Karachi’s road, civic infrastructure to be overhauled: Nasir Shah

KARACHI:Sindh Minister of Local Government, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah Wednesday announced that road and civic infrastructure of Karachi would be rebuilt and overhauled immediately after end of current monsoon season. He while addressing concluding session of National Waste Management Conference organised by the National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH) here reiterated Sindh government’s resolve […]

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Sindh minister reduces SSIC license fee on HCCI recommendation

HYDERABAD:On recommendation of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sindh Minister for Industries and Trade has reduced the license fee of Sindh Small Industries Corporation by 50 percent. The HCCI President Adeel Siddiqui informed on Wednesday that license fee was raised from Rs10 per sq.yds to Rs50 per sq.yds but now this problem of industrialists […]

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Rivers Indus, Chenab continue to run in low flood

ISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that at present River Indus is flowing in “Low Flood” in its reaches Tarbela-Kalabagh, Kalabagh-Chashma, Chashma-Taunsa, Taunsa-Guddu and Guddu-Sukkur while River Chenab is also in “Low Flood” at Qadirabad (downstream Khanki). According to daily FFC report on Wednesday, others main rivers of Indus River System (Jhelum, Ravi & […]

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4th FGA Ladies Amateur Golf Championship from Sep 2

ISLAMABAD:The fourth Federal Golf Association (FGA) Ladies Amateur Golf Championship will be held from September 2 to 4 at Islamabad Club Golf Course (ICGC), a top Federal Golf Association (FGA) official said on Wednesday. “The registration for the lady golfers has commenced. The event is open to all lady golfers with a registered handicap from […]

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DC directs PHA to make efforts to turn city into green town

RAWALPINDI:Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rawalpindi Tahir Farooq on Wednesday visited the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Rawalpindi and directed the authorities concerned to make efforts to turn the city into a green town. The DC along with Director General PHA Xenia Humayun also visited different city areas including Liaquat Bagh Park, Murree Road, Marrir Hassan Chowk […]

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Two injured passengers of ‘Jalapur bus’ tragedy shifted to Kharian hospital

MULTAN:Two out of four wounded passengers of Jalapur Pirwala bus tragedy admitted at Pak Italian Modern Burn Centre were shifted to Combined Military Hospital on Wednesday, said a hospital official. DMS Evening at Burn Centre Dr Zubair Abbas said that relatives of the patients requested the health facility administration to shift them. He informed that […]

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Cash awards for top performers of I-Day sports competitions

LAHORE:Director General (DG) Sports Board Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi said on Wednesday that the SBP organised 11 sports events in connection with the 75th Independence Day celebrations and cash awards were given to the top performers. He said that the SBP conducted Jashan-e-Azadi sports competitions in hockey, wrestling, squash, badminton, cycling, laser run, swimming, chess […]

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