SSDO launches rickshaw campaign to create awareness about human trafficking and forced labor

RAWALPINDI:Sustainable Social Development Organization (SSDO) here on Friday launched a rickshaw drive to curb human trafficking and create awareness about Trafficking in Persons Act, 2018. The banners designed for this campaign were placed behind the rickshaws to convey the message to as many people as possible. The rickshaw campaign began with a briefing session with […]

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DC Kohistan briefs World Bank delegation about DHPP land acquisition

KOHISTAN:Deputy Commissioner Kohistan Muhammad Asif on Friday chaired a meeting to review the performance of land acquisition, construction and the ongoing work on the construction package ESMR for Dasu Hydropower Project (DHPP) Kohistan. The meeting was attended by the Land Acquisition Collector GM, DHPP, DG Social Safeguard DHPP and Director Wapda along with World Bank […]

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President stresses use of EVMs for free, fair elections

LAHORE: President Dr Arif Alvi said on Friday that the use of the latest technology and inclusion of electronic voting machines (EVMs) was crucial to ensure transparency and free and fair elections. Addressing the “National Seminar on Free and Fair Elections” at 90 Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, he said that the latest technology could help end objections, raised […]

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Issues of Site Association to be solved on priority basis: Administrator

KARACHI:Administrator Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab Friday said that the issues being confronted by Sindh Industrial and Trading Estate – S.I.T.E Association of Industry would be solved on priority basis. Talking to a delegation of Site Association of Industry in his office here, the administrator said that 17 new roads were being constructed in the site […]

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Pakistan Independence Day to be celebrated with zeal in Balochistan

QUETTA:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) provincial leader Malik Hamza Khan Nasir on Friday said that the 75th Independence Day of Pakistan would be celebrated with great enthusiasm in Balochistan. In a statement, he said that August 14 was the day of renewal of pledge that we would not hesitate to sacrifice for integrity of Pakistan. He said […]

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NUST, Jazz launch digital Pak Tech Fellowship Program

ISLAMABAD:National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) has signed an MoU with Jazz, the leading internet and mobile broadband provider, to launch Digital Pakistan Tech Fellowship Program. The Fellowship is designed to engage the youth in a meaningful discourse around tech-based innovation. It will equip participants with tech insights, thus enabling them to play a […]

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ANF recovers 530 grams heroin, Ice absorbed clothes; arrests one

RAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) in two operations conducted on Friday managed to recover 530 grams heroin and Ice absorbed clothes. According to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, in a raid conducted at an office of a private company, ANF recovered 530 grams heroin concealed in ‘Peshawari chappal’, booked for United Kingdom. The parcel was booked by a […]

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