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NAWABSHAH: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has notified Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari’s victory on NA-207 Shaheed Benazirabad (former Nawabshah) 1 seat which was vacated by her father, Asif Ali Zardari, who became the president of Pakistan on March 9. Aseefa entered parliamentary politics after becoming a Member of the National Assembly […]
PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities have shared with China the preliminary findings of an investigation into a deadly attack that killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver in the country’s volatile northwest, officials said Wednesday. Authorities were doing DNA testing on the remains of a suicide bomber who rammed his explosives-laden car into a vehicle that […]
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Thursday that there remains no doubt that the suicide attaack in Besham was orchestrated by enemies of Pakistan-China friendship. FO Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch addressed a weekly press briefing and said Pakistan was in touch with China following the “heinous attack”. She reiterated that Pakistan was “fully committed […]
LAHORE: Local cement dispatches across Pakistan are projected to increase by 10% to 14% for March 2024. Total dispatches are expected to reach around 3.20 million tonnes on a month-on-month (MoM) basis, with a projected decline of 3% to 7% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis. In February 2024, cement sales remained low, primarily due to […]