Balochistan asks WAPDA to interfere, regulate water share issues under IRSA rules

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan government has asked Water and Power Regulatory Authority (WAPDA) to interfere and regulate the water share issues under the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) rules as third party as Sindh government is denying the legitimate right to Balochistan. Speaking in a press conference held here on Tuesday, Balochistan government Spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani demanded […]

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Pakistan, Bulgari to explore avenues of cooperation in science sector

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz in a meeting with Ambassador of Bulgaria Irena Genadieva Gancheva held here Tuesday stressed the need for cooperation between Pakistan Science Foundation and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences to explore the avenues of cooperation in the field of Science and Technology and research and development. The federal […]

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Precautionary measures to be ensured at cattle markets to protect people from Congo virus

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi, Laeeq Ahmed on Tuesday directed to ensure all necessary precautions at cattle markets for protecting people from diseases especially from the Congo virus. He also directed the Medical and Health Services Department of the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation to make the citizens aware of the necessary precautions in this regard, said a statement. […]

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No junior officer to be appointed to higher post: SH&ME secretary

LAHORE: The Punjab Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education (SH&ME) has ended the culture of granting charge of higher post in the Own Pay and Scale (OPS) to the junior officers/ doctors working in medical institutions and hospitals. According to a spokesperson for the SH&ME here on Tuesday, the department issued an order stating therein that […]

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SSWMB to start garbage collection operations in Larkana soon

KARACHI: Managing Director Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMC) Zubair Channa chaired a session for opening of technical tenders for door-to-door garbage collection and its shifting to landfill site in Larkana. One local and two foreign companies participated in the tender process, said a statement issued on Tuesday. The contractor will be selected in about […]

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PM, Swati discuss measures taken to address problems of railways

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati Tuesday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed matters relating to the measures taken to address the problems of railways. He also apprised the prime minister of the progress about ML-1 (Main Line One) project, the highest revenue in freight operations during the previous fiscal and the […]

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KCCI to help SMIU students in career growth: President KCCI

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Shariq Vohra on Tuesday said that the students of Sindh Madressatul Islam University (SMIU) will be provided internships and job opportunities. This he said while addressing the oath taking ceremony of newly elected office bearers of SMIU Student Council for 2021-2022 at Sir Shahnawaz Bhutto Auditorium […]

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No deferment of 4-year Undergraduate and 2-year Associate degrees: HEC

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) Tuesday clarified that all news items circulating in the press and electronic media regarding deferment of the four-year Undergraduate and two-year Associate Degrees Programmes by HEC, published in context of the Vice Chancellors’ Committee Meeting held on July 2, 2021, were misleading and incorrect. In a statement here, the […]

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