Efforts accelerated against power pilferers: Fesco chief

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Engineer Bashir Ahmad on Wednesday said efforts had been accelerated to take strict action against power pilferers. Chairing a meeting at the company’s headquarters here, he said directives had also been issued to all circles of the company so that field staff could make proper […]

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Livestock Deptt sets up Disease Investigation Laboratory under AMR Resistance Surveillance Plan

PESHAWAR:The Livestock and Dairy Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has established a Disease Investigation Laboratory (DIL) at Peshawar with the objective of implementing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Plan in animal health sector. “Disease Investigation Laboratory Peshawar is established, designated and notified as the Provincial Reference Laboratory on AMR in the Animal Health Sector,” informed Dr […]

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Six MC’s officials suspended

MULTAN:Deputy Commissioner, Multan Division suspended as many as six officials of the Municipal Corporation Multan (MCM)for ‘gross negligence of duty’ here on Wednesday. According to an official statement, DC Engineer Amir Khattak forwarded a letter to Secretary Local Government against Municipal Officer Regulation (MOR), Malik Ishfaq after returning his services back to his parent department.He […]

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Minister directs expediting work on development projects in Kurram district

PESHAWAR:Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, Sajid Hussain Turi on Wednesday directed expediting work on development projects in Kurram tribal districts for benefits of its people. The Minister passed these directives during a meeting with Additional Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Shahab Ali Shah, who briefed him about development and people welfare projects […]

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HEC to conduct special equivalence exam to appear in LAW-GAT

ISLAMABAD:The Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan is conducting a Special Equivalence Examination for Law graduates of foreign universities (SEE-Law) as per direction of the Supreme Court and as required under the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC). According to an official of HEC, Special Equivalence Examination is a pre-requisite test to appear in Bar Entrance Test (Law-GAT). […]

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Health Levy on Tobacco products can generate additional 50 billion in revenue: Health experts

ISLAMABAD:Health experts have urged the government to impose health levy on tobacco products to save precious lives, which are at imminent fatal risk. In a joint press release shared by Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC), the experts recommended the government to take this step, which has been pending since June 2019, […]

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Pakistan upgraded from Tier 2 ‘watchlist’ in US Trafficking in Persons report

WASHINGTON:The US State Department Tuesday released its 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report that calls for action against domestic trafficking in human beings, in which Pakistan has been upgraded from Tier 2 “watchlist” to Tier 2. Tier 2 are countries whose governments do not fully meet the TVPA (Trafficking Victims Protection Act”) minimum standards for […]

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Babar looks a million dollars in modern day cricket: Waqar Younis

ISLAMABAD:Former pacer Waqar Younis considers Pakistani Skipper Babar Azam in modern day cricket, as a million dollars, saying the prolific batter should not be compared to former greats as he has plenty of game ahead of him. Many cricket pundits believe Babar to equal or better than many of those star Pakistan batters, but Waqar […]

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