Rawalpindi -Orange Line metro routes to be linked up from Monday

ISLAMABAD:In a big step to facilitate the residents of Rawalpindi traveling to Islamabad International Airport, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed to connect the routes of Rawalpindi Metro Bus Service and Orange Line Metro Bus Service. The prime minister directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman to connect the metro route originating from Rawalpindi […]

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Four terrorists killed in CTD, Police joint operation in Bannu

PESHAWAR:The Counter Terrorism Department Bannu and the district police carried out a joint operation on Wednesday night in limits of Bannu township police station area and killed four suspected terrorists in an ‘encounter’ who had recently arrived to carry out terror attacks in the areas. According to a press release issued by the CTD Khyber […]

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1st LD-Writethru: China highlights achievements in youth development in white paper

BEIJING:The current young generation enjoys an enabling environment for development, a broad space to grow, and wonderful opportunities to make a good career, China said on Thursday in a white paper on youth, the first of its kind in the country. The white paper, titled “Youth of China in the New Era,” said the young […]

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Efforts underway to finalize Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s first Urban Policy: Session told

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shahab Ali Shah has said the provincial government was ensuring best possible transit and commercial trade routes to facilitate trade with Afghanistan. He stated this in a high-level consultative session organized by UK’s FCDO-supported Sub-National Governance (SNG) Programme in collaboration with KP Planning & Development Department’s Urban Policy & […]

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Secretary Public Prosecution Punjab visits Sasta Ramzan bazaars

SIALKOT: Secretary Public Prosecution Punjab Nadeem Sarwar on Thursday visited Sasta Ramzan bazaars in Sambarial, Bhopalwala and Sialkot. He visited vegetable and fruit stalls, flour, sugar at agri-cultural fair price shops and checked the quality and quantity of food items provided by the Punjab government at subsidized rates to the people in Ramzan bazaars. Additional […]

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Global tourism industry to create nearly 126 mln jobs in 10 years: report

MANILA:The global tourism industry is expected to create almost 126 million jobs worldwide within 10 years, the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said in a report released on Thursday in the Philippine capital. The WTTC’s latest Economic Impact Report (EIR) says the travel and tourism sector will be a driving force of the global […]

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