KP Govt takes pragmatic steps for protection of labour rights: Minister

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Labour Shaukat Yousafzai Thursday said the provincial government was taking pragmatic steps for protection of rights of labourers and to ensure perks and privileges to them. Presiding over a meeting of Labour department here, he directed the department to ensure provision of Sehat Sahulat Card to labourers and award of […]

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Govt decides to make electricity relief package ‘more effective: ’ Hammad

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar Thursday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI) government had decided to make the electricity relief package of Rs 5 per unit, announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan, more effective aimed at protecting the masses of the impacts of global inflation. Hammad Azhar said he would unveil details of the […]

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KP CM approves cost-enhancement of three projects

PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has approved cost-enhancement of three projects for the construction of power supply infrastructure in newly merged Khyber district on the recommendations of Provincial Development Working Party (PDWP). The projects are aimed at the provision of uninterrupted power supply to the area, said an official handout issued here on […]

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KP govt to convert ARI Peshawar, Swat into Centre of Excellence

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has decided to convert Agriculture Research Institutes (ARI) Tarnab in Peshawar and Mingora in Swat into Centre of Excellence to bolster agriculture research and crops production. KP Agriculture and Livestock Department officials told reporter on Thursday that Rs1, 000 million would be spent on upgradation and converting these institutes into […]

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Govt employees welcome approval of 20% disparity allowance

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Local Government Workers Federation (APLGWF) Thursday welcomed the approval of a 20% disparity allowance by the KP government for provincial employees on the pattern of federal government. In a statement issued by APLGWF and chairman Municipal Workers Union Peshawar, Malik Naveed Awan and other office bearers of the federation had demanded the implementation […]

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Govt to complete its constitutional term: SACM

LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister (SACM) on Information Hasaan Khawar said on Thursday that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would complete its constitutional term and the opposition was just making hue and cry to keep itself politically alive. In a statement issued here, he said that the opposition would be in same position even […]

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