ISLAMABAD:The federal government on Wednesday notified transfer and posting of two high-rank officers. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Dadlo Zuhrani, a BS-19 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Deputy Secretary, Petroleum Division, had been transferred and his services were placed at the disposal of Government of Sindh, with immediate […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Lawmakers in the National Assembly on Wednesday strongly advocated making a five-year increase in the upper age limit for appointments in federal government departments to accommodate those youngsters who could not get jobs during the tenure of the past government. Speaking on a Calling Attention Notice they jointly moved, the MNAs including Shamim Ara Panhwar, […]
Read MoreSWABI:Two workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) drowned in the Indus River after falling from a bridge near Swabi Interchange, a private news channel reported on Wednesday. The workers were part of the PTI march, which started its journey towards Islamabad from the Swabi Interchange. While crossing the bridge over the Indus River, they fell […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH:About 0.8 million kids below five year old are being vaccinated against polio in district Muzaffargarh. According to official sources, Deputy Commission Ali Anaan Qamar urged the parents to get their kids vaccinated against the Polio. The polio teams would continue providing doses to kids till May 27. He informed that 2500 […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) leader Agha Shakeel Ahmed Khuzdari chaired a meeting of nominees and polling agents of Local Government (LG) from different wards of Municipal Corporation Khuzdar at Durrani House on Wednesday. On this occasion, the candidates and polling agents were briefed regarding their responsibilities during polling of the local body elections to […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD:Like in other parts of the country, a ceremony was held in Abbottabad to show solidarity with imprisoned Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik at Abbottabad Press Club, where leading members of the Kashmir community participated. While speaking at the ceremony, Sheikh Mohammad Saleem, Sheikh Nisar Ahmed, Iqbal Kashmiri, Rafiq Bhatti and others asserted that […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday said the politics of sit-ins (dharna) was detrimental to progress and stability of Pakistan. The prime minister, in a post on his Twitter handle, said, “It has been my conviction that Pakistan will progress only through sheer hard work. Politics of dharna is detrimental to progress and stability. We […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A New Delhi court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik. Special Judge of India’s notorious National Investigation Agency (NIA), Praveen Singh, officially convicted Yasin Malik on May 19 in cases registered against him over three decades ago and fixed the hearing for Wednesday to announce […]
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