PESHAWAR: Vehicles Emission Testing Stations (VETS) of Transport and Mass Transit Department on Friday launched a drive against smoke-emitting vehicles as they cause serious air and environmental pollution detrimental to the health of the citizens. The VETS staff and police team jointly conducted patrolling at different roads of the city and penalized vehicles for violating […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI: Punjab Arts Council(PAC) Friday organised an Art exhibition highlighting Gandhara art’s uniqueness. While speaking as the chief guest at the opening ceremony of exhibition, Director General PAC Saman Rai said Gandhara art was the essence of Greek, Saka, Parthian and Kishan civilisations. She said that the Gandhara civilisation was one of the oldest in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has warned of heavy rains likely to generate urban flooding and trigger landslides in the vulnerable areas during the prevailing monsoon Monsoon currents were continuously penetrating in upper and lower parts of the country. Westerly waves were also penetrating western parts of the country. Heavy rains may generate urban flooding […]
Read MoreMULTAN: Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Tahir Wattoo ordered all officers of the district administration and other departments concerned to remain alert due to potential threats of heavy rainfall and floods. In this regard, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Ameer Hassan paid visit to the District Emergency Response Center and reviewed the preparedness to deal with the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Friday held a bilateral meeting with his Tajik counterpart Sirojiddin Muhriddin on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s resolve to further enhance bilateral trade, promote regional connectivity, and strengthen people-to-people links between the two […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief, Maulana Fazalur Rehman on Friday demanded from Election Commission of Pakistan for a speedy decision on the long pending foreign funding case of the Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf. Addressing a press conference, PDM President Maulana Fazalur Rehman, who is also the central ameer of Jamiat Ulema Islam-F said that PTI’s foreign […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: A delegation of 30 Afghan faculty members and university administrators on Friday visited Higher Education Commission (HEC) Secretariat and called on Acting Chairperson/Executive Director HEC Dr. Shaista Sohail and top management. Dr. Shaista Sohail briefed about HEC’s functions to the delegates, who are currently attending a capacity building programme at National University of Sciences […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP) President Chaudhry Shaukat Ali Chadhar, after meeting a five-member delegation of farmers from Balochistan, called upon the government here on Friday to waive off loans of rain- and flood-hit farmers of the country. The delegation was led by Kissan Board Balochistan President Mir Rasheed. The delegation apprised Chaudhry Shaukat Ali […]
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