Day: August 24, 2021

FAISALABAD: The annual insurance premium of Rs 378 billion is just a peanut which is only 0.8% of GDP and we intend to enhance it up to 1.5%, said Federal Insurance Ombudsman Dr Muhammad Khawar Jamil. Speaking at the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) here on Monday, he said that insurance was of […]

RAWALPINDI: A dacoit was killed after a police encounter near Al-Haram city in the jurisdiction of Saddar Baroni police station here on Sunday night. According to a police spokesman, four motorcyclists opened fire on a police party and in retaliatory fire, a motorcyclist was killed while three others managed to escape from the scene. Later, […]

KASUR: Sarai Mughal police claimed on Monday to have arrested two members of a dacoit gang and recovered valuables from them. A police spokesperson said that the accused, Nasir aka ‘Nasiri’, had formed a dacoit gang. On a tip-off, the police raided and arrested its two members and recovered 250, 000 in cash, four bikes […]

MULTAN: Separate spaces have been allocated for women and children at all parks in Multan to prevent chances of harassment targeting women, Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) chairman said on Monday. “Entry of male adults has been banned at these spaces inside parks, ” Ejaz Hussain Janjua told reporter. “Some parks in Multan were already […]

HYDERABAD: All arrangements have been finalized to organize 4-day long T-10 cricket league from August 26 here at Niaz Stadium. According to organizers, a total of six teams including Hyderabad Jaguars, Karachi Hawks, Islamabad Tigers, Lahore Lions, Faisalabad Bears and Hafizabad Stallions will take part in four days major cricket league which will continue till […]

MULTAN: District administration has decided to make all medical centres of Red Crescent functional in order to restore medical facilities for the masses. This was disclosed by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ali Shahzad while presiding over a meeting of Red Crescent Society here on Monday. He directed officers concerned to improve machinery and staff capacity at […]

PESHAWAR: Chairman District Development Advisory Committee (DDAC) Kohat, MPA Ziaullah Bangash on Monday said that quality of health facilities would be improved by giving Medical Teaching Institutes (MTI) status to both hospitals of Kohat district. Talking to reporter, the DDAC Chairman, Ziaullah Bangash said that provincial government and Health Department had agreed in principle for […]

HYDERABAD: Two more patients have died of coronavirus during the last 24 hours, taking the number of total deaths to 499 in the district since the outbreak of the pandemic. According to a daily situation report, as many as 249 people were tested coronavirus positive till late Sunday night with 10 positivity rate while the […]