MULTAN:Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi said on Saturday that PTI was a political party and it would not vacate field for opponents in bye-elections. Talking to media persons after acceptance of nomination papers of Zain Hussain Qureshi for bye-polls in PP 217, to be held on July 17, Shah […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:Police have arrested a man on the charge of displaying weapons on the social media. Police said on Saturday that Sajjad Khan, a resident of Satellite Town, displayed weapons and shared its video with his friends by uploading it on the social media. District Police Officer (DPO) Bilal Zafar Sheikh directed the police […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Director Central Cotton Research Institute (CCRI) Dr Zahid Mahmood said that use of modern drone technology could help make cotton crop profitable by reducing production cost. He expressed these remarks on the occasion of practical demonstration of the use of drone technology on cotton crop, in detection of pest, irrigation requirement and overall monitoring […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan Saturday dismissed five officials of the Lahore Police CIA Kahna over their involvement in illegal activities. He said that there was no place for the black sheep in the Punjab police, and strict punishment would be given to those who were involved in corruption […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more Kashmiri youth in the wee hours in Kulgam district in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) on Saturday. The troops martyred the youth during a violent cordon and search operation in the wee hours, today, in the Khandipora area of the […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO) is facing a power shortfall of around 45 percent causing increase in hours of outages. The company’s spokesperson Sadiq Kubar informed here on Saturday that the company’s requirement had increased to 1,370 megawatt power. The national grid was supplying only 750 MW to HESCO, leaving a 620 […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), in collaboration with JICA [Japan International Cooperation Agency], has started provision of potable drinking water round the clock in 10 localities of the city under a pilot project. During a meeting on Saturday, Managing Director (MD) WASA Abu Bakar Imran said that new pipelines were laid down in […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:A light rain in most parts of the city on Saturday provided relief to people. According to the Met office, partly cloudy weather with chances of isolated thunderstorm and rain is expected during the next 24 hours. On Saturday, maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded as 40 degrees centigrade and 29 degrees centigrade, […]
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