ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Thursday directed to complete land acquisition for Sukkur –Hyderabad motorway on priority basis so that construction of the project could be started in the third quarter of current fiscal year. Chairing a review meeting of major development projects here, he directed National Highway Authority (NHA) to […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The weightlifting event of the ongoing U21 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inter-District Games organized by Directorate General of Sports Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has come to an end with Rohullah Khan of Swat won gold in 55 kgs and Zain, also from Swat, won silver here on Thursday. Shoaib of Mardan and Ajmal of Karak won bronze medals respectively. […]
Read MoreDhaka: Key Bangladesh bowlers Shakib Al Hasan and Taskin Ahmed return from injury as the hosts fight to prevent a clean-sweep at the hands of Pakistan in the second Test in Dhaka. Bangladesh trail the two-match Test series 1-0 after being beaten by eight wickets in Chittagong, where they badly missed a strike bowler. The […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Islamabad police, being a professional force, is making efforts to promote relations with community and win public support through resolving issues at their door steps. It was stated by Inspector General of Police (IG) Islamabad during his visit to various markets under the liaison campaign. He said the public relations campaign is yielding positive results […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to put the name of a woman Sadaf Naz in the Exit Control List (ECL) allegedly involved in trafficking of girls to Dubai. A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin heard the case filed by Mst. Khush Bakht Mirza alias Sophia Mirza against […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) on Thursday directed the Petroleum Division to ensure maximum supply while ensuring implementation of a demand management plan as already approved by the Cabinet. The directions were issued in a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE), held here under the chairmanship of Minister for Planning, Development, and […]
Read MoreTokyo :Tokyo stocks closed lower on Thursday on lingering worries over the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.65, or 182.25 points, to end at 27,753.37, while the broader Topix index fell 0.54 percent, or 10.37 points, to 1,926.37.
Read MoreISLAMABAD:All the institutions, offices and organizations should have internal harassment committees, Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women at the Workplaces Kashmala Tariq said on Thursday. Addressing an awareness seminar, she said that the organizations must report their status of compliance with the workplace harassment law. According to the details Federal Ombudsperson Secretariat for […]
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