ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday stressed to bring reforms into the power sector on priority basis. The prime minister stated this in a meeting with Federal Minister for Power Division Khurram Dastgir. PM Sharif directed the repair and uplift of the defunct power plants at the earliest in view of uninterrupted supply of […]
Read MoreLAHORE: A special court on Wednesday extended interim bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Punjab chief minister-elect Hamza Shehbaz in the sugar mill case till May 14 Special Judge Central Ejaz Hussain Awan hear the case, wherein Hamza Shehbaz and other accused appeared and got their attendance marked. Advocate Amjad Pervaiz, on […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Anti-Vehicle Lifting Staff (AVLS) arrested six members of a vehicle-lifting gang and recovered 18 vehicles and 170 motorbikes worth Rs 25 million, and Rs. 700, 000 in cash from them. SP AVLS Aftab Phurwan said this while addressing a press conference at Saddar Division here on Wednesday. He said that the accused admitted […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Deputy Inspector General of Police Welfare Punjab Abdul Ghaffar Qaisarani Wednesday said that preferential steps were being taken under the Welfare Policy 2022 for providing welfare and educational scholarships to the children of police personnel. He said this while addressing a ceremony, organised at the Central Police Office in collaboration with the National Police […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) carried out a province-wide operation to control the wicked practice of milk adulteration and ensure provision of pure milk, on Wednesday. The dairy safety teams (DSTs) inspected 20 dairy farms in Lahore, 26 in Faisalabad, 32 in Multan, 11 in Rawalpindi, 16 in Gujranwala, 24 in Sargodha and Sahiwal. […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: Pabbi Police Nowshera foiled smuggling of 105 kilograms of hashish, said police on Wednesday. Station House Officer (SHO) Halim Khan was on routine patrolling and signalled a suspected car (AKY-961) to stop, but the driver tried to flee and left the vehicle in Pabbi bazaar. The police recovered 105kg of hashish and took the […]
Read MorePakistan, speaking on behalf of the developing countries’ Group of 77 and China, has voiced concern over the increasing debt vulnerabilities of developing countries, and called for strengthening the international financial institutions for long-term debt sustainability. Speaking in the UN Financing for Development Forum on Tuesday, Ambassador Munir Akram said the developing countries were facing […]
Read MoreLAHORE: National Mehfil-e-Shabeena, under the auspices of the Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department Punjab, is being held at Badshahi Masjid here from Wednesday night. It will continue from 26th to 29th night of Ramazan, according to official sources. Selected Qaris will recite the whole Quran in three holy nights of Ramazan. These ‘Huffaz’ will recite […]
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