LAHORE: The Punjab Government has earmarked an amount of Rs 26, 631 million for ongoing and new development schemes of Local Government & Community Development in urban and rural areas of the province, in the annual budget for fiscal year 2021-22. According to budget documents, 194 ongoing schemes of current fiscal year 2020-21 worth Rs […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Punjab Tourism Secretary Captain (retd) Mushtaq Ahmad on Monday visited the office of Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP) and Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (ITHM) and interacted with the officers. According to official sources here, TDCP Managing Director Tanveer Jabbar briefed the secretary about the department and apprised him about various projects. […]
Read MoreLAHORE : At least nine persons were killed while1062 sustained injuries in 928 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) in all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours. As many as 685 seriously injured were shifted to hospitals , whereas 377 minor injured victims were treated at the incident sites by Rescue Medical Teams, stated […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Board of Investment (BoI) is updating the existing investment policy to boost Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. The updated police would focus on identified priority sectors, having investment potential and strong employment and trade benefits, according to an official document. These sectors include food and beverages, auto and auto-parts manufacturing, IT […]
Read MoreABU DHABI: A maiden four-fer in his sixth T20 match by Shahnawaz Dhani and a century second wicket partnership between Mohammad Rizwan and Sohaib Maqsood steered Multan Sultans to a clinical eight-wicket victory over Peshawar Zalmi in the 21st match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on late […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday was elected as regular member of the governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Elections took place virtually at the 109th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) in Geneva. Pakistan was among the four newly elected Regular members from Asia-Pacific Group (ASPAG) for the term 2021-2024, Foreign Office spokesperson […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil ur Rehman has said that justice would be ensured into death incident of Hassan alias Mankaye who expired in police custody and every step would be ensured as per law. He stated this while speaking to a delegation from Dir Bala including MNA Sahibzada Sibghat Ullah, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Monday said that only 40 new cases of Coronavirus were reported from the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of NCOC, as many as 34 cases were reported on Sunday while 64 cases were reported on Saturday. He said so far 82, […]
Read More