Ombudsman orders issuance of stipend, Khidmat card to students

LAHORE:Ombudsman Punjab Maj (retd) Azam Suleman Khan Tuesday ordered for issuing educational stipend and Khidmat cards to the deserving students to enable them to continue their studies. According to a spokesperson for the office of Ombudsman Punjab here, the Ombudsman resolved 64 out of 84 complaints about an interruption in the issuance of educational stipends. […]

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Shortage fear causing panic buying of urea, CS tells farmers

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has said that the fear of shortage of urea fertilizer has led to panic buying and a higher demand than the actual requirement. The Federal Industries Department has been requested to increase the supply and the situation in this regard would improve soon. He stated this during a meeting […]

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Rain forecast for Sukkur division

SUKKUR:The local Met office on Tuesday forecast widespread rain in different areas of the Sukkur division under a new weather system that entered northern Balochistan. Weather is likely to be cloudy on Wednesday in Sukkur, Khairpur, Shikarpur, Jacobaba and Kashmor districts with chances of rain-thunderstorms in the evening/night. The minimum and maximum temperature is expected […]

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NEPRA notifies Rs 1.07 per unit increase for K-Electric’s consumers

ISLAMABAD:The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday notified Rs 1.07 per unit increase in power tariff for consumers of K-Electric for month of October under monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) mechanism. It would an impact of Rs 1.9 billion and would be recovered in the bills of January, it further said. The FCAs […]

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Development journey expanded to remote areas equally: CM

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the resources have not been limited to some specific cities like the past as the development journey has been expanded to remote and backward areas equally. He said this during a meeting with Provincial Minister Syed Sumsam Ali Bukhari, MNA Rai Muhammad Murtaza Iqbal and PTI leader […]

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People hold anti-India demos in Hajin, Kulgam

ISLAMABAD:In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), forceful pro-freedom and anti-India protests were held in Hajin and Kulgam areas over the killing of four youth by Indian troops. The troops during cordon and search operations martyred two youth each in last 24 hours in Srinagar and Kulgam districts, Kashmir Media Service reported. One of […]

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Jinnah statue to be erected in London: Lord Hannan, Ch. Sarwar

LAHORE: Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party for British Affairs and a member of the British House of Lords, Lord Daniel Hannan, has said that a statue of the father of the nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Jinnah will be erected in London on August 14 as part of 75th Independence Day of Pakistan celebrations this year. Speaking […]

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