Sacrificial animals shopping kicks in KP

PESHAWAR:As nearly a week left in Eidul Azha celebrations, the trade of sacrificial animals has picked up momentum in Khyber Pakthunkhwa where oxen, buffalos, goats, sheep and camels are pouring in from Punjab the by inter-provincial traders to earn maximum profit. The old and newly established cattle markets in Peshawar including Lala Kaly Tarnab, Ring […]

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E-12 development: 60 per cent earth work completed

ISLAMABAD:Capital Development Authority (CDA) had completed around 60 per cent of earth work on over 350 kanals of land recently relinquished by the authority from the occupiers at sector E-12. The excavation work for underground supply of water including sewerage network and other facilities was in full swing while earth work on the remaining land […]

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Pakistan makes impressive progress in immunization coverage: WB

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan has made impressive progress in immunization coverage in the past 30 years with 117.6 percent increase in the proportion of children (ages 12 to 23 months) who were fully immunized between 1990 and 2020, a new study of the World Bank said. Country Director World Bank for Pakistan, Najy Benhassine said in his tweet […]

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Prolong power outage in Kalat irks Home Adviser

QUETTA: Balochistan Adviser on Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Ziaullah Langov expressing displeasure over the power blackout in the Kalat district asked the QESCO authorities to resolve the issue at earliest. “Kalat district should get its due electricity right given by the federal government,” he said here on Monday and warned that if QESCO did […]

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Three movies to hit cinema screens on Eid ul Azha

ISLAMABAD:Two Pakistani and one English film will be screened to entertain Islooites on this Eid-ul-Azha, REPORTER has learned. ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’ is a film full of action, comedy and drama, written and directed by Nabeel Qureshi along with Fizza Ali. Viewers will see Fahad Mustafa and Mahira Khan playing leading roles in the film. Second film […]

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PM directs FWO for urgent unblocking of landslide-hit Jaglot-Skardu road

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday directed the Frontier Works Organization (FWO) to open the Tormak section of the Jaglot-Skardu road on an emergency basis. The prime minister took notice of the situation in view of the difficulties faced by the stranded people and tourists in the area as heavy rainfall and landslide blocked the […]

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Rs 9.42 per unit increase likely in KE power tariff for May

ISLAMABAD:The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Monday concluded public hearings into monthly fuel cost (FCA) of K-Electric for May and likely Rs 9.42 per unit increase in the tariff. The hearing was presided over by Chairman NEPRA Tauseef H. Farooqi while member Sindh Engineer Rafique Ahmed Sheikh and member Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Maqsood […]

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