ISLAMABAD:Executive Director of United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Catherine Russell concluded her three-day tour to Pakistan and lauded the efforts of government against the pandemic of the COVID-19 and eradication of polio from the country. Russell, who selected Pakistan for her first international tour after assuming the office of UNICEF as head, while talking to […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi District Administration has conducted 1634 raids in seven tehsils of the district to check profiteering and imposed Rs 149,300 fines on 153 violators while a shop was sealed besides registration of a FIR against a profiteer during the last 24 hours . According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities concerned on the directives […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The city police here Wednesday conducted a raid on a house situated in Kachi Mohallah at Hashtnagri and arrested seven gamblers. Taking action on a tip off, Gulfat Police Station also recovered stake money of Rs 356,000. During the raid police arrested four people identified as Javed, Tahir, Naimat, Hamesh Gul, Fazal Ahmed, Sajid and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Ministry of Finance and Revenue on Wednesday notified that the Federal Government had approved grant of ‘Disparity Reduction Allowance’ of 15 percent of the basic pay of basic pay scales 2017 with effect from March 1. “This allowance shall be admissible to civil employees in BPS 1-19 of the Federal Government, (including employees of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Keeping in view the bumper crop prospects, the Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin here on Wednesday directed the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R) to make strategy for increasing the export of potatoes. Presiding over the meeting of National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC), minister also directed the ministry to set […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Another patient died here of COVID-19, while 22 persons tested positive during last 24 hours. A spokesperson for the health department said on Wednesday that 933 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 195, while 27,914 patients had so […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The development of merged districts topped the priority list of the provincial government as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab were adding their share for this purpose from their National Finance Award (NFC). Under the leadership of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan the tribal districts were heading towards prosperity and development. There was no shortage of funds to […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi Wednesday stressed upon timely completion of the President’s Initiative on Cyber Efficient Parliament. The president chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on President’s Initiative on Cyber Efficient Parliament here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, a press release said. He was apprised of the progress being made to accomplish the initiative. The president […]
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