country’s largest freelancers incubation network. The Freelancers’ Incubation Network will have a nationwide incubation facility in 10 major cities of Pakistan. With more than 2000+ freelancers to be accommodated at once, the capacity currently accommodates freelancers from Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, and Hyderabad.…

By Our Staff Repoter Washington: Donald Armin Blome, one of the pioneers of US diplomatic core will be taking charge as Ambassador of United States of America to Pakistan soon as President Joe Biden has floated his name to Senate recently. The White House announced Yesterday that US President Joe Biden intends to nominate career diplomat Donald Armin Blom as his next envoy to Pakistan. Mr Blome, who is currently the US ambassador to Tunisia, is fluent in Arabic, The White House stated Yesterday on October 19. He is known as one of a few pioneers of US’s diplomatic core…