ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday approved appointment of eight non-executive directors of board of State Bank of Pakistan. Dr Ali Cheema, Dr Akbar Zaidi and Nadeem Hussain were appointed as non-executive directors of SBP board. Fawad Anwar, Tariq Pasha, Zaheer Fakharuddin Ibrahim, Najaf Yawar and Mahfooz Ali Khan were also appointed non-executive directors […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD: The Sindh High Court (SHC) here on Thursday dismissed multiple petitions challenging the delimitation of constituencies for the local government elections in Hyderabad, Badin, Dadu, Tando Allahyar, Tando Muhammad Khan and Jamshoro districts. “The ECP in delimiting the constituencies has done nothing unlawful,” the bench of justice Khadim Hussain Tunio and justice Zulfiqar Ali […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar on Friday said Pakistan’s eastern neighbourhood had been a major source of terrorism in the region which continued to utilize the scourge as an instrument of state policy. The spokesperson, in his weekly press briefing, said the terrorism from the eastern neighbourhood was mostly directed against Pakistan. He said […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: As many as eight persons, including six women, were abducted from different parts of Faisalabad during past 12 hours. A police spokesman said that Zohaib and his accomplices seduced a girl Mehak Urooj and kidnapped her from Ghulam Muhammad Abad area, whereas 19-year-old Rimsha was abducted from chak 219-RB when she went out for […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: Two persons were shot dead over an old rivalry in the area of Nishatabad police station. Rescue 1122 spokesman said on Friday that rivals opened fire and killed 20-year-old Hamza and 65-year-old Khalid Patwari near Chak 2 Ramdewali Sargodha Road. The ill-fated persons were residents of Chak 51-JB and the police shifted their bodies […]
Read MoreQUETTA: Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) General Zakir Ali Baloch on Friday chaired a meeting to review measures taken for diarrhea, cholera vaccination campaign to be launched from July 25. The meeting was attended by District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. Abdul Wahid, MS Civil Hospital Dr. Hafiz Baloch, PPHI, Dr. Munir Ahmed Chief Officer Municipal Committee […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz has expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the death of three children due to drowning in rainwater in a village of Narowal. The chief minister expressed his heartfelt sympathy and condolence with the heirs of the deceased children and sought a report from commissioner Gujranwala division. He […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:A teenaged girl was electrocuted in the area of Sadar police station, here on Friday. According to police, 13-year-old Meerab Ishtiaq was passing through a street in Khan Model Colony Jaranwala Road when she accidentally touched a short-circuiting electricity pole. As a result, she received a fatal electric shock and died on the spot. The […]
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