ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, in a big move to facilitate the general public, announced an end to load-shedding of electricity across the country from May 1 and onwards. The prime minister, also famed as ‘Shehbaz Speed’ for his efficiency to deliver at a fast pace, declared that the government had operationalized 20 out […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Tuesday, losing 255.57 points, with negative change of 0.55 percent, closing at 45,817.68 points against 46,073.25 points on the last working day. A total of 210,202,385 shares, valuing Rs 6.226 billion, were traded during the day compared to the trade of 368,830,284 […]
Read MoreSIALKOT: Additional Deputy Commissioner (Finance) Syeda Amina Maududi said on Tuesday that a well-organized awareness campaign would be launched in the district to control the growing population and make the people aware of benefits and importance of small family. She said that in collaboration with the department of population welfare, department of education, health, NGOs […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Industries and Commerce Abdul Karim Khan Tordher laid a foundation stone of a state-of-the-art 14-marla plaza of Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) at Small Industries Estate Peshawar. Syed Zafar Ali Shah MD Small Industries Development Board, Deputy Managing Director Noman Fayyaz, Director Finance Suhail Aziz, Deputy Managing Director […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Tuesday released 87443 cusecs water from various rim stations with an inflow of86043 cases. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam was 1079.30 feet, which was 29.03 feet higher than its dead level of 1,050 feet whereas the inflow and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The air quality monitoring in the federal capital has improved after induction of the modern gadgets in the pollution gauging equipment of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA). The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) has handed over specialised equipment known as Environmental Dust Monitor to the Pak-EPA that can monitor very fine particles […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Community Medicine Department, Northwest School of Medicine NWSM arranged a seminar in collaboration with UNICEF regarding the importance of immunization in children and adults to prevent diseases and death among the population of the world. According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, the seminar was organized in connection with World Immunization Week observed […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department has imposed fine of Rs. 249.7 million and registered 22393 reports over various violations including overcharging during last year. According to yearly performance report of food department, 41320 units were sealed while 211000 shopkeepers were issued notices for flouting orders of district administration. Expressing satisfaction over performance of the department, Provincial […]
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