ICF, PAL to organise ‘Pakistan Mother languages literature festival’

ISLAMABAD:Indus Cultural Forum (ICF) in collaboration with Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) would organise a two-day Pakistan Mother languages literature festival from February 19. According to PAL, the festival would be held at PAL. The festival is free and open to all. The well-known scholars and language experts would participate in the festival. The festival […]

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IUCPSS completes 10-year academic collaboration with other universities

BAHAWALPUR: The first-ever academic collaborative setup in Pakistan the ‘Inter-University Consortium for the Promotion of Social Sciences’ (IUCPSS) has completed its ten years successfully. This unique initiative was undertaken on 23rd January 2012 at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur in the presence of former Executive Director Higher Education Commission (HEC) Prof. Dr. Sohail Naqvi and […]

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Mohmanad dam to generate 800 MW of low cost hydel electricity

ISLAMABAD: Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project has capacity to generate 800 megawatt (MW) of low-cost hydel electricity, irrigate 15,100 acres of land and control floods downstream in the area. Mohmand Dam is historic and unique in nature being constructed on River Swat in Tribal District Mohmand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, is scheduled to be completed in […]

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KP CM expresses grief over loss of human lives in rains, snowfall

PESHAWAR:Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan Sunday expressed condolence over the loss of precious human lives during current winter season and also grieved over the damages of infrastructures throughout the province. In a condolence message issued here, KP CM conveyed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and prayed Allah Almighty for early recovery of […]

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Camps will set up to create awareness about Naya Pakistan Health Card facility: Bashrat Raja

RAWALPINDI:Provincial Law Minister Muhammad Basharat Raja on Sunday said that camps would be set in the Rawalpindi Cantonment areas to create awareness about the Naya Pakistan Health Card facility. Lauding the efforts of the Chief Minister Punjab, Sardar Usman Buzdar, for providing health cards to every head of the family in Rawalpindi district, he said […]

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Construction work on Lai Expressway, Ring Road to be started soon

RAWALPINDI:The construction work on two mega projects of Rawalpindi, Nullah Lai Expressway and Ring Road would be started soon as all the preparations are being finalized and the administrative approval for both the project has been given by the Planning and Development (P&D) Board, Punjab. Talking to reporter, the spokesman of Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) […]

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More rain likely in upper KP, northeast Punjab, GB, Kashmir

ISLAMABAD:Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). However, more rain with snow over the hills is expected in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northeast Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas . Dense fog is likely to prevail in upper Sindh, plain […]

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