ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch work on the rehabilitation and upgradation of Jhaljao-Bela Road Wednesday to provide connectivity between Awaran and Bela areas of Balochistan. The project is under administrative control of Balochistan Government and the National Highway Authority would execute it. According to the project brief, the rehabilitation and upgradation of 80-kilometer road […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Minister for Minorities Affairs Giyan Chand Essarani Tuesday expressed his displeasure over the non-completion of development schemes despite passage of 10 years and ordered an inquiry into the matter. The minister said strict action should be initiated against the responsible officers and cases might be referred to Sindh Anti-Corruption Establishment. He said this while […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Managing Director Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM), Malik Zaheer Abbas on Tuesday said that Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) is fully committed to improving the standards of panaghas and will soon bring ‘model Ehsaas Panagahs’ which would provide standard services to the people visiting Islamabad. Talking to PTV news, he said that the Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain on Tuesday stressed that a fully empowered local government system was imperative to address the problems of the people at grassroots level. Addressing a National Conference on ‘Future of Local Government’ here, he said this was a futuristic system and also constitutional obligation, therefore every person having […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Tuesday adjourned hearing till October 5, on LNG reference against former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others. The defence lawyers continued cross examination with prosecution witness and Chief Engineer Sui Southern Gas Farhan Umar during the hearing. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference filed by National Accountability […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday taking a jibe on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leadership said that time of crying has started for those who have been eating sweets. In a tweet, he said that an accountability court has been hearing the reference worth Rs7 billion TTs against Shahbaz Sharif and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday announced the decision to lower its bar for vaccination of minors to 12 years and above age youngsters to ensure maximum vaccination of children at schools under the national drive for inoculation. The NCOC chair wrote […]
Read MoreBEIJING:Pakistan national flag that was carried to China space station onboard the Shenzhou-12 spacecraft was handed to the Embassy of Pakistan at a special hatch-opening ceremony held here at the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). The national flags of Pakistan and China were sent by China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) to outer space to […]
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