GENEVA:The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is gravely concerned over the growing corruption and stands for greater financial transparency in order to hold accountable those involved in this menace, Pakistani Ambassador Khalil Hashmi has said on behalf of the 57-member body. “The OIC strongly supports a preventive approach to effectively counter the scourge of corruption […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:District administration during an anti-encroachment drive has arrested 24 shopkeepers for erecting encroachments outside their shops while three persons were also arrested for operating three illegal suzuki stands. On the directives of the Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Khalid Mahmood, the Additional Assistant Commissioner (AAC), Uzma Mukarram during inspection of bazaars on Dilzak Road arrested 24 shopkeepers […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Information Secretary Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, MPA Amjad Afridi hosted a reception in honor of the newly elected cabinet of Peshawar Press Club and Khyber Union of Journalist (KhUJ). The reception arranged on Tuesday night was attended by a large number of newsmen, leaders, and workers of PPP. Speaking on the occasion, MPA […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The United States and Pakistan jointly on Wednesday break ground on U.S. Education Foundation of Pakistan (USEFP) Headquarters in Islamabad in order to provide scholarships to Pakistani scholars in best universities of USA. This groundbreaking of the first permanent headquarters for the USEFP marks a new milestone in the 75 years of the U.S.-Pakistani relationship. […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Pakistan’s squad appreciated the love received from Chinese people everywhere and said that the warm welcome to the Pakistani contingent by the Chinese audience at the opening ceremony of the winter Olympics showcased that the ironclad friendship is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of the two countries. “As we all know, […]
Read MoreKHANEWAL:The speakers from different segments of society on Wednesday assembled at a dialogue organized by the local press club to brainstorm ways to plug chances of recurrence of tragic incidents like the ones reported from Sialkot and another recently in Tulamba where a mob lynched a mentally retarded man to death over blasphemy accusations. The […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has carried out an independent Quality of Service (QoS) Survey in 18 Cities and 9 motorways, highways, inter-city Roads of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan in order to measure the performance and quality of Cellular Mobile Operators’ (CMOs) services being provided to their customers. During the survey, the licensed KPIs […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi police have seized over 420 kites and kite flying string rolls besides netting seven kite sellers and flyers. According to a police spokesman, Gunjmandi police held Ali Hassan for having 70 kites and kite flying string rolls. Rattamral, Pirwadhai, Westridge and Airport police rounded up Umair Mehmood, Kashan, Shoaib, Muhammad Ahmed, Umair and Umar […]
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