FAISALABAD: As many as 27 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the district during the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department spokesperson, 262 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 172 while 28, 600 patients had so […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Muhammad Sibtain Khan has been elected as Speaker Punjab Assembly by securing 185 votes. Punjab Assembly session on Friday started at 5: 09 pm behind its scheduled time of 4: 00 pm with Panel of Chairman Wasim Badozai in the chair. Muhammad Sibtain Khan was a joint candidate of PTI and […]
Read MoreVEHARI: A local court on Friday awarded life imprisonment to a woman on charge of killing her two minor daughters. Additional District and Sessions Judge Khalid Saeed Wattu also imposed Rs 200, 000 fine on the accused woman. According to prosecution, two minor girls namely Alishba and Areeba were found dead at their home in […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD: Jamshoro district police have finalized arrangements to provide foolproof security to some 317 majalis, and 204 mourning processions to be taken out in the district during Muharram. The police spokesman informed here on Friday that 10 mourning processions including the main procession of 10th Muharram had been declared ‘very sensitive’ while 57 mourning processions […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Works Iftikhar Ali Shallwani urged the Sindh government to take stern action against encroachment on federal government land in Karachi. He passed the directions during his visit to Karachi to inspect different projects of the housing Ministry, where he had a detailed meeting with Chief Secretary Sindh Dr. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday called upon the Indian government to refrain from victimizing the true representatives of the Kashmiri people by way of inhuman and illegal detentions and implications through sham trials in baseless and fictitious cases. Addressing the weekly press conference here, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said India, the serial violator of human rights, would […]
Read MoreKARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan on Friday injected Rs 1, 240. 75 billion into money market for 63 days through its open market operation. An amount of Rs 1, 166. 75 were pumped as reverse repo purchase at 15. 09 % rate of return accepted per annum and Rs 74 billion ( face value of […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: Police claimed on Friday to have arrested 18 criminals and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from their possession in the district during the last 24 hours. According to police, raiding teams nabbed 7 drug pushers and recovered 2. 9 Kg hashish and 75 litres liquor from their possession. In a crackdown against illegal weapons, […]
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