PBM to provide free legal aid to poor

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Managing Director Amir Fida Paracha on Thursday discussed possible steps for providing free legal aid to the poor and deprived people with Minister for Law and Justice Azam Nazeer Tarar. Highlighting the ongoing pro-poor services of the organization, Amir Fida Paracha expressed his passion to provide socio-economic rights to all the backward classes […]

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Committee set up to review ongoing inquiries, investigation under new NAB law

ISLAMABAD:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday constituted a committee which would decide about the fate of ongoing inquires and investigations in light of the new amended law. The decision to this effect was taken in the Executive Board Meeting of National Accountability Bureau (NAB-EBM) which was presided over by its acting Chairman Zahir Shah, […]

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Trials of COMBAXX Sports Pakistan Junior Tennis players completed

PESHAWAR:Trials under the aegis COMBXX Sports Pakistan of Junior Tennis players were held here on Thursday at Peshawar Sports Complex with top four players selected in different categories. Talking to reporter, Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tennis Association Umar Ayaz Khalil said the two-day trials were conducted in collaboration with COMBAXX Sports Pakistan and Techni Fiber, the […]

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Heavy rains expected in various parts of country

ISLAMABAD:Widespread heavy rain was expected in Sindh, Balochistan, South Punjab and lower Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while more scattered rain-wind is likely in Islamabad, upper Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. In the past 24 hours, rain-wind/thundershower (with isolated heavy falls) occurred in Punjab, Islamabad, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Zhob and Lasbella. While hot and […]

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HCCI President urges Sindh government to lift business hours restriction

HYDERABAD:The President Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry Adeel Siddiqui has urged Sindh government to lift business hours restrictions in order to save the business community from bankruptcy adding that such decision would also create hurdles in getting revenue in terms of taxes. In a statement issued here Thursday, he said that businessmen and traders […]

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ICCI welcomes IMF’s staff-level agreement with Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Muhammad Shakeel Munir has welcomed the IMF’s staff-level agreement with Pakistan and termed it a positive development. He said that the agreement would pave way for the release of much-awaited over USD 1 billion to Pakistan and improve its foreign exchange reserves. However, he said that the […]

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Seminar held to mark World Population Day in Nawabshah

HYDERABAD:Department of Population Welfare Shaheed Benazirabad Thursday organized an awareness Seminar at HM Khoja Auditorium in connection with World Population Day. Addressing the seminar Member Sindh Assembly and Chairman Public Accounts Committee Ghulam Qadir Chandio, Deputy Commissioner Aamir Hussain Panhwar, District Health Officer Dr Daulat Jamali, Population Welfare Officer Riaz Ahmed Shar and other speakers […]

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