PBM disburses Rs 1.5 bln as IFA during current FY

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal (PBM) has disbursed a sum of Rs 1.5 billion among the deserving as Individual Financial Assistance (IFA) during July-March fiscal year 2022. The individual financial assistance was being disbursed among the poor, windows, destitute and orphans for medical treatment of major ailments, disabilities of the poor patients, education, economic empowerment through rehabilitation and […]

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ACE recovers Rs 3.7 mln from defaulters

SARGODHA:Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) recovered Rs 3.76 million from defaulters of commercialization fee in Bhakkar district. ACE authorities said on Monday that Assistant Director Investigation of ACE Bhakkar, Zaheer Ahmad conducted raids, along with officials of the Municipal Corporation Bhakkar, and recovered Rs 3.76 million from the defaulters. The campaign was launched on the directions of […]

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Bid to smuggle wheat flour foiled; 28 tons flour confiscated

RAWALPINDI: The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on Monday foiled a bid to smuggle wheat flour besides seizing over 28 tons of flour. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad police confiscated a vehicle loaded with 28 tons of wheat flour. A driver namely Khial Zada […]

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Tea imports increase by 8.17 percent in 11 months

ISLAMABAD: The tea imports witnessed an increase of 8.17 percent during the first eleven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The tea imports during July-May (2021-22) were recorded at $580.911 million against the imports of $537.010 million during July-May (2020-21), according to data of Pakistan Bureau […]

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PM forms committee for fast completion of model jail project pending for 10 years

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the authorities concerned to complete the under-construction model prison in the capital, which has been facing delay for the last 10 years. Taking notice of the delay, the prime minister formed a six-member committee headed by Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan to review the prison project. Other […]

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ANF recovers 315 kg charras; arrests an accused

RAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) on Monday conducted an operation and managed to recover 315 kg charras besides netting an accused. According to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, ANF conducted a raid at Pakistan International Container Terminal, Karachi and recovered 315 kg charras from a container being sent to Dubai. Charras was tactfully concealed in 157 potato bags. […]

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Farmers advised to complete sesame cultivation by mid-July

FAISALABAD:Farmers have been advised to start the cultivation of sesame (Til) immediately and complete it by mid of July for getting a bumper crop. According to a spokesman for the agriculture department, farmers should do cultivation of sesame on maximum space. He said the best time for sesame cultivation was from June to mid July. […]

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