Pak-Iran enjoy multi dimensional relations: Asad Mahmood

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Asad Mahmood said that Pakistan and Iran enjoy multi-dimensional relations which need to be further strengthened.   He expressed these views while meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Seyed Muhammad Ali Hosseini in Ministry of Communications here Thursday, said a press release.   The minister said that Pakistan […]

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President for global efforts to save world from drought, ensure food security

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi emphasized the need to join hands with regional countries, in particular, and the rest of the world, in general, to save the globe from droughts to ensure our food security.   The president, in his message on the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought annually observed on June […]

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Journalists sensitized over improved reporting on ‘human trafficking’, ‘bonded labor’ stories

ISLAMABAD:Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) conducted 02 Day Training workshop of Journalists on ‘Improved Reporting on Trafficking in Persons & Bonded Labor in Pakistan.’   The journalists were sensitized on Prevention of Trafficking in Person Act 2018.   The workshop was held in Murree in which journalist from Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi and other districts […]

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CM KPK reviews progress on development schemes

PESHAWAR:Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan Thursday chaired a high level meeting to review the progress on different development projects.   The meeting was informed that hundreds of development projects worth billions of rupees were in the final stages of completion whereas a number of new projects were also ready for implementation.   Special Assistant […]

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Two killed,many injured in boiler explosion at cement factory

HYDERABAD:Two labourers died and many were injured   when a heavyweight boiler, being moved with the help of a  crane, fell over them in a cement factory in Nooriabad site area in  Jamshoro on Thursday.  The police informed that 32 years old Hassan Ali, a resident of  Noshehro Feroze, and 30 years old Akhtar Rasool, a […]

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Sindh trying energy self-sufficiency via renewables: Secretary Energy Department

KARACHI:Secretary of Energy Department, Sindh, Abu Bakar Ahmed Madni on Thursday said that the provincial government was focusing on generating power through renewable energy sources to generate sufficient power for zero load-shedding in the province.   In a meeting held here by The Knowledge Forum, he said, so far, a total of 1,235 Mega Watt […]

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COMSATS Univerty’s campuses to be set up in all provinces: Agha Hassan

ISLAMABAD:Dr. Tabbasum Afzal Rector COMSATS University called upon Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch in his office on Thursday.   Federal Secretary Ministry of Science and Technology Dr. Ghulam Muhammad Memon was also present in the meeting, said a press release.   The minister said the Focus of the University should be on […]

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Alleged front man of  Buzdar’s principal secy remanded to ACE custody

LAHORE:A local court on Thursday handed over Waseem Tariq, an alleged front man of former chief minister Usman Buzdar’s principal secretary Tahir Khursheed, to the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab on three-day physical remand in a Rs 9.4 million bribery case.   The ACE officials produced Chief Engineer Waseem Tariq, a grade-20 officer of the Communication […]

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