China offers to provide disaster relief assistance to Afghanistan

BEIJING: China on Friday offered to provide disaster relief assistance to Afghanistan in wake of severe flooding in several provinces of the country. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing said that Afghanistan is a friendly neighbour of China and China is willing to provide disaster relief assistance to Afghanistan to […]

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Life returns to normalcy after Eid-ul-fitr holidays

RAWALPINDI: Life returns back to normalcy in twin cities, Rawalpindi and Islamabad as people have started coming back from their hometowns after celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with their loved ones. This year, on Eid-ul-Fitr, the government announced four Eid holidays from May 2 to 5 and a large number of citizens were witnessed moving towards their offices […]

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SCO Health Ministers meeting to be held on June 7-8

BEIJING: The first expert meeting was held via video conference to prepare for the 5th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Health Ministers’ meeting, scheduled to be held in Tashkent on June 7-8. In the meeting chaired by Uzbekistan, the participants discussed the agenda of the Meeting and draft versions of a road map for cooperation between […]

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Flour mills, seed companies told to declare wheat stocks

MULTAN: Deputy Commissioner Amir Karim Khan asked all flour mills, commission agents and seed companies to declare their wheat stocks in a bid to check hoarding after Punjab government increased the wheat procurement target. Presiding over an official meeting with flour mills owners, seed companies representatives and commission agents, DC sought their full cooperation in […]

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