Govt plans Parliament’s in-camera sitting on ‘threat letter’: Fawad

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said Prime Minister Imran Khan took the Federal Cabinet members into confidence over the “threat letter”. “The letter’s content was shared with the Federal Cabinet as it was shared by our ambassador with the government under the Official Secret Act,” he said while talking to […]

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International conference on plant protection sciences concludes at SAU

HYDERABAD: The first International Conference on Plant Protection Sciences organized by the Faculty of Crop Protection, Sindh Agriculture University TandoJam concluded on Wednesday night with the presentation of 288 research papers from experts from 17 countries. Addressing the concluding ceremony, the Vice Chancellor Dr. Fateh Marri said that use of pesticides was posing different threats […]

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Commissioner’s office fixes prices of food items

KARACHI:Commissioner, Muhammad Iqbal Memon on Tuesday fixed the rates of essential food items ahead of Ramzan, after consultation with the stakeholders and relevant associations. The commissioner held a meeting, which was attended by additional commissioner, deputy commissioners, bureau of prices, representatives of consumer associations Sweets and Bakers Association, Dilpasand Bakery, United Bakery, Rehmat-e-Shireen and others. […]

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Cooking oil production increases 6.1%, ghee decreases 2.3% in 7 months

ISLAMABAD:Domestic production of cooking oil during first 07 months of current financial year increased by 6.1%, where as vegetable ghee decreased by 2.3% as compared to the output of the corresponding period last year. During the period from July-January, 2021-22 about 272,829 metric tons of cooking oil was locally manufactured as against the manufacturing of […]

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IHC asks interior minister to meet Baloch students

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday instructed the Interior Minister Shiekh Rashid Ahmed to address the grievances of Baloch students of Qauid e Azam University Islamabad after conducting a meeting with them. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case pertaining the grievances of the Baloch students and sought report till Friday. At the outset […]

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Recreational facilities being provided to people nearby their homes: Administrator

KARACHI:Administrator DMC East Rehmatullah Sheikh has said that we are providing recreational facilities to the people near to their homes by rehabilitation of parks. He said this while inspecting the park at Time Square Gulshan-e-Iqbal along with M&E Store here on Wednesday. Executive Engineer M&E Imtiaz Bhutto and Additional Director Parks Tauqeer Abbas were also […]

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Humanity suffers a lot due to Covid-19 pandemic: KU VC

KARACHI:Before the widespread of Covid-19, the world was advancing at a high pace, but due to the pandemic situation humanity was deadly struck and almost everything remains halted for more than two years across the globe. These views were expressed by the acting Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Professor Dr Nasira Khatoon while inaugurating the […]

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UN chief voices sorrow over death of six Pakistani peacekeepers in Congo helicopter crash

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply saddened” over the loss of eight UN peacekeepers– six Pakistanis, a Russian and a Serb– on Tuesday when a Puma helicopter carrying them on a reconnaissance mission crashed in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), his spokesman said in a statement. The statement, released by Spokesman […]

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