Babar, Brathwaite, Cummins shortlisted for ICC Player of the Month award

ISLAMABAD:Men’s Test captains Babar Azam (Pakistan), Kraigg Brathwaite (West Indies) and Pat Cummins (Australia) have all been shortlisted for the ICC Men’s Player of the Month award for March 2022 following their supreme efforts during a month which was packed with outstanding individual performances around the globe. The women’s shortlist for March is comprised of […]

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Eighty new prayer halls opened at Makkah’s Grand Mosque as part of third phase of expansion

ISLAMABAD:Eighty new prayer halls as part of the third phase of expansion at the Grand Mosque in Makkah have opened to worshipers for the first time during Ramadan this year, the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque announced. Walid Al-Masoudi, director of the General Administration of the Third […]

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DC visits wheat procurement centres, inspects distribution of gunny bags

BAHAWALPUR:Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Kathia on Wednesday visited the Wheat Procurement Center at Dera Bakha to review the wheat procurement arrangements. He also inspected the supply of gunny bags. DFC Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ahmed was present on the occasion. Deputy Commissioner also inspected the wheat procurement centers at Khairpur Tamewali, Israni, and Chak No. 188 […]

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Decision to appoint Masood Khan as envoy to US made in Nov 2021: Farrukh

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Farrukh Habib on Wednesday said the decision to appoint Asad Majeed as Pakistan Ambassador to Brussels, and replace him with Masood Khan as Ambassador to the United States was made in November 2021. The minister, in a tweet, rejected the claim of certain political leaders that Assad Majeed was transferred immediately after […]

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177 shopkeepers fined for violating official prices

KARACHI:City administration on Wednesday fined 177 shopkeepers with Rs 0.87 million for overcharging the consumers, violating the officially fixed prices of food items. According to the reports submitted to the Commissioner Karachi, as many as 48 shopkeepers were fined in district East, 47 in South, 27 in Malir, 17 in Central 15 in West, 12 […]

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PMSA, Customs seize huge quantity of drugs, arrest 7 smugglers

KARACHI:In a joint intelligence based operation, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and Pakistan Customs (Preventive) here on Wednesday averted the smuggling of huge quantity of narcotics. During the operation, 7 smugglers were apprehended in the North Arabian Sea and approximately 3000 KGs of hashish was recovered from a boat, said a news release on […]

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Sugarcane to be cultivated over 1.181 million hectares

ISLAMABAD:Sugarcane crop will be cultivated over 1.181 million hectares during current Kharif season (2022-23) in order to fulfill the domestic requirements of sugar as well as for exporting. Meanwhile, sugarcane production targets during the period under review were fixed at 78.588 million metric tons, said a senior official of the Ministry of National Food Security […]

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Pakora–a spicy food item attracts Peshawarites during Ramazan

PESHAWAR:Pakora- a spicy food mostly prepares of potatoes, chickens and onions are being sold like a hot cake ahead of Iftari in Peshawar due to its delicious taste, cost-efficient varieties and energy perspectives. Like dates (Kajoor), Pakora is also the most favorite items of people during Iftar parties in provincial capital where special shops were […]

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