LAHORE: A joint meeting of the District Overseas Pakistanis Committee (DOPC), the police and departments concerned was held on Thursday at the Capital City Police Headquarters to discuss issues of overseas Pakistanis. District Overseas Pakistanis Committee Chairman Jahangir Hussain Bara presided over the meeting whereas In charge Complains Cell Capital City Police Headquarters DSP Khalid […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said the opposition parties are indifferent to politics of national interest as they go to every extent to point-score the issues involving human lives. In a statement, he said the PTI-led government got the opposition which has neither awareness nor understanding of national interests. The chief minister regretted […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday dismissed a petition, filed by Opposition Leader in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and his son, Hamza Shehbaz, challenging the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probe into money-laundering charges against them, after being withdrawn. The division bench, headed by LHC Chief Justice Muhammad Ameer Bhatti, heard the petition. The petitioners’ […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wildlife department has expressed strong determination to control the factors responsible for disappearance of migratory birds from the wetland of Pakistan during the past few years. The department has taken strict stringent measures to ensure protection of migratory birds especially in the vicinity of Peshawar, Sawat, Noshera, Tarbela and Dera Ismail Khan, said […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The exchange rate of Pakistan rupee depreciated by 16 paisas against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Thursday and closed at Rs 176.38 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 176.22. According to Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Secretary Agriculture South Punjab Saqib Ali Ateel has said that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) model has proved instrumental in improving cotton production and would be replicated on mango orchards to improve production and quality of the fruit. He was expressing his views in a meeting with a 40-member farmers’ delegation from Sindh province and advised […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) has developed a model for practical support to gender-based violence (GBV) practitioners to adopt GBV case management service delivery quickly during the current COVID-19 pandemic. According to ASF, there were reports of increases in GBV incidents in the countries most affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF-Pakistan) is a […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Australia might have suffered a heavy defeat to India in their sole 2022 ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup warm-up match, but skipper Cooper Connolly believes the side are in good shape ahead of the tournament. Despite the captain making 117 in Tuesday’s clash in Guyana, the Aussies were beaten by nine wickets by […]
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