Police arrest accused after bail cancellation

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad police on Tuesday arrested an accused allegedly involved in molesting a Food Panda delivery boy at Islamic International University (IIU) after the Islamabad High Court (IHC) cancelled his pre-arrest bail. IHC’s Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri announced the decision on bail case of accused Ibrahim Khan after listening arguments from the lawyers of […]

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Country witnessed record wheat, rice, maize production this year: NA told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam Tuesday informed the National Assembly that the country witnessed record production of wheat, rice, sugarcane and maize this year. Responding to a calling attention notice, raised by Rao Muhammad Ajmal regarding decrease in per acre production of wheat, cotton, rice and sugarcane, the minister […]

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CDA distributes free saplings among residents

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tuesday distributed free saplings among the federal capital residents to engage them in the ongoing monsoon tree plantation drive across the city. The environment directorate of the authority had kicked off a tree planting campaign in the monsoon season, following CDA chairman directions to increase the green cover of […]

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MoCC implements six climate adaptation to curb environmental degradation

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) under the Prime Minister’s Clean and Green Pakistan vision has successfully launched six multifaceted initiatives to enhance climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation capacity of the country to revert drastic impacts of environmental degradation. “Pakistan is considered one of the low global greenhouse gases (GHG) emitters. Its current GHG emission […]

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CPEC projects to boost Pak-China trade: Analysts

BEIJING: The China-Pakistan iron-clad relationship and the substantial progress already made in the construction of the multi-billion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects could provide economic propulsion to boost bilateral trade between the two countries, said analysts. Multiple Chinese enterprises from a variety of industries have settled in Gwadar Port in Pakistan, which has been cooperating […]

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National interest should be kept supreme: Ali Muhammad Khan

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Tuesday said that national interest is supreme on all other issues. Responding to a calling attention notice, he said that there will be no greater interest than the national interest for each Pakistani. He said that internal security is very important for Pakistan after […]

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Media urged to create awareness for importance of breastfeeding: Dr Sultan

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Tuesday stressed that the media should play active role in creating massive awareness among the people, particularly mothers, about the importance of breastfeeding. “It is high time to convince mothers and families to avoid infant formula or cow milk for their babies”, he […]

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