KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Climate Change Ismail Rahu visited various areas of the district Badin to review rain situation. According to a Spokesman here on Tuesday, the minister paid visit to Golarchi, Khor Wah, Jati, Tarai, and other low-laying areas of Badin. He also inspected the rainwater drainage work. He said the rain emergency had […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: Agriculture department has invited applications from farmers for providing them laser land levelers on subsidised rates under national programme for improvement of watercourses in Pakistan (phase-II). A spokesman for agriculture research information unit said on Tuesday that the government would provide subsidy of Rs250,000 on each unit. The growers, who had their own tractors […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:Divisional President Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) and former advisor to Governor Punjab, Nawabzadi Saira Abbasi emphasized the need to construct dam on Sutlej river to store flash flood water. In a press release issued here, she said that India used to release water into Sutlej river when its part of Sutlej river received flash flood […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs.1200 per tola and was sold at Rs.149,500 on Tuesday against its sale at Rs.148,300, the previous day in the local market. The price of 10 gram 24 karat gold also increased by Rs.1029 and was sold at Rs.128,172 against its sale at […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 50.03 points, a positive change of 0.13 percent, closing at 39,894.05 points against 39,844.02 points on the last working day. A total of 131,861,157 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 75,431,807 shares the previous day, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A total of 212,167 pilgrims of various nationalities have arrived in Madinah after performing Hajj this year. Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah statistics on arriving and departing pilgrims in Madinah showed that 130,329 pilgrims have left the holy city through Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport and the Hajj Land Center. Statistics also […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:Intermittent heavy rain has damaged roads in Bahawalpur city while the Met Office has forecast more rains for the region. The intermittent rain started on Monday and remained continuous lashing for several hours. The rainwater caused flash floods on roads and entered houses and shops. The rainwater accumulated on roads damaged roads even it washed […]
Read MoreDERA ISMAIL KHAN: District administration was taking solid measures to provide quality food items at affordable prices. As part of such efforts, the officials of the food and agriculture departments on Tuesday paid a visit to the fruit and vegetable market and monitored the bidding process as per directives of Deputy Commissioner Nasrullah Khan. Later, […]
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