DMC South utilizing all resources to clear accumulated rain water

KARACHI:The District Municipal Corporation (DMC) South was making all-out efforts to utilize available resources to de-water and clear the accumulated rain water from roads and downtown areas. The Administrator DMC South, Dr Afshan Rubab Syed, along with Municipal Commissioner Akhtar Ali Shaikh, on Tuesday visited Lyari zone and Saddar areas and inspected the de-watering process […]

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China ready to assist Pakistan in diagnosis, treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis

BEIJING: We are willing to assist Pakistan in diagnosis and treatment of hepatic cystic echinococcosis (HCE), said Peng Xinyu, a top expert from the First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. HCE is a highly endemic and neglected global disease. Its clinical treatment is very complex. Though surgery plays […]

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Administrator Karachi directs drainage of water from roads

KARACHI:Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab on Tuesday directed for immediate drainage of water accumulated on the roads due to rains and said that steps should be taken to prevent the houses from entering water. “Local bodies must immediately install pumps to provide immediate relief to the residents of the area where rainwater is accumulated,” the […]

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PILDAT issues report on NA budget-session proceedings

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) on Tuesday issued its report on budget session for the fiscal year 2022-23 of the National Assembly (NA) that lasted for 24 days with holding 17 sittings. The House, during June 6 and July 29, overall met for 52 hours and 49 minutes, disposing of almost 96 […]

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Chief Justice PHC inaugurates new courts block in Mansehra

MANSEHRA:Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Qaisar Rasheed Khan on Tuesday inaugurated new courts block in Mansehra. While addressing the inauguration ceremony CJ expressed that an additional judge would also be appointed for the PHC Abbottabad Bench. The chief justice further said deforestation and encroachment will be dealt with iron hands and no commercial activities […]

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Pro-poor initiatives like free electricity to continue: CM

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Sharif has said that provision of free electricity, after free medicines and subsidised flour, is another pro-poor initiative of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz-led government, adding that many more steps will also be taken in the same direction. Talking to parliamentarians, who called on him here on Tuesday, the CM […]

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