ISLAMABAD: The Coca-Cola Foundation has awarded USD 500,000 to the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to launch a pilot project aimed at improving plastic waste collection and supporting workers in Pakistan’s PET recycling chain. The project, titled “Sustainability & Decent Work in Pakistan’s PET Recycling Value Chain,” will run in the Islamabad Capital […]
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PESHAWAR: Increasing terrorist activity by Khawarij militants in Tirah Valley has raised alarm in Peshawar, authorities say. The group, Fitna al-Khawarij, has reportedly resumed attacks targeting Peshawar through its networks in Tirah. The valley lies approximately 70 kilometers from Peshawar, a two-hour drive under normal conditions. Officials said Afghan Khawarij militants involved in the November
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KABUL: A new World Bank report reveals that the Afghan Taliban allocated nearly half of the national budget to the security sector during the first seven months of the 2025 fiscal year. According to the report, a total of 75.6 billion Afghanis was spent on security, accounting for 49 percent of total government expenditures. The
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ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti met National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq at Parliament House on Tuesday. The leaders discussed the province’s political, social, and development situation. They reviewed ongoing development projects, public welfare programs, and federal support. Both emphasized strong federal-provincial ties as essential for national unity and citizens’ well-being. Parliamentary Leader
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Chinese nationals near the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border and expressed heartfelt condolences to the governments and people of China and Tajikistan. In a statement, the Foreign Office called the attack a cowardly act. It said the use of weaponised drones exposed the gravity of the threat
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QUETTA: A high-level meeting was convened to review the progress of development projects funded under the Grant-in-Aid for the fiscal year 2024-25. The meeting was chaired by Advisor to the Chief Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Nawabzada Mir Amir Hamza Zehri. The session was attended by Secretary of the department Abdul Rauf Baloch,
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QUETTA: The Balochistan Board of Investment and Trade (BBoIT), in collaboration with Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS), successfully organized a major Job Fair 2025, heralded as a significant step towards a brighter economic future for the province’s youth. The event, held with Governor Balochistan Sheikh Jaffar Khan Mandokhail as the
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QUETTA: In a significant move to overhaul its administrative structure, the People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative (PPHI) Balochistan has formally launched an E-Filing and Digital File Tracking System. This initiative is designed to modernize governance, enhance transparency, and ensure secure digital documentation throughout the organization. The launch ceremony was addressed by Chief Executive Officer Dr. MB
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QUETTA: Maulana Abdul Wasi, the Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) Balochistan, has launched a scathing critique against the provincial leadership, declaring that “fake and incompetent representatives have reduced this province to ruins.” The senior religious leader stated that the “wrong policies, immoral and unforgivable shortcomings” of these leaders have shattered the social, economic, and commercial
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ْQUETTA: The Balochistan government has launched a major initiative to bolster its digital infrastructure by deciding to provide high-speed internet through fiber optic cables and a Digital Radio System (DRS) across all districts of the province. The project, announced by Provincial Secretary for Science and IT Muhammad Ayaz Mandokhel, will focus on connecting high schools,
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