WAPDA begins construction on Kachhi Canal extension

MIRPUR (AJK): The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has commenced construction work on the extension of Kachhi Canal following award of the contract and mobilization of the contractors to the sites. “The extension of Kachhi Canal is being carried out through three different contracts with the cost of Rs 19.504 billion”, media wing […]

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Hot & dry weather with chances of DRW forecast for the city

MULTAN: The local Met office has forecast hot & dry weather with chances of dust-raising winds (DRW) for the city and its suburbs during the next 24 hours. On Thursday, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded as 40.2 degree centigrade and 30.6 degree centigrade respectively. The humidity was recorded 57 percent at 8 am and […]

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Commissioner visits Orakzai, reviews development projects

PESHAWAR: Commissioner Kohat Division, Javaid Marwat Thursday visited District Orakzai and held a meeting with heads of line departments. Deputy Commissioner, Muhammad Khalid briefed the Commissioner about ongoing development work and performance of the departments. Chairing the meeting, Commissioner directed forest department to plant saplings that would compatible to season and take steps for the […]

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AJK President urges world community to pay heed to plight of Kashmiri women

MIRPUR [AJK]: Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has said the Indian occupation forces have made 12, 000 women widows by killing their husbands; and more than 11, 000 women of all ages have been molested by the occupation forces, as an act of vengeance, to terrorize the entire Kashmiri population. He was […]

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Ministers to solve masses’ problems on priority: Ghulam Bilal

PESHAWAR: President Traders Alliance Federation Peshawar, Ghulam Bilal Javed has said that ministers were peoples’ representatives and they would solve their problems on priority. He expressed these views while speaking at a dinner hosted in honour of Provincial Finance Minister, Timur Jhagra, Minister for Labour and Culture, Shaukat Yousafzai and Commissioner Malakand, Zaheer-ul-Islam at Peshawar […]

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PHC seeks report on implementation of Juvenile Justice System Act 2018

PESHAWAR: A division bench of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Thursday directed Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to submit report on the implementation of the Juvenile Justice System Act, 2018, in a writ petition filed in public interest by a well known child rights activist, Imran Takkar. In the writ petition, Secretary Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, […]

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COVID-19: Psychologists asked to prepare recommendations to overcome depression in people

MIRPUR [AJK]: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan Thursday called upon the psychologists to prepare their detailed recommendations for the national organizations to get rid of the people from depression and to guide them to reduce their psychological effects in the wake of coronavirus. Addressing a webinar on “psychological impacts of corona […]

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