LAHORE: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 […]
Read MoreBEIJING:About forty experts and political analysts from Pakistan, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, India and Uzbekistan attended the 17th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Forum meeting. SCO Secretary-General Zhang Ming spoke at the opening ceremony of the meeting held via videoconference, according to SCO Secretariat here. The Centre of East Asia and SCO […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Department of Dairy Technology of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore, in collaboration with the Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department (L&DD), organised a five-day training course on ‘Learning technologies of pasteurized & flavoured milk’ at the city campus. The training was part of the ‘Capacity building of dairy farmers & […]
Read MoreBEIJING:Six model farms under Pakistan-China Red Chilli Contract Farming Project are achieving a bumper harvest in southern Punjab and northern Sindh, Pakistan, with an estimated yield of 700 tons of dried chillies. The crops in the six model farms with a total area of nearly 300 acres started bearing fruits in May, said Dai […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Antonio Guterres on Friday conferred Dag Hammarskjold Medal to martyrs of year 2021 posthumously including six Pakistani Peacekeepers. An award ceremony was held at UN Secretariat, New York where UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres conferred Dag Hammarskjold Medal to martyrs of year 2021, the official sources here said. […]
Read MoreMULTAN:District administration arrested five butchers for selling sub-standard meat during a special crackdown launched here on Friday. Taking action on complaints of the citizens, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Tahir Wato along with Assistant Commissioner City Khawaja Umair Mahmood directed officers concerned to raid different slaughter houses and found low-grade meat being sold to citizens […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman Friday sought a report from the Capital Development Authority (CDA) on the damage incurred on ecology by the protestors who set trees on fire in Blue Area of the federal capital during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf demonstration. In a statement issued here, the Minister said it was a […]
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