National Agri-Tourism Festival on January 21

FAISALABAD: The three-day 6th Annual National Agri-Tourism Festival will begin from January 21 at Lyallpur Farmers Mall Guttwala. This was stated by Chairman Standing Committee of Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) Syed Khalid Mahmood while addressing a meeting on Agri-Tourism here on Saturday. He said the agro-tourism industry was expanding rapidly which could […]

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3 passengers injured, when a coaster hit by landslide near Tungus Pari

GILGIT:Atleast three persons were injured when a passenger coaster was hit by a landslide near Tungus Pari on Jaglote-Skardu Road (JSR). According to Rescue sources, a NATCO coaster GLT l-A5848 was reportedly en-route from Rawalpindi to Khaplu, Ghanche with 12 passengers on board. Rescue 1122 shifted the injured passengers to Dambodas Hospital for first aid. […]

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Cold wave grips in Larkana and Kamber-Shahdadkot districts

LARKÀNA:On Saturday Cold waves grips Larkana and Kamber-Shahdadkot districts, which is increasing with every passing hour. Severe cold has affected the daily routine and people mostly have confined themselves to homes. As a result of severe cold wave cases of fever, cough and flue were being reported. People throng at old and new clothes shops. […]

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Nishtar hospital to facilitate deserving patients under “Ehsas Tahafuz Program”: Dr Sania

MULTAN:Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Senator Dr Sania Nishtar on Saturday said South Punjab’s biggest hospital Nishtar would provide highly expensive treatment facilities to deserving patients under Ehsas Tahafuz Programme. Holding a meeting with Vice Chancellor (VC) Nishtar Medical University (NMU) Dr Rana Altaf and others during her […]

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Girls availing more benefits in Ehsas Scholarships, Ehsas Nashunuma Programmes: Sania Nishtar

KHANEWAL:Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr Sania Nishtar Saturday said, that incumbent government was emphasizing to promote girls education as extra funds were allocated for girls compared to boys’ under Ehsas Scholarship Programme. The campaign to get maximum girls and boys registered with scholarship scheme was heading […]

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Govt deploys Pak Army to rescue stranded tourists amid heavy snowfall: Rasheed

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Interior, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Saturday said the federal government had deployed personnel of Pakistan Army and other civil armed forces as around 16 – 19 people died in their vehicles in Murree due to heavy snowfall. In a video message, the minister said five platoons of the Pakistan Army had been called […]

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Govt.’s monitoring, response system effectively working in Murree: Commissioner

RAWALPINDI:Commissioner Rawalpindi Division, Gulzar Hussain Shah on Saturday said monitoring and response system of the Punjab government was effectively working in Murree and all available resources were being utilized to rescue all the stranded tourists. Talking to media persons in Murree he said that he was supervising relief and rescue operation launched to evacuate stranded […]

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Prof Hussain of GIKI included on list of world’s top scientists

PESHAWAR:Prof Ghulam Hussain, who teaches in Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology has been included in the World’s Top 2 percent leading worldwide scientists. Talking to media on Saturday, he said that Stanford University has recently published an update of the list of the World’s Top 2 percent scientists and this ranking […]

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