ISLAMABAD:A meeting of the House Business Advisory Committee of the National Assembly was held under the chairmanship of Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf in Parliament House on Wednesday. The calendar of the sessions of the Assembly for the ongoing parliamentary year and business of the House for the current session of the National Assembly […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) on Wednesday received applause and recognition from a visiting UNICEF delegation for successfully implementing water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects. Project Department of WSSP, in a very short time, replaced old pumping machinery at 40 tube-wells, 22000 ft water supply lines in several union councils that is supplying clean […]
Read MoreBEIJING:China firmly opposes and strongly condemns violent acts against journalists who are performing their normal duties and hopes that the incident in the West Bank will be dealt with in accordance with the last and justice, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday. “I have seen relevant reports and am shocked. I don’t […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:District Health Officer (DHO) Health Authority Dr Waqar Ahmed has said that marriages at teenage are fatal for both mother and child health. The DHO told reporter that early marriage practice resulted in increased mortalities and socioeconomic pressure on the families and therefore should be avoided. “Good education and better health is a fundamental right […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Assembly on Wednesday called upon the President to act in a non-partisan manner and perform his functions strictly in accordance with Article 48 of the Constitution. The House passed the resolution with a majority vote which was moved by Member National Assembly Mohsin Dawar. The Resolution said : “This House resolves under the […]
Read MoreMULTAN:The South Punjab administration has started rescue and relief operation at Cholistan in order to facilitate local people and cattle in drought hit areas. In line with special directives of Additional Chief Secretary South Punjab Capt (retd) Saqib Zafar, the activities have been started at the drought hit areas of Cholistan which was being monitored […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Magistrate Saddar-Zone Mir Yamin on Wednesday sealed a factory producing sub-standard carbonated drinks in the bottles of various popular brands during a raid in the jurisdiction of Tarnol Police Station. A team of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration conducted a raid following direction of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Irfan Nawaz Memon and caught the suspect red-handed. […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:District administration Kurram is taking tangible measures to ensure completion of all ongoing development projects within stipulated time frame. In this regard, Assistant Commissioner Lower Kurram Fazal Wadood Safi chaired a meeting to review progress on beautification projects which are currently continuing at various parts of the district. The meeting which was held in light […]
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