ISLAMABAD:NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal on Thursday said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had recovered about Rs 882 billion from the corrupt elements since its inception. Briefing the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which met here at the Parliament House with Rana Tanveer Hussain in the chair, he said the details of the recovered amount […]
Read MoreBy Sohail Ali LAHORE:The soft launch of the Pakistan Junior League (PJL) took place on Thursday when the Pakistan Cricket Board released the Request for Expressions of Interest for various available rights relating to the Twenty20 competition, which is scheduled for October this year. The PCB is requesting expression of interests from the interested parties […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ashfaq Ahmad Khan, City Police Officer Omar Saeed Malik along with the Deputy Commissioner Tahir Farooq visited Ramazan Sasta Bazaars here Thursday. The officers reviewed security arrangements over there,while RPO directed concerned officers to ensure foolproof security arrangements for Ramazan bazaars. He said that walk through gates have been installed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration has deputed some 20 assistant commissioners and magistrates in various localities to check the prices of food items during the month of Ramazan. The local administration was closely monitoring the prices of essential commodities, besides display of daily price list issued by the administration to provide maxim relief to […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is determined to make the Capital a plastic bags free city and has allowed plastic bags manufacturing for specific sectors to reduce plastic pollution through, limited use, recycling and safe disposal. The EPA had imposed a corporate extended responsibility on specified plastic bags users and manufacturers as the users were […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The price control magistrates imposed Rs 88,000 fine on 53 shopkeepers on the charge of profiteering in the district during the past 12 hours. A spokesman for the administration said on Thursday that price control magistrates inspected 872 shops in different markets and bazaars of Faisalabad and found dozens of shopkeepers involved in profiteering and […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:More than 870,000 people who fled abroad since the Russian invasion on Feb. 24, have now returned to Ukraine, UN humanitarian agencies said in their latest emergency update, amid concerns about deteriorating food security inside the country. Citing the State Border Guard Service, UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said that about 30,000 people are […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD:Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Tariq Salam Marwat Thursday visited the office of Rescue 1122 Abbottabad and inspected various sections to reviewed the performance. Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad appreciated the professionalism of Rescue 1122 and hoped that the organization would further improve its performance in the future. He further said that the government has formed Rescue 1122 with […]
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