ISLAMABAD:President Arif Alvi on Wednesday appointed Dr Ghulam Muhammad Ali as the Chairman of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC). The president made the appointment in line with Section 9 of the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council Ordinance, 1981. Under the PARC Ordinance, the president appoints a prominent scientist from the agricultural sector as the chairman […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday called upon the IT experts from academia, industry and government organizations to jointly work for a holistic development of Pakistan’s IT sector. The minister was addressing a roundtable on ‘Building Human Capital for Digital Revolution’ organized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan in collaboration […]
Read MorePakistan has called on the UN Security Council to effectively address the lingering Palestinian problem “as the first and most urgent priority” to usher in peace and stability in the Middle East. “The festering wound of Israeli occupation and atrocities in occupied Palestine is the principal source of instability, tensions and conflict in the entire […]
Read MoreGalle, Sri Lanka: Dhananjaya de Silva completed a century before Sri Lanka declared their second innings on 360-8 to hand Pakistan a mammoth victory target of 508 in the second Test on Wednesday. Vice-captain De Silva hit 109 and put on 82 runs for the eighth wicket with Ramesh Mendis, who was unbeaten on 45, […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:Additional District & Sessions Judge Muhammad Riaz Bhatti on Wednesday awarded 50 years imprisonment to two accused involved in a drugs smuggling case. According to the prosecution, the accused, Tariq Javed and his wife Farzana Javed, had been arrested by Bhera police a few months ago and recovered 15-kg narcotics from their vehicle. The police […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH:The body of an unidentified person was recovered near police pump, DG khan road on Wednesday. According to Rescue officials, rescue control room had received a call about presence of a body of an unknown man in a plot behind police pump, DG khan road. The age of the deceased was about 40-years-old, however the […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:A wife died, her husband and son injured when their motorcycle overturned here Wednesday. Police said Gul Muhammad along with his wife and son was going to Risalpur from Rawalpindi met with fatal road accident at Khairabad due to burst of tyre. As a result, Gul Muhammad’s wife was killed on the spot after sustaining […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Multan Waste Management Company (MWMC) CEO Ameer Hasan has approved the action plan for cleanliness in the city during the month of Muharram. The duty schedule has been issued for cleaning the procession routes and Imambargahs from 1st Muharram to 10th of Muharram. The holidays of sanitary workers and supervisory staff on 9th and 10th […]
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