NEW YORK:Human Rights Watch (HRW), a prominent international watchdog body, Friday accused the Indian authorities of using politically motivated allegations of tax evasion and financial irregularities to “silence human rights activists, journalists, and other critics of the government”, and called for an end to their harassment. In a statement, the New York-based rights group said […]
Read MoreDUSHANBE (Tajikistan)::Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Friday on the sidelines of SCO Council of Heads of State in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe and discussed China-Pakistan bilateral relations, economic corridor and regional situation. Terming Pakistan and China as ‘iron brothers’ and strategic partners, the prime minister conveyed cordial […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The bodies of two men were found at different places in Faisalabad during the past 12 hours. A police spokesman said on Friday that some passersby spotted the body of a 70-year-old man lying at a deserted place near Zainab Mill Jaranwala at Khurarianwala-Faisalabad Road and informed the area police. In the second incident, some […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The district administration, in consultation with District Price Control Committee, has re-fixed the rates of daily-use commodities for convenience of the public. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ali Shehzad, after chairing a meeting of District Price Control Committee, said here Friday that rate of white grams (big) has been fixed at Rs.167 per kilogram (kg) for whole […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi district police in their ongoing drive against lawbreakers conducted raids in different areas and rounded up five including two for selling Shisha Hookahs and other items, two for running LPG and petrol agencies and a Proclaimed Offender (PO) said a police spokesman on Friday. He informed that Sadiqabad police conducted a raid at a […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The agricultural experts have advised the farmers immediately start sugarcane and complete it during September for getting bumper yield. A spokesman for Agriculture Department said Friday that the farmers should use approved varieties of the sugarcane which have most resistance against various diseases as these varieties gives high quality yield. Among these varieties include CPF-243, […]
Read MoreSIALKOT:Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) Programme Director Muhammad Akhtar Mahmood Abbasi, along with his team and a consultant of Asian Development Bank, visited project sites of Kashmir Road, Roras Road, Marala Road and Khadim Ali Road in Sialkot and inspected the construction work at water and sanitation scheme. The project managers and contractors […]
Read MoreRAHIM YAR KHAN:Deputy Commissioner Rahim Yar Khan Dr Khurram Shehzad has formed an investigation committee to probe the technical malfunction in the central oxygen system in Corona ICU ward and other wards of Sheikh Zayed Hospital the previous night. The committee was headed by Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Dr Sidrah Saleem. Other members of the […]
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