AJK Govt to fully cooperate UN, its subsidiaries to secure SDGs : Niazi

MIRPUR [AJK]: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi Thursday said that his government would extend full cooperation to the United Nations and its subsidiaries to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the state. He was talking to a high level delegation which called on him under the leadership of Julian […]

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Distribution of maintenance allowance for Zakat beneficiaries started

FAISALABAD: The Zakat & Ushar department Punjab has started distribution of maintenance allowance among Zakat beneficiaries. A spokesman of District Zakat Committee said on Thursday that the Zakat beneficiaries would receive Rs.9000 as first instalment of maintenance allowance whereas Rs.12000 would be provided to visually impaired persons. He said that total 9095 persons were registered […]

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Pakistan Army organizes Inter-Tehsil Football Tournament in Dir Upper

DIR UPPER: : Pakistan Army in collaboration with District Administration and District Sports Office Dir Upper on Thursday organized a Dir Upper Inter-Tehsil Football Tournament wherein teams from all across the districts took part. The final football match was played between Tehsil Barwal and Tehsil Dir which was won by Tehsil Dir on a solitary […]

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Land-related documents should be issued on time.: DC

KHANEWAL: Deputy Commissioner Salman Khan on Thursday directed that documents related to lands should be released within the stipulated time in all cases. During his visit to the Land Record Center here, he said that in the direction of the Punjab government, the district administration has intensified the supervision of the Land Record Center and […]

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ASI martyred, two injured as police vehicle comes under attack

PESHAWAR: An assistant sub inspector (ASI) was killed and two others were injured on Thursday when unidentified persons opened fire at a mobile squad vehicle in Jalozai area of Nowshera. According to the police, the assailants opened indiscriminate fire on a van deployed at the check post at Arando Khurd, Jalozai. In the terrorist incident […]

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Twenty-eight sports included in youth-focused LA 28 Initial Sports Program

PESHAWAR: The Initial Sports Program of the Olympic Games Los Angeles-2028 will be composed of 28 sports, including skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing, with a strong focus on youth. It was approved Thursday by the 139th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Beijing. According to IOC release issued here, the 28 sports included […]

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Over 7.4m cotton bales reach ginneries across Pakistan, with 33.19pc increase

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 7.4 million or exactly 74, 20, 917 bales have reached ginning factories across the country till February Ist, 2022 registering increase of 33.19 percent as compared to corresponding period of last year. According to a fortnightly report of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) released on Thursday, over 7.4 […]

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