ISLAMABAD: The Policy Committee and Research and Development Fund of the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunications on Monday principally approved a budget of Rs 32.13 billion for the Universal Service Fund (USF) and Rs 3.75 billion for the National Technology Fund (Ignite) for the financial year 2022-23. The approval was given in a […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:On the orders of Federal Ombudsman Sargodha Region Ijaz Ahmad Qureshi, the Postal Life Insurance department has given claim cheques of Rs 4.2 million to complainants. According to official sources on Monday, some people had lodged complaints against the Postal Life Insurance over delay for more than a year in handing over of cheques. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Monday offered Fatheha for martyrs of the country’s armed forces and police, who sacrificed their lives while defending the motherland and performing their professional duties. As the House proceedings started, Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf requested MNA Salahuddin Ayubi for leading ‘Fateha’ for all martyrs of the security forces including […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Police, during a crackdown against professional beggars on Monday, arrested 35 beggars to discourage the menace of begging and to avoid the risk of road accidents due to jaywalking. According to a police spokesman, the Squads on the directives of Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations Rawalpindi Waseem Riaz conducted raids in different […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD: Regional Election Commissioner (REC) and District Returning Officer (RO) Uzair Bahadur on Monday administered the oath from the newly elected mayor and chairmen of four tehsils who had won during the second phase of local body elections in KP. The newly elected Mayor Tehsil Abbottabad Sardar Shuja Nabi, Chairman Tehsil Sherwan Junaid Tanwal, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Commerce Syed Naveed Qamar on Monday urged the provincial governments to take notice of the ‘artificial shortage’ of fertilizer in the country and ensure supply of ‘available’ urea bags to the farming community preparing their fields for the rice crop. Responding on a Point Of Order of MNA Nawab Sher Waseer of […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday issued notices to the Punjab government and others for June 24 on a petition challenging an ordinance about the Punjab Assembly. Justice Sajid Mehmood Sethi heard the petitions filed by Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Sibtain Khan. Advocates Ahmad Owais and Azhar Siddique represented the […]
Read MoreBEIJING:”Thank you so much! Chinese doctors and nurses are so nice. Your efforts mean a lot to my family,” said Muhammad Arshad, the father of a Pakistani patient at Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University (ZNWU). Arshad is a teacher of a University in Islamabad, Pakistan. His son, 6-year-old Arshad Jr. was diagnosed with brainstem […]
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