Day: October 13, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Energy on Tuesday reviewed the final gas load-management plan for the coming winter season. Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar presided over a meeting to review the load management plan, said a statement issued here. Technical teams of power and petroleum divisions participated in the meeting. The meeting reviewed the demand and supply […]

ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Tuesday released 101809 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 87017 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1512.10 feet, which was 120.01 feet higher than its dead level of 1392 feet. Water inflow and outflow […]

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, regulations and Coordination on Tuesday received a briefing on functioning, performance and future plans of National Institute of Rehabilitation and Management (NIRM). The committee meeting which was chaired by Prof Dr Mehr Taj Roghani raised various questions on availability of services to the incoming patients and standard […]

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday said that 48 new cases of Coronavirus were reported from the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of NCOC, as many as 40 cases were reported on Monday while 55 cases were reported on Sunday. He said so far 106, 201 […]

ISLAMABAD: A sub-inspector of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) Tuesday foiled an attempt to snatch cash from a citizen by dacoits and got injured during the firing by them in the industrial area police station. According to details, Sub-Inspector Muhammad Akram observed during the duty that two persons were trying to snatch cash from a cab […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Energy Tuesday gave a detailed briefing to the Senate’s Standing Committee on Petroleum about the situation of gas supply especially during the peak winter season, shortages of the commodity and the measures taken by the authorities concerned to tackle the gas demand-supply gap. The ministry officials informed the meeting, chaired by […]

ISLAMABAD: County Director of British Council Aamir Ramzan met the Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood to discuss the collaboration between two countries on heritage and culture. In 2022, from February to August, UK is planning a season to mark the 75th anniversary of bilateral relationships in London between […]

ISLAMABAD: All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly condemned the custodial killing of five youth in Shopian in fake encounters carried out by the Indian occupation forces in the broad daylight to hide its sheer frustration and failure to suppress the freedom sentiments and resistance of the people despite the deployment of one million troops in […]