Day: January 11, 2023

Peshawar: Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel in a joint intelligence-based operation with police arrested four alleged terrorists in Peshawar’s Manchi Gate Abshar Colony on Wednesday. A spokesperson of the CTD said that the law-enforcement agency conducted the joint operation in Peshawar and apprehended four alleged terrorists during the operation. Besides that, one of the CTD officials was also injured due to firing of the terrorists. The spokesperson added that weapons were also recovered from the arrested terrorists.

Islamabad: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has approved a 74 per cent increase in the prescribed prices of natural gas for the 2022-23 fiscal year. According to details, the regulator allowed Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) to increase prices by up to 74.42 percent. It also allowed Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) to increase gas prices by 67.75 percent for the year 2022-23. The oil and gas regulator has approved increases of Rs406.28 and Rs469.28 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) for SNGPL and SSGC, respectively. OGRA further said that the average gas price for SNGPL would reach Rs952.17 per unit from the existing rate of Rs545.89 per mmBtu, while that of SSGCL would reach Rs1,161 per unit from the current Rs692.63 per mmBtu. Any revision as advised by the f...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphatically stated that the reconstruction and rehabilitation of flood affected areas will be made a successful model by ensuring complete transparency in utilization of funds pledged at the Climate Resilient Pakistan conference in Geneva. Addressing a news conference, flanked by the cabinet members, here in Islamabad on Wednesday, he said we will not disappoint the nation and each penny will be utilized in a transparent manner for the service of the flood affected people and reconstruction of damaged homes and other infrastructure including roads and bridges. Shehbaz Sharif said the process of third party validation will be pursued for this purpose which will send a strong message to donors and lenders. He said no effort will be spared to a...

Chagai: QRF levies force Chagai claims to have arrested proclaimed offender, wanted by Quetta police, in an operation conducted in Chagai area of Balochistan province on Wednesday. Quick Response Force (QRF), Levies force, Chagai arrested proclaimed offender Rasheed Ahmed son of Muhammad Umer Pirkani, resident of Hazar Ganji, Quetta in an operation conducted in district Chagai. The accused, wanted by Quetta police in First Information Report No. 143/ under section 302-324 on the charge of killing a woman and injuring two of her relatives, was handed over to Quetta police after completion of necessary medico-legal formalities.