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415 test positive for dengue at PRCS health camps

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PESHAWAR: About 415 patients tested positive for dengue in the 41 dengue screening health camps organised by Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the provincial capital and adjacent districts. Talking to reporters, PRCS KP Health Manager Dr Babar Jadoon said 2212 patients were examined of whom 415 tested positive. He said the health […]


Two arrested in Hindu woman kidnap case

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UMERKOT: Police on Sunday arrested two men nominated in a case pertaining to the kidnapping of a married Hindu woman in Sebhari Bheel Mohla village. The police action came after members of the Bheel community staged a protest demonstration and made bonfires at Allahwala Chowk, suspending the vehicular traffic to Samaro, Kunri, Pithoro and Mirpurkhas-Karachi […]


IT teachers to stage protest in Banigala

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PESHAWAR: The information technology teachers and lab in-charges have announced to stage a sit-in outside the residence of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief in Banigala today. Talking to The News, IT teachers’ association president Baseerullah Khattak said that around 2,000 teachers who were recruited in 2014 would reach Banigala to join the sit-in. He said that the […]


4,500 NGOs in Sindh are bogus: adviser

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KARACHI: Out of the around 6,000 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) registered in Sindh, as many as 4,500 have been revealed to be dummies. The provincial government has decided to cancel the registration of all such NGOs after issuing them a final notice. Two years ago, the government had directed the NGOs working in the province to have […]


Patari ‘Funkariyaan’ covers Taher Shah, Waqar Zaka and Mathira ‘classics’

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Pakistani music streaming platform Patari has always the kind of brand to put the ‘fun’ in ‘funkariyaan’, so it made sense when they came up with a new project called exactly that, Patari Funkariyaan. Two of the three short videos have been released online, which see well-known musicians simply have fun with music without any limitations of […]