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Geneva, The United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concerns about the militarization of prisons, substandard conditions for inmates, and significant barriers to accessing justice in Honduras following its latest visit...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has expressed determination to transform Punjab into Information technology based province without gender discrimination. In her message on International Day of "Information and Communication Technology for G...

In due recognition of the selfless sacrifice of eight customs officials martyred in two separate incidents this month in Dera Ismail Khan, Senior Army Commanders visited their homes. The senior commanders expressed condolences with the bereaved famil...

Three terrorists have been killed in an intelligence based operation by security forces in Khyber district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The operation conducted on reported presence of terrorists also busted their hideout. Weapons and ammunition were recover...

Fertilizer Review Committee has recommended import of urea fertilizer for Kharif season. Chairing the committee's meeting, Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain said two hundred thousand metric tons of urea fertilizer should be ...

Pakistan Army, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Forest Department, district administration and local people are participating in the ongoing Green Pakistan campaign in Malam Jabba. During the campaign, more than twenty thousand saplings will be planted in Malam Ja...

Members of National Assembly held a meeting with Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Islamabad today and discussed the formation of standing committees. Those who met the Speaker included Syed Naveed Qamar, Shazia Marri, Malik Aamir Dogar, Mujahid Khan, Aij...