HYDERABAD:The Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (Hesco) has set up a monitoring cell and a control room in view of the Pakistan Meteorological Department’s forecast about a new spell of monsoon rains from July 24 in the country. The company’s spokesman informed here on Friday that the Hesco’s construction department had been put on high alert. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has published the preliminary delimitation of local government constituencies in Islamabad for information of general public. According to a notification issued by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) will have 101 union councils, including six general wards and two women wards. The Regional Election […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Polio Laboratory in Islamabad on Friday confirmed that an 18-month child was paralyzed by wild polio in Lakki Marwat. The child had onset of paralysis on 20 June and was suffering from disabilities in both lower limbs. This is the thirteenth case in Pakistan this year. All children paralyzed in Pakistan this year belong […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: 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 […]
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