PESHAWAR:District administration Mardan on Monday arrested the managers of eleven (11) petrol pumps for overcharging. According to a press release issued here, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mardan, Habibullah Arif had received complaints regarding overcharging by the petrol pumps. On his directive, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Takhtbai, Gul Nawaz Afridi inspected the rate and gauge of various petrol […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The Sandal Bar police have registered a case against 10 accused and arrested three on the charge of stealing oil from the Parco pipeline. A spokesman said on Monday that Parco officials were on routine patrolling when they spotted 10 accused busy in stealing oil from a pipeline by fixing clump on it near Chak […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal has directed the Health Department to complete all arrangements and monitor the coronavirus situation on daily basis, in the wake of an increase in positive cases. He gave the instructions while presiding over a meeting to review the situation of coronavirus in the province, at the Civil Secretariat on […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Returning Officer (RO) of PP-7 Rawalpindi has received the application of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Col. ® Shabbir Awan for recount in the constituency. The PTI candidate had challenged the results and filed a plea with the RO for a recount. According to the Returning Officer, all the candidates who were contesting the PP-7 […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Monday expressed grief and sorrow over the death of famous Poet and Intellectural Sarmad Chandio. He said that the deceased had expertise in Sindhi, Urdu, Siraiki, Balochi, Farsi, and Arabic languages. He prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) urged the government for reducing benchmark interest rate, which has been increased to 15 percent in order to save the economy from troubles. It said that hike would affect the growth of business activities and cause further slump in the economy. In a press statement issued here on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) had published a comprehensive book ‘Pakistan Mein Urdu Nasri Nazam’ (Urdu Prose Poems in Pakistan) to shed light on the literary genre of the Urdu literature amid the diamond jubilee celebration day. The purpose of the book was to highlight the artistic work in Urdu prose poems that had produced […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Seasoned educationist and author of several books on special education, Prof. Dr. Shagufta Shahzadi has been appointed as the Dean Faculty of Education of University of Karachi (UoK). According to a notification issued by the Sindh Universities and Boards Department, Prof. Dr. Shagufta Shahzadi has been appointed with effect from August 08 to December 24, […]
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