Gandhara art exhibition opens at PAC

RAWALPINDI: 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 […]

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PMD alarms of heavy rain to generate flash flooding, trigger landslides

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

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DC orders district officials, departments to remain alert amid flood threat

MULTAN: 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 […]

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Pakistan committed to boost trade ties, people to people contacts with Tajikistan: FM

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

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PDM Chief demands speedy decision on PTI foreign funding case

PESHAWAR: 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 […]

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Afghan faculty members, university administrators visit HEC

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

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Kissan Board urges govt to waive off farmers’ loans

LAHORE: 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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India urged to rescind its illegal, unilateral actions of August 5, 2019

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to Turkiye, Sajjad Qazi on Friday said India must reverse its illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019, lift its inhuman military siege in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and stop its illegal measures to change demographic structure of the occupied territory. He was addressing a seminar titled ‘Kashmir with […]

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