Governor asked to declare Chiniot ‘Furniture City’

LAHORE: A Chiniot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) delegation called upon Governor Punjab Muhammad Baligh ur Rehman to declare Chiniot as ‘Furniture City’ for its booming furniture indsutry and contribution to the national economy. The CCCI delegation was led by its Founder President Danish Fakhri who called on the governor at the Governor’s House […]

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Urs celebrations of Hazrat Mian Muhammad Buksh concludes

MIRPUR (AJK): A two-day Urs celebrations of the eminent mystic poet, scholar, spiritual leader, preacher and the author of famous poetic anthology in Punjabi-cum-Pothohari Language “Saif-al-Malook” Hazrat Mian Muhammad Buksh (RA) concluded here onThursday night at his mausoleum in Khari Sharif. Special arrangements were made to observe the Urs celebrations in a befitting manner under […]

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PAC summons ex-NAB chairman in harassment case

ISLAMABAD:The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday summoned former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal in the Tayyaba Gul alleged harassment case and directed to immediately suspend all serving NAB officers involved in it. The committee, which met here at the Parliament House with MNA Noor Alam Khan in the chair, gave […]

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Speaker PA administers oath to five newly-elected MPAs

LAHORE: Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Parvez Elahi administered oath to the five newly-elected members of the Punjab Assembly belonging to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) during the PA session at the assembly chambers here on Thursday. The five PTI MPAs, including Batool Zain Janjua, Saira Raza, Fouzia Abbas Naseem, Habkook Rafiq Babbu and Samuel Yaqoob, were notified […]

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22 gangs busted, looted valuables of worth over Rs 12.8m recovered in June

MULTAN:Police have busted 22 gangs and arrested 57 criminals besides recovering looted valuables of worth over Rs 12.8 million during a special crackdown launched in the last month of June, police sources said on Thursday. Under the supervision of the City Police Officer (CPO) Khurram Shahzad Haider, the police launched a crackdown against criminals and […]

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Govt allocates Rs 22.426 mln for establishment of Human Rights information Management System

ISLAMABAD:Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) has revealed on Thursday that the government has allocated an amount of Rs 177,182 million to the ministry for ongoing projects in which Rs 22.426 million would be dedicated for Establishment of Human Rights information Management System (HRIMS). The project has been proposed under Action Plan for Human Rights to […]

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Action against drug peddlers, illegal weapon holders continues

RAWALPINDI:The Rawalpindi Police on Thursday conducted multiple raids in various parts of the district to arrest drug pushers and illegal weapon holders and confiscated narcotics and weapons worth million of rupees and registered various cases against the accused. The Taxila police arrested two accused including a lady drug dealer, and seized 2680 grams of cannabis […]

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Maroof Int’l hospital successfully conducts pediatric cardiothoracic surgery

ISLAMABAD:Maroof International Hospital (MIH) has successfully conducted its first pediatric cardiothoracic surgery of a six-month child. The child had a hole in the septum that separates the lower two chambers of the heart, also known as ventricular septal defect, spokesperson MIH hospital, Rubina Afzal said while talking to media on Thursday. This defect allowed oxygen-rich […]

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