Six gamblers held during crackdown

RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested six gamblers and recovered Rs 20, 000 at stake, seven mobile phones from their possession during crackdown, informed police spokesman.   Jatli police, in an operation, arrested six gamblers identified as Nazakat, Liaquat,   Nisar Ahmed, Tahir, Ismat and Usman.   Police have registered separate cases under gambling act and further […]

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Govt releases Rs 7.761b for agri sector development projects

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far released funds amounting over Rs 7.761 billion to execute 26 ongoing and 07 new agriculture-related projects under its Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for financial year 2021-22 in order to promote agriculture and livestock sectors in the country.   The government had allocated an amount of Rs 12.017 billion […]

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DC take notice of failure in supplying canal water to Sangi miner

NAUSHEHROFEROZE: Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Tashfeen Alam has taken notice of the reports circulated on media about failure in supplying canal water to tail of Sangi Miner and stealing   canal water through lift machines.   According to a handout issued by the District Information office on Tuesday, DC has directed Executive engineer irrigation Rohri division […]

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Vaccinated people can develop stronger antibody responses against COVID-19 variants: study

ISLAMABAD: A recent study showed that vaccinated individuals can develop more robust and broadly reactive antibody responses against COVID-19 variants than the unvaccinated after an Omicron infection, which underlines the importance of COVID-19 vaccination even for people who have already been infected and for the elderly who might be exposed to infection in the future. […]

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One more tests positive for COVID-19 in Balochistan

QUETTA: One more new coronavirus patient was tested positive while number of total confirmed patients surged to 35493 in Balochistan on Tuesday.   According to media coordinator of provincial Health Directorate Cell Balochistan Dr. Muhammad Wasim Baig, at least 1490622 people were screened for the virus, out of which 01 more was reported positive.   […]

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Chairman HEC visits KU, pays homage to victims of Confucius Institute blast incident

KARACHI: The Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr Tariq Banuri on Tuesday visited the University of Karachi and met the acting vice chancellor Professor Dr Nasira Khatoon, acting Registrar Professor Dr Maqsood Ali Ansari, Director Finance Tariq Kaleem at the VC secretariat.   The Chairman of HEC Dr. Tariq Banuri expressed deep sorrow on […]

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Training workshop for investigation officials of Anti-corruption started in Quetta

QUETTA: A five-day training workshop for capacity building of investigation officers of the Anti-Corruption Establishment, Balochistan started today at Balochistan Boys Scouts Headquarters Quetta.   The workshop aimed to build capacity of ACEB officials on money laundering, white collar crimes investigation techniques, intelligence tools, existing laws, rules and procedures and improving collaboration with other law […]

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