DERA ISMAIL KHAN: District Police Officer(DPO) Capt (Retd) Najamul Hasnain Liaqat on Friday said that stringent security measures had been made to maintain peace during Muharram-Ul-haram. Presiding over a meeting at the Police Club to review security measures for Muharram, the district police chief said a robust and foolproof security plan featuring effective security strategy […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The ground breaking ceremony of “Pak-Korea Testing Laboratory for PV-Modules and Allied Equipment” being established by the Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy technologies (PCRET) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) was held at a local hotel on Friday. Federal Secretary for Science and Technology, Ghulam Muhammad Memon was chief guest on the occasion. While […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Friday reaffirmed that Pakistan’s resolve to build a comprehensive relationship with Ethiopia, both bilaterally and in the context of African Union. The foreign secretary stated this as he warmly welcomed Ambassador-designate Jemal Beker Abdula as first-ever resident Ethiopian envoy to Pakistan, here at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) offers immense opportunities to young people in Pakistan, where people aged 18-35 make up a significant proportion of the population. SCO will help the country fully tap its youth dividend. Dr. Awais Zafar, First Secretary of Pakistani Embassy in China said at the opening ceremony of the SCO Summer Youth […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: A man shot dead his father and brother over the issue of ownership of a piece of land in Tehsil Kabal of Swat district on Friday morning. Police said that the incident occurred in Maluka Kuz Banda area of Kabal tehsil, where the accused Ameer Bacha shot dead his father Muhim Bacha and brother, […]
Read MoreABBOTTABAD: Torrential rains created havoc in the Hazara division as flash floods confined people to their homes and washed away various roads and bridges in three districts of the region. Connecting bridge on River Siran at Baffa Maira has been destroyed and hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the river have been […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has planned a series of activities including national song and speech competitions to celebrate August as the month of independence through engaging the students of different educational institutions of twin cities. According to the Director of Student Affairs, Rana Tariq Javed, the Directorate of Student Advisory and Counselling Services […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Over 4, 296, 174 Pakistani labours were working in various Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resources Development Sajid Hussain Turi told National Assembly. In a written reply to the question of Ms Musarrat Rafiq Mahesar, he said as many as 2, 000, 000 labours were working in Saudi […]
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