Air pollutants show slight uptick in atmosphere amid soaring temperature

ISLAMABAD:The air quality of the federal capital on Saturday was recorded healthy whereas a slight increase was witnessed in the air pollutants ratio that remained below permissible limits due to less vehicular traffic on roads after scorching heat reduced masses to limited outdoor visits. The air quality data has been collected by Pakistan Environmental Protection […]

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Outgoing WAPDA Chairman pays farewell visits to Mohmand, T5, Dasu, Diamer Basha Dam

ISLAMABAD: Outgoing WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) paid farewell visits to the four under-construction signature projects namely Mohmand Dam, Tarbela 5th Extension, Dasu and Diamer Basha Dam. WAPDA Chairman designate and Member (Finance) Naveed Asghar Chaudhry, who was on his maiden visits to these projects, also accompanied him, said a press release on […]

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Ghazanfar dominates in 2nd round of Jinnah Development Tour Golf Championship

ISLAMABAD:Ghazanfar Mehmood of Garden City Golf Club exhibited great skill and temperament as he scored 70 (2-under par) to finish at the top in the second round of the FGA Jinnah Development Tour Golf Championship 2022 at Islamabad Club Golf Course on Saturday. Ghazanfar’s total score of first two rounds stands at 142 (2-under par). […]

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NPO to organize webinar on ‘Productivity Improvement’ on May 19

ISLAMABAD:The National Productivity Organization (NPO) in collaboration with the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) is going to organize a webinar on “Best Practices for Productivity Improvement” on May 19 (Thursday). The workshop provides information about what is human productivity, threats to productivity, what is comfort zone and how to get out of it, […]

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IHC asks IT Ministry, PTA to take steps against Geert Wilders’ blasphemous tweets

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday instructed the Ministry of Information Technology and the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to take measures against the blasphemous tweets of Geert Wilder to protect the religious emotions of Muslims. Justice Mohsin Akhter Kayani, in his four-page order on a petition filed by the Tehreek-e-Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat, said the IT Ministry […]

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27 companies get power generation licences in fiscal year 2020-21

ISLAMABAD:As many as 27 companies had been awarded power generation licences having accumulative capacity of 1591MW during fiscal year 2020-21. Official sources told reporter here on Saturday that four generation licences were granted to hydropower plants for accumulated capacity of around 294MW, 18 licences to solar power plants for 49MW, two licences to Bagasse/Biomass Power […]

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DC inspect relief activities in remote areas of Cholistan

BAHAWALPUR:Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Irfan Ali Katha here on Saturday visited remote areas of Cholistan to inspect the relief activities and availability of water, medicines and food in the drought-ridden areas. The DC also visited the Medical and Veterinary camp at Channar Peer. He sent water bowsers to remote areas of Cholistan under his supervision. On […]

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