ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Navy has selected the Embraer Lineage 1000 jetliner to replace its P-3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft, a service spokesman has confirmed to Defense News.   Outgoing naval chief Adm. Adm. Zafar Mahmood Abbasi announced Oct. 6 that the Navy would replace its P-3C Orion fleet with 10 converted commercial jets, the first of which has been ordered. However, he did not identify the type.

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Pakistani Navy confirms Brazilian jetliner will replace Orion patrol aircraft

ISLAMABAD: Almost every institution expressed inability to identify the abductors of senior journalist Matiullah ...

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FIA, Nadra unable to trace journalist’s abductors, SC told

ISLAMABAD: Bureaucrat Ahmad Cheema, who has been in jail for 32 months on unrelated charges levelled by the National Accountability Bureau , is the moving force behind the Orange Line Metro Train  project which was inaugurated by Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Sunday.Although the Pakistan...

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Islamabad:The Quaid-e-Azam University  was temporarily closed on Mondayafter the detection of five coronavirus cases among staff members and students. The district health officer issued a notice for the sealing of the departments, where the cases were reported.According to it, measures are being...

QAU closed over five corona cases

Islamabad: Islamabad Police Monday chalked out an elaborate security plan for main procession of Eid Milad ul Nabi on 12 Rabi ul Awal  and to ensure strict patrolling for religious gatherings in the city.The decision for comprehensive security arrangements were made in meeting presided over by...

Capital police devises security plan on Eid Milad

Islamabad:National Highway Authority Chairman Capt  Sikander Qayyum has said that Pak -China friendship is time tested. China has extended all the possible help to Pakistan to cope with COVID -19 in Pakistan, says a press release.He stated this during a meeting with six member’s delegation...

CSCEC delegation calls on NHA chairman

Islamabad:Vice Chancellor of Allama Iqbal Open University  Dr Ziaul Qayyum called on President of the International Islamic University  Dr. Hathal Hamoud Al-Otaibi in his office here on new campus on Monday.During the meeting, issues of mutual interests including initiatives for promotion of...

IIU president, AIOU VC discuss linkages

Islamabad:‘Raagistan,’ a new series started by Pakistan National Council of the Arts with a debut presentation of Akbar Ali from Jalandhar gharana aims at reviving the traditional aspects of classical music like khayal, thumri and kafi gaiki.This is an effort not only to promote...

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Faisal Khan, a 15-year-old Pakistani, beams for selfies with lawyers and police. Thousands hail him in the streets as a "holy warrior." His claim to adulation? Allegedly gunning down in open court an American accused of blasphemy, a capital crime in this Islamic republic. Khan is charged with murder, which also carries a

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'Holy warrior' selfies: Pakistan teen feted for killing U.S. blasphemy suspect

The gang-rape of a woman in front of her children after her car broke down on a motorway has prompted outrage and protests in Pakistan, with anger further fuelled by police, who appeared to blame the victim for travelling alone.

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