Over Rs.6.8m tax collected from tax defaulting vehicles: Sindh minister

KARACHI:A total of 7723 vehicles were checked across the province by the Excise,Taxation and Narcotics Control Department of Sindh on the second day of the campaign to collect tax from the owners of tax defaulting vehicles.   As many as 2464 vehicles were checked in Karachi, 1863 in Hyderabad and 976 in Sukkur, said the […]

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Anti encroachment operation launched in district Thatta

HYDERABAD:Deputy Commissioner Thatta Ghazanfar Ali Qadri on Wednesday said the district administration has launched an anti-encroachment campaign in the light of orders of the Higher judiciary.   The ADC, in a statement, said that a task force headed by Additional DC-1 Riaz Hussain Leghari composed of officials of anti-encroachment, revenue and police has been set […]

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Rape convict receives 7 years jail and 2 Lakh rupees fine in Haripur

HARIPUR:District and Session Judge Haripur Islam Udin Wednesday awarded 7 years imprisonment to a rape convict and imposed a 2 lakh rupees fine while giving his verdict after hearing both sides.   According to the details, in village Dobandi an area of Saddar police station Haripur Malik Meer Haider allegedly raped a minor boy Waseem […]

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Haripur police arrests two accused of motorway robbery, recovers Rs 22.43m cash

HARIPUR:Haripur police on Wednesday arrested one more armed robber including the mastermind of the motorway robbery and recovered 23.43 million rupees, police parties have continued their search for the remaining two accused at different places to detain them.   This was disclosed by the District Police Officer (DPO) Haripur Kashif Aftab Abbasi while addressing a […]

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Public Health Engineer inspects process of Wash program

SANGHAR:On the directives of Deputy Commissioner Sanghar, Executive Engineer Public Health department Pir Ali Raza on Wednesday visited a Wash program being carried out by Research and development foundation (RDF) working on water projects in Sanghar district.   According to a handout issued by the District Information office, the executive engineer reviewed solar powered water […]

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Final publication of delimitation in August second week: ECP

ISLAMABAD:The final publication of delimitation of constituencies of national and provincial assemblies across the country will be announced during second week of August, 2022.   This was informed to the members of the meeting at Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which was chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja on Wednesday to receive […]

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Woman awarded life imprisonment for killing husband

RAWALPINDI:A District and Sessions Court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a woman involved in murdering her husband.   Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka announced the verdict after hearing the arguments from both sides.   The accused Rubina had killed her husband Zulifqar Ali by firing as her spouse interested in a […]

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Use of modern technology, suitable varieties emphasized to enhance rice output

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali here on Wednesday emphasized the need to use modern rice production machinery and suitable varieties to enhance the production of rice for tackling the growing domestic needs as well as to export.   Addressing a  two-day annual rice research review and planning meeting, which was […]

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