Hot, partly cloudy weather likely in most parts of KP: Met

PESHAWAR: The Regional Meteorological Center Peshawar has forecast hot and partly cloudy weather in most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the next 24 hours.   However, rain-thunderstorm associated with dust storm/strong gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Torghar, Kohistan, Shangla, Chitral, Lower and Upper Dir, Swat, Buner, Bajaur, Mohmand, […]

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Govt makings all-out efforts to address power outages issue: Khurram

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir Khan on Thursday said the government was making all-out efforts to address the power outages issue in the country.   Addressing a press conference along with Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik, he said the current energy crisis was due to the mismanagement and bad governance of […]

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Sub-Registrar Property Registration booked in FIR for manhandling a lawyer

HYDERABAD: The Sub-Registrar Property Registration of Qasimabad taluka Ashfaq Shah has been booked in a FIR for allegedly manhandling a lawyer during his visit to the property registration office on May 10th.   The FIR has been registered at Qasimabad police station on the complaint of advocate Ghulam Sarwar Tunio.   Tunio maintained that when […]

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FM, US Congressman discuss bilateral ties

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Thursday said that Pakistan and the United States had mutual desire to further strengthen their partnership and promote frequent exchanges between the lawmakers of the two countries.   In his conversation with Congressman Ami Bera, Chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Asia and the Pacific, the […]

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Ban imposed on manufacture, sale and use of polythene bags in Karachi

KARACHI: Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Thursday approved a resolution regarding complete ban on polythene bags in Karachi.   “There will be a complete ban on the manufacture, sale and use of polythene bags in the city to offset the losses caused by the use of polythene bags, ” according to a resolution.   […]

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SU, UAF agree to carry joint research projects

HYDERABAD: A five member delegation of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UEF) led by scientist Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jalal Arif on Thursday called on the Sindh University Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Muhammad Siddique Kalhoro and exchanged views on research collaboration and other academic developments.   According to the university’s spokesperson, the delegation working on a […]

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