ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday departed for Russia on a two-day official visit, on the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The prime minister is accompanied by a high-level delegation including federal ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, Asad Umar, Hammad Azhar, Commerce Advisor Abdur Razzak Dawood, National Security Advisor Moeed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday dismissed disqualification cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari and Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Hussain Chaudhry. Chief Justice Athar Minallah remarked that why this court should interfere into the matter when the both were elected by the public of concerned constituencies. The court remarked […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR::During the spring tree planting campaign, as many as 2,292,000 plants would be planted across the district. This was told in a meeting held in the committee room of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia. Additional Deputy Commissioner General Amir Nazir Kachchi, Additional Deputy […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Provincial Health Minister, Dr Yasmin Rashid, said that under Health Card around 110,000 people have undergone eye surgery, 56,000 women operated upon for Cesarean-section while over one lac people got dialysis facility so far. Addressing a press conference after attending the syndicate meeting of Nishtar Medical University (NMU) here on Wednesday, she said that around […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Punjab Arts Council and Pothohari Literary Society jointly organized the 8th Annual ‘Pothohari Literary Conference’ at the Punjab Arts Council(PAC)here on Wednesday. The ceremony was presided over by Chairman Pakistan Academy of Letters, Professor Dr Yousuf Khushk while Qazi Shaukat Mehmood, Dr Abdul Wajid Tabassum and Dr Humaira Ashfaq were special guests on the occasion. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Partly cloudy weather with intervals of strong winds and rain continued to lash various parts of the country including twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad for the second consecutive day, turning the weather cold. The rain-wind-thunderstorm started from Monday night as a result of the westerly wave that entered western parts of the country and […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Police have arrested 12 gamblers and recovered Rs 16,000 cash stake money, 12 mobile phones, and valuables from their possession, the police spokesman said. He informed that Rattamral Police arrested 12 gamblers identified as Noor, Amir, Zahoor, Shahzaib, Amjad, Shamraiz, Nair, Safeer, Imran, Jahangir, Waqar and Kashif who were allegedly involved in betting. Superintendent of […]
Read MoreNAROWAL:Deputy Commissioner Saba Asghar inaugurated spring tree plantation campaign after planting saplings at the District Complex. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Javeria Maqbool, Assistant Deputy Commissioner General Muhammad Hanif, Assistant Commissioner Zafarwal Dr Arshad Wattoo and others were also present. Speaking after the drive, Sabas Asghar said:” Trees not only play an important role in keeping […]
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