Senate body directs NH&MP to table rules of department in next meeting

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Communications on Tuesday directed National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) to present copy of the laid-out rules of the department in the next meeting of the committee. If lacunas exist in those rules they should be amended, the committee decided. The meeting was held here at Parliament House on […]

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PM seeks report on killing of three security personnel guarding polio team in Tank

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday condoled over the killing of three security personnel deputed with the polio vaccination team in Tank. On Twitter, the prime minister asked the interior minister to submit report on the incident before the next cabinet meeting. He also prayed for peace of the departed soul and strength to bereaved […]

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India blocks Radio Pakistan’s twitter account

ISLAMABAD: Radio Pakistan twitter account has been blocked in India, denying access to information and restricting democratic freedom of expression. The social media handle of Pakistan’s state broadcaster has been withheld mainly for highlighting grave human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, said a press release issued here on Tuesday. Expressing […]

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DC Abbottabad directs to ensure the cleaning of offal and sacrificial animals’ remains

ABBOTTABAD: Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Tariq Salam Marwat on Tuesday said that TMAs, Cantonment Boards, and the local government departments should finalize the set up of livestock markets at appropriate places outside the city. He expressed these views while chairing a meeting regarding garbage disposal and sacrificial cattle market for Eid-ul Adha. The DC further directed […]

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Pakistan earns US $634m by exporting transport services in 10 months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan earned US $ 634.760 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the first ten months of fiscal year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period last year. This shows increase of 34.77 percent as compared to US $ 471.010 million earned through provision of services during the corresponding period of […]

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Pakistan importing 80, 000 tonnes hazardous waste per year: Sherry

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Tuesday said the federal cabinet has approved the National Hazardous Waste Management Policy to curb the growing threats of toxic waste posed to human life and ecology. Addressing the joint media conference, flanked by Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Adviser to the […]

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