RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi Police, during a crackdown arrested 85 professional beggars during last 48 hours to discourage the menace of begging and avoid the risk of road accidents due to jaywalking. According to a police spokesman, the anti-beggary squads on the directives of Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations Rawalpindi, Waseem Riaz conducted raids in different areas and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Wednesday called for creating a ‘Private Sector Coordination Facility’ to boost economic cooperation among the Developing-Eight (D-8) countries. The MoS spoke virtually to the 20th Session of the D-8 Council of Foreign Ministers, hosted by Bangladesh in a hybrid format, the Foreign Office said. She […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi district police on the directives of City Police Officer, Rawalpindi conducted raids in different areas and netted seven accused for possessing illegal weapons, aerial firing and display of weapon. According to a police spokesman, Chakri police held Ahmed Raza, Hassan, Mohsin and Shoaib for having two Kalashnikov, a 30 bore pistol and ammunition. Airport […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The real estate sector played an important role in the local economy and CDA would take all possible measures to address its key issues in order to facilitate better growth of its business activities. This was said by Naveed Elahi, Member (Estate), CDA while addressing a meeting of ICCI Real Estate & Developers Committee at […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The office of Ombudsman Punjab has intervened to provide a cumulative legal relief worth Rs 52.86 million to plaintiffs of different districts seeking redress of their complaints related to provincial government departments. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the spokesman explained that the long-awaited educational stipends of the Zaiwer-e-Taleem Programme, valued at Rs.129,000, had been […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Embassy in Yangon, Myanmar organized a seminar on tourism promotion in Pakistan in collaboration with Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) on Wednesday. Large number of Tour Operators and various officials of tourism organizations participated in the seminar while the potential of tourism was highlighted with the help of various documentary films and presentations by […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has urged all the stakeholders to create awareness about the importance of early diagnosis of hepatitis, and invite all partners and supporters to work together for its elimination in Pakistan. As of 2021 estimates, one in every 13 adult Pakistanis was hepatitis C positive. There were about 9,775,000 people living with […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Deputy Commissioner and Registrar of Cooperative Housing Societies Irfan Nawaz Memon on Wednesday cancelled registration of 14 illegal housing societies set up outside the territorial jurisdiction of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). According to a news release issued here, these societies did not get registered in the respective districts despite the issuance of directives by the […]
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