LAHORE:Pak-China Joint Chambers of Commerce and Industry (PCJCCI) Thursday recommended to utilise coal reserves to produce low-cost electricity in Pakistan on the pattern of China. PCJCCCI President Wang Zihai, Senior Vice President (SVP) Ehsan Choudhry, Vice President (VP) Safraz Butt, Secretary General Salahuddin Hanif and the executive committee members in its monthly meeting here unanimously […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Over 28 million more years of life were lost than expected in 2020 due to Covid-19 pandemic, finds a study. The study, published by The BMJ, analysed the effects of Covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020 in 37 upper-middle and high-income countries. Rate of excess premature deaths was found to be […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad Thursday felicitated the Pakistan Rescue Team (PRT), saying that it was a big honour that the Pakistan team was the first one in South Asia to obtain certification from the United Nations (UN) International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG). He said that rescuers render precious services to save […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Facility of issuance of the national passport has been provided to residents of Koh-e-Suleman tehsil in the regional passport office Taunsa Sharif. According to a handout issued here on Thursday, the provision of facility was a result of Punjab Chief Minister’s personal interest. Earlier, they had to go to the regional passport office in DG […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) Chairman Syed Nabil Hashmi here Thursday chaired the second meeting of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Committee to give the status of Special Zone Enterprise to the recipients of industrial plots in Quaid-i-Azam Business Park. During the meeting, the committee approved the status of Special Zone Enterprise for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) and Anadolu University, Turkey signed an agreement to work on exchange programmes for faculty, students and administrative staff assuring mutual benefit to each other in the relevant academic fields. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on the occasion of the second Executive Board Committee of COMSTECH-Inter Islamic Networks of […]
Read MoreLAHORE: On the directions of Ombudsman Punjab Major (retd) Azam Suleman Khan, the secretary Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Department provided clean drinking water facility to the residents of suburban area of Chak No 346-GB Nounarian in Toba Tek Singh. The area people had approached the office of Ombudsman Punjab with the complaint […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan here on Thursday called on Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar. During the meeting important matters including the law and order situation came under discussion. Punjab Law Minister Raja Basharat, chief secretary, ACS (Home) and Principal Secretary to CM were also present. Usman Buzdar said […]
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