PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly has constituted a committee to examine and propose amendments in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Secretariat Employee’s Bill 2022. The committee held a meeting on Friday under the chairmanship of Special Secretary Assembly Amjad Ali and discussed the employees’ bill 2022. The committee will submit its report to the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Friday while underscoring his government’s efforts for creating business-friendly opportunities, invited new Japanese companies to avail themselves of such opportunities and invest in Pakistan. The prime minister, in a meeting with Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Mitsuhiro Wada here, assured that the government would extend all possible facilitation to […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:In the wake of the recent deadly shooting in an elementary school in the US state of Texas, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has posed the question: How many more children will die before leaders act? At least 19 children and two teachers were killed on Tuesday when 18-year-old gunman […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Adviser to the Prime Minister for Political and Public Affairs, Engr Amir Muqam on Friday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march completely failed despite the illegitimate use of KP’s official machinery because people were fed up with supporting PTI Chairman Imran Khan as he had been doing politics of agitation and leveling baseless accusations against […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:Police on Friday arrested a drug-peddler and recovered narcotics from him. A spokesman said that a team of Miani Momin police station, headed by SHO Shahid Iqbal, conducted a raid and arrested notorious drug-peddler Haq Nawaz and recovered 5-kg opium and 1.2-kg hashish from him. A case has been registered against the accused.
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed a decrease of Rs.2,100 and was sold at Rs.141,200 on Friday against its sale at Rs.143,300 in the local market. The price of 10 gram 24 karat gold also decreased by Rs.1800 and was sold at Rs.121,056 compared to its sale at Rs122,756 whereas that […]
Read MoreLAHORE:A five-day Hajj training workshop continued for pilgrims by the Ministry of Religious Affairs at Alhamra Arts Council here on Friday. Director of Hajj Punjab Rehan Abbas Khokhar chaired the session. On the second day, Rehan Abbas said, “The Directorate of Hajj Punjab has been making every effort to provide complete training to […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has directed the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLICP) to pay the life insurance claims worth Rs 700,000 to the family members of the deceased policyholders. The SLICP had denied the insurance money to the policyholders over the allegations of hiding pre-insurance ailments at the time of obtaining the […]
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