CM visits Sambrial, Sialkot; suspends officers over negligence

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Thursday paid surprise visits to various government offices in Sambrial and Sialkot to check the performance. During the visit, he directed to remove 15 officers from their posts over negligence from duties, public complaints and poor performance, said a hand out issued here. On his directions, AC […]

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Unmanned 5G-enabled airship completes test flight in southwest China

ISLAMABAD: An unmanned helium-lifted airship equipped with 5G network has completed its test flight successfully in southwest China. The airship aims to provide communication services for emergency rescue and disaster relief in the future. Installed with a 5G base station, the airship “5G Cloud One” flew 300 meters above the ground undertaking a variety of […]

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Punjab contingent to participate in Inter-Provincial Athletics, DG SBP

LAHORE: Sports Board Punjab (SBP) Director General Adnan Arshad Aulakh said on Thursday that Punjab’s contingent would participate in the Inter-Provincial Athletics Youth Tournament, being organised in Peshawar from Sept 27 to 29. He said trials for the selection of Punjab’s Under-17 Boys and Under-16 Girls teams will be conducted at Punjab Stadium on Sept […]

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PM’s Tajikistan visit to further boost ties with Central Asia: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday that ‘Vision Central Asia’ was an important milestone of Pakistan’s foreign policy and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Tajikistan along with a high level delegation was part of the same vision. In a video statement, the minister said the PM’s visit would […]

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Petroleum products prices in Pakistan still the lowest in region: Fawad

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Thursday the petroleum products prices in Pakistan were still the lowest as compared to the region. In a tweet the minister said oil reserves were not discovered in past three years ultimately prices went up as the country had to buy the oil […]

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NA body approves Protection of Parents Bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Thursday after detailed discussion recommended that Protection of Parents Bill, 2021 should be passed by the Assembly with amendment. The NA body under the Chairmanship of Riaz Fatyana, unanimously confirmed the Minutes of previous meeting held on 8th and 9th September 2021, and deferred […]

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Vitamin-D can protect you from severe COVID-19 Infection, death: Study

ISLAMABAD: A new international study says that a good amount of Vitamin D in the body before COVID-19 infection can prevent severe disease and death. A team from Trinity College in Ireland, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and Zhejiang University in China for the first time looked at both genetically predicted and vitamin D […]

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