PESHAWAR: District administration Khyber has banned display, carrying of weapons and toy guns under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedural Code (Cr.P.C) in the district, said an order issued by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) on Wednesday. It said that the step has been taken in the wake of the prevalent law and order situation in […]
Read MoreClimate change, the global coronavirus pandemic and political destabilization are putting the world on a course toward more than one disaster a day, a new United Nations report warns. The report by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNDRR, predicts that the number of disaster events will reach 560 per year — or 1.5 […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: Regional Met Office here Wednesday informed that due to high pressure in the upper atmosphere the day temperatures are likely to increase gradually in most parts of the province especially in southern districts till May 2. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued alert that prevailing hot and dry weather may cause heat stroke, water […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH: Body of unknown transgender recovered from the bank of Ganesh Wah canal on Wednesday. According to police sources, a tortured body of an unknown eunuch recovered from an empty plot along the Ganesh Wah canal passing through the center of Muzaffargarh city. The body has been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Muzaffargarh for postmortem. […]
Read MoreSUKKUR: Sukkur Police has issued security plan to beef up security in order to avert any untoward incident on Eid-ul-Fitr. A spokesman of the police department told that police employees would be deputed at all Eid congregation sites at least 3 hours before Eid prayers while a separate parking site would also be set up […]
Read MoreLOWER DIR: Following directives of provincial government, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Lower Dir, Aun Haider Gondal Wednesday held an online open court to resolve issues of people residing in far-flung areas. The aim of open court was to timely address issues and problems of locals. Deputy Commissioner listened to the problems and people and directed authorities […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Miftah Ismail Wednesday said that the present government was keen to attract the U.S. foreign investment in different sectors of Pakistan’s economy on priority basis. Talking to Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy of the United States of America Angela P. Aggeler here, the minister said the present […]
Read MoreMULTAN: Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) have caught 91 power pilferers during separate operations launched throughout the South Punjab in a day, MEPCO official said on Wednesday. MEPCO teams accompanying task forces raided different places in Multan, Vehari, Sahiwal, Rahimyar Khan, Muzaffargarh, Bahawalnagar, Khanewal, and Dera Ghazi Khan and detected theft of 147, 000 electricity […]
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