LAHORE:The Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP) Punjab Friday approved 10 development schemes of various sectors with an estimated cost of Rs 19,204.566 million (Rs 19.204 billion). The schemes were approved at the PDWP meeting of fiscal year 2021-22, presided over by Chairman Planning & Development Board Abdullah Khan Sumbal. The approved development schemes included establishment […]
Read MorePomuch, Mexico, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):Antonio Canche lovingly brushed a relative’s skull in a cemetery in the Mexican jungle — part of the Maya community’s ancestral bone cleaning tradition to honor the dead. This year, the ritual, usually held in late October before Mexico’s Day of the Dead festival, is taking place for the first time […]
Read MoreWashington, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):US lawmakers held a key ally of ex-president Donald Trump in criminal contempt of Congress on Thursday for defying a subpoena to testify before a panel investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is in the spotlight over the role he may have had […]
Read MoreLos Angeles, Oct 22 (AFP/APP):The mysterious deaths of a family and their dog on a California hiking trail that baffled investigators for weeks was down to excessive heat, the local sheriff said Thursday. The bodies of Briton John Gerrish, 45, his wife Ellen Chung, 31, and their one-year-old daughter, Miju, were discovered a short way […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has constituted a ministerial committee, comprising Law Minister Raja Basharat and Public Prosecution Minister Chaudhry Zaheeruddin for holding talks with Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). The chief minister said the government desired to resolve the matter with mutual understanding. He said there was need to collectively work for peace in the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday disposed of a petition of Zahir Jaffar’s parents against the indictment of accused by the trial court in Noor Mukadam murder case. At the outset of hearing, petitioner’s lawyer Raja Rizwan Abbasi requested the court to grant permission to withdraw the case against the decision of trial court. The court […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Friday released 61939 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of 62712 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1511.70 feet, which was 119.07 feet higher than its dead level of 1392 feet. Water inflow and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed increase of Rs1,400 and was sold at Rs125,600 against its sale at Rs124,200 in the local market on Thursday, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat also increased by Rs1201 to Rs107,682 from its sale at Rs106,481 whereas that of […]
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