PESHAWAR:The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Tuesday unanimously passed two bills including Artists’ Welfare Endowment Fund Bill to provide financial assistance to deserving artistes with regard to their health expenses and minimal requirements for maintenance of livelihood in order to ensure their dignity and honor. The provincial minister for Labour Shaukat Ali Yousafzai moved the bill with […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Like other parts of the world the World Braille Day was observed in the country on January 4, in memory of Louis Braille, the inventor of special symbols for the visually impaired. Braille is a way of reading embossed letters by touching the paper with one’s fingertips. The method of literacy was invented in 1834 […]
Read MoreSANGHAR:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Imran-ul-Hassan Khuwaja on Monday said cooperation of every person of the district, particularly parents,was imperative for making the Polio campaign successful. According to a handout issued by the District Information office, DC expressed these views while chairing a meeting in his office with the officers of health department regarding arrangements made […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Six goats, eight motorcycles and two vans were burnt in two separate fire incidents in and around Faisalabad city during the past 12 hours. A police spokesman said on Tuesday that fire erupted in the Havaili of Rana Akbar situated in Canal Garden Buchiana due to short-circuiting. The fire engulfed entire surroundings and burnt to […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH :Two people including a woman were killed, while many sustained critical injuries after dumper truck collided with motorbike-rickshaw in Kot Addu, rescuers said on Tuesday. The truck rammed into motorbike head-on at Pital Mor, resulting death of local named Umar, 25, son of Ghulam Shabir died on the spot while the woman Azra Bibi, […]
Read MoreBEIJING:In the past year, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan achieved historic milestones on the diplomatic front, not only having enhanced its international status, but also having made great contributions to the maintenance of international and regional peace. These views were expressed by Cheng Xizhong, Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Political […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD::Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the “despicable and totally unacceptable harassment and insult” of Muslim women on the internet and the purpose-built online application in India. A statement from the Foreign Office took strong exception of the incident in which the photograph of a journalist from Kashmir, Quratulain Rehbar, was put on sale on ‘Bulli […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:District Police Officer (DPO) Swabi Muhammad Shoaib held an open court at his office on Tuesday and issued directives for addressing complaints of residents on the spot. DPO listened to the problems and marked a number of complaints for redressal to the authorities concerned. He directed the officials concerned to keep in touch with the […]
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