Month: June 2021

UMERKOT: The Deputy Commissioner Nadeem-ur-Rehman Memon on Tuesday presided over a meeting for supplying water to Thar Coal block with the collaboration of Kuwait company Intertech. Among others Technical Director Inter Tech Company, Assistant Commissioner Kunri Muhammad Hassan Khoso and other engineers also attended the meeting. Addressing the meeting DC said that in order to […]

HYDERABAD: A meeting was held on Tuesday here at the Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences of Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam to condole the death of two students who died in a road accident Yesterday. Deans of various faculties, teachers and students participated in the condolence meeting. Addressing the participants, the Vice Chancellor […]

MULTAN: South Punjab Agriculture Secretary Saqib Ali Ateel Tuesday said that huge budgetary allocation for agriculture sector development was a testimony to the fact that farmers prosperity topped the government’s development agenda. In a meeting with representatives of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) at the agriculture secretariat, Saqib said that Rs […]

PESHAWAR: Heavy downpour coupled with sever hailstorm that lashed upper Swat district on June 13 has wreaked havoc on the farming community by inflicting colossal damage to agriculture produce estimated to be around Rs. Seven billion. A research report of Agriculture Department found that the inclement rain and hailstorm has completely damaged orchids of peach, […]

MULTAN: The Education Department of South Punjab is going to launch a pilot project under which transgenders will be taught for a couple of hours in the evening to make them useful citizens. Secretary Education, Ehtisham Anwar disclosed this during a meeting of education department officials here. He informed that the topic of gender studies […]

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police in a crackdown against illegal weapons rounded up eight persons from different localities and recovered eight 30 bore pistols from their possession, said a police spokesman on Tuesday. He informed that Pirwadhai, Airport, Taxila, Saddar Baroni and Chontra police arrested Muhammad Suleman, Farhan, Subhan, Owais Haider, Syed Habib, Abdul Ghani, Tufail and […]

FAISALABAD: Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said on Tuesday there was no hurdle in the passage of federal and provincial budgets as all allies were with the government. He said this while talking to the media on the inauguration of new building of government school in Chak No.515-GB of Toba Tek Singh, and a water […]

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while bringing provincial policy on the rights of transgender persons has proposed Rs. 50 million as endowment funds for the welfare of transgender community. This disclosure was made at a provincial Consultation organized jointly by the Social Welfare Department Govt of KP, Women Parliamentary Caucus of KP Assembly and non-governmental organization […]