Farmers advised to drain rainwater into rice, sugarcane crops

FAISALABAD:Agricultural experts have advised farmers to drain out stagnant rainwater into rice, sugarcane and fodder crops to save other crops from ill-impact of rainfall during the monsoon and rainy season. A spokesman for the Agriculture (Extension) Department said on Tuesday that rainwater was harmful for cotton and vegetables if it remains stagnant for more than […]

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Ashrafi issues protocols to keep law, order in Muharram

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi has issued protocols to keep law and order in Muharram-ul-Haram after holding a thorough consultation with the leadership of various schools of thoughts on Tuesday. Ashrafi who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council said the protocols were being issued […]

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Pakistan to highlight Kashmir issue at all global forums: Kaira

ISLAMABAD:Adviser to Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday said that brave Kashmiris passed a resolution in Srinagar for accession to Pakistan 75 years ago on July 19. In his message regarding Kashmir’s Accession Day to Pakistan, he said that for the right of self-determination, Kashmiris have sacrificed their […]

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‘Despotic’ Imran wants CEC to act like ex-NAB chairman Javed Iqbal: Marriyum

LAHORE:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Tuesday said Imran Khan wanted Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja to act like that of former National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal in the wake of pending decision in his party’s foreign funding case. Addressing a news conference, she said Imran Khan had […]

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SACM for timely completion of Ghotki-Kandhkot Bridge on River Indus

KARACHI:Special Assistant to Chief Minister Sindh for Investment and Public Private Partnership Projects, Syed Qasim Naveed Qamar, on Tuesday, directed to resolve all the technical issues pertaining to Ghotki-Kandhkot Bridge. SACM while chairing a meeting regarding projects of 3 kilometre long bridge on Indus River and Ghotki-Kandhkot road termed the projects important and said that […]

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DHF terms 19th July, Kashmir’s accession day a historic moment : Ch. Shaheen Iqbal

MIRPUR (AJK): Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Hurriyat Front (DHF) termed 19th July 1947 as a historic day in the Kashmir’s history when Kashmiri leadership unanimously decided to link their future with the state of Pakistan In a statement issued in occupied Srinagar on Tuesday on the occasion of Kashmir’s accession to Pakistan day, the DHF […]

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KP Assembly passes resolution for holding PMS examinations in Nov

PESHAWAR:The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution to hold PMS examinations in November instead of September due to scorching heat and load-shedding. The resolution was moved by Asia Khattak MPA of PTI. Similarly, the House also passed a unanimous resolution to stop work on NHA Toll at Chakdara Malakand as the people […]

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