ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Friday that the government wanted to protect local entertainment industry. In a tweet, he said that in the Finance Amendment Act no tax has been imposed on cinemas and film production machinery. Fawad Hussain said on the other hand, tax has been imposed on import […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar on Friday said that the federal government has procured corona vaccines worth Rs 250 billion, to make this massive drive possible. On his official twitter handle, the Asad Umar who is also Chairman National Command and Control Center (NCOC) said that the vaccine procurement 100% done […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The anti-beggary squad of the district social welfare department caught 11 beggars here on Friday. Focal Person Muhammad Tahir said here the teams handed over all the beggars to police for sending them behind bars and registration of cases against them. They were caught from Raza Abad, Saddar Bazar, Jhang Road, D-ground, Satiana road, and […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health, Taimur Salim Jhagra here Friday inaugurated Dialysis unit in North West General Hospital (NWGH). The inauguration ceremony among others was attended by Special Secretary Health, Farooq Jamil, Chairman Alliance Healthcare, Professor Dr. Tariq Khan Hashim, CEO NWGH and Dr. Zia-ur-Rehman. Addressing the ceremony, health minister praised NWGH for providing free […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that the government was focusing on the development and welfare of downtrodden segments of society. “The model of Riyasat-e-Madina emphasizes much on taking care of the poor and have-nots in the society”, he added. The prime minister expressed these views while inaugurating Panahgah Lahore here on Ferozpur Road […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, whose jurisdiction will be expanded to almost entire district for the new local government elections, is proposed to consist of nine Town Municipal Corporations. According to a proposal recently submitted by Deputy Commissioner Fuad Ghaffar Soomro to the provincial government, the nine TMCs would function under the mayor of HMC. Three […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Pakistan seized 9,558 kg drugs, 27.784 kg prohibited chemical and arrested 222 accused during 2021 while conducting counter-narcotics strikes across the country. Accoridng to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, ANF in its countrywide operations conducted raids and recovered 618 kg opium, 558 kg heroin, 137 kg Amphetamine, 35 kg Methamphetamine (Ice), 7207 kg […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Women University (RWU) and University of Gujrat (UOG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on research collaboration and capacity building of the faculty in online teaching. The RWU had the privilege to be the sub-campus of UOG, which was recently given the status of the public sector university. Dr Anila Kamal, a […]
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