Holland Ambassador visits National hockey stadium

LAHORE:Holland Ambassador to Pakistan Mr Wouter Plomp visited the National Hockey Stadium and SBP E-library here on Wednesday evening. During his visit, Dutch Ambassador Mr Wouter Plomp had meetings with Commissioner Lahore Capt (retd) Mohammad Usman and Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi and discussed various measures for the promotion of hockey in Pakistan. […]

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NPO educates students, industrial workers on productivity enhancement

ISLAMABAD:The National Productivity Organization (NPO) has trained 4021 individuals, 1284 students and 217 industrial workers under a projects to increase awareness among all the stakeholders on productivity enhancement. Chief Executive Officer (CEO), NPO Muhammad Alamgir Chaudhry, addressing a press conference brief media on “1st Productivity Movement of Pakistan (Awareness Phase), a way to Unlocking Economic […]

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RTA warns transporters against overcharging

RAWALPINDI:Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Rawalpindi on Wednesday warned the transporters against overcharging public transport fares from people going to hometowns to celebrate Eid with their families. According to a RTA spokesman, RTA had formed three squads to check overcharging by the transporters on Eid ul Azha. He said that it is common feature that with […]

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Energy ministry approves resettlement plan for affected villages of Thar Coal project

KARACHI:Sindh Energy Ministry on Wednesday approved resettlement plan for residents of affected villages of Thar Coal Block-1. In a meeting with provincial energy minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh in chair layout plan of the resettlement presented by Sino Sindh Resources Ltd (SSRL), the Chinese company executing the power plant project, was reviewed and assented nod to […]

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Syed Amin stresses for formation of JWG between Pakistan,Turkmenistan

ISLAMABAD:Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Amin-Ul-Haque on Wednesday emphasised the need for forming a Joint Working Group (JWG) with Turkmenistan for the promotion of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. During a meeting with Ambassador of Turkmenistan to Pakistan, Atadjan Movlamov the minister said that tripartite cooperation can be enhanced for using optical […]

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PM for ensuring transparency in providing cheaper wheat flour to KP people

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed to ensure transparency in the provision of cheaper wheat flour to the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from the federal government. The prime minister was talking to his Advisor Engr. Amir Muqam, who called on him here. The country’s political situation was also discussed in the meeting.

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Lebanese-Saudi fitness expert attempting K2 with foreign expedition outfit

ISLAMABAD:Nelly Attar, a Lebanese-Saudi fitness expert has embarked on the journey to attempt K2 (8,610-metre), the world’s second highest peak, Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) said on Wednesday. “She has reached at the camp-I and hopefully will be moving to the camp-II tomorrow [Thursday],” Karrar Haidri, secretary ACP told reporter. Nelly started her career as […]

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