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Arrangements to conduct free and transparent polling underway

FROM QAZI SHOAIB KHAN DNA ATTOCK (MARCH-20): All necessary arrangements of elections in five provincial assembly constituencies in Attock are being finalized to conduct free and transparent polling on the scheduled date of April 30, 2023. The District Election Commissioner Attock Noor ulKhitab while sharing the elections preparations with the media persons here on Monday hassaid that total 106 candidates include 13 candidates have filed nomination papers for PP1 Attock, 23 candidates for PP2 Attock, 23 candidates for PP3 Attock, 21 candidates for PP4 Attock and 26 candidates for PP5Read More


15 years old student crushed to death by train

FROM QAZI SHOAIB KHAN DNA ATTOCK (MARCH-20): 15 years student on Monday was crushed to death by train while crossing through the railway line near New Town of Attock Railway Station. Police said, 15 years old Abdul Rafah son of Jahangir Khan coming from school was crossing the railway line near New Town of Attock Railway Station when an train ran over him causing his instant death. On getting information, Rescue-1122 reached the spot and shifted the dead body to Asfandyar District Headquarter Hospital Attock where his dead body wasRead More


PM lashes out at PTI over ‘smear campaign’

Says Imran violating the constitution by dragging institutions into his “dirty” politics Special Correspondent ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday censured Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan for brazenly attempting to tarnish the reputation of Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General AsimMunir. Taking to Twitter, the Prime Minister said: “PTI’s disgusting smear campaign against Chief of the Army Staff General Asim Munir at the behest of Imran Niazi is deserving of the strongest condemnation.” The campaign against the COAS was intolerable and the continuation of a conspiracy againstRead More


RCCI concerns on closure of Poultry Industry due to high inflation

DNA Rawalpindi: Poultry sector is under severe pressure due to increase in production cost. Currently sixty percent of poultry farms have been closed resulting in job loss. The government should work on cultivation of soybeans at the local level so that dependence on imports is reduced. These views were expressed by Saqib Rafiq, President of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce, while addressing the meeting of the Standing Committee on Poultry in the Chamber house. He said that the Rawalpindi Chamber had raised the issue of import ban and containers stuck atRead More


Unknown men stationed at FJC to kill him: Imran Khan

Unknown men stationed at FJC to kill him: Imran Khan Asks CJP to permit him to attend court hearings via video link Vows PDM’s bid to pit PTI against army won’t succeed Says PTI wants polls not anarchy States ‘Queen of liars’ acts as if she is daughter of Nelson Mandela DNA LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan came down hard on the cabal of crooks and said that there was a plan to assassinate him at Federal Judicial Complex (FJC), where he arrived to attend a hearing inRead More


Let us cross our fingers for democracy!!

In the given circumstances we are left with no option but to hope and pray that things do not get out of control. In any such eventuality democracy, no matter what sham, shall be the biggest loser Comment Ansar M Bhatti The recent developments that everybody witnessed in the past few days should not augur well for the future of democracy in Pakistan. Actually there has never been a true democratic system in place here perhaps ever since the inception of this country and the sham democracy that we haveRead More