Police granted further two-day remand of Shahbaz Gill

ISLAMABAD:A lower court in Islamabad on Wednesday handed over PTI’s Leader Shahbaz Gill to the capital police on physical remand for 48 hours in a sedition case. Additional District and Session Judge Zeba Chaudhry heard the review petition of the prosecution following the directives of Islamabad High Court (IHC). At the outset of hearing, Special […]

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Mian Aslam Iqbal reviews Master Plan Lahore 2050

LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Mian Aslam Iqbal presided over a meeting here at the Housing Department on Wednesday to review the Master Plan Lahore Division 2050. International Consultant Alex informed the meeting about his study regarding the projects through video-link, said a spokesperson for the Housing Department here. The […]

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NDMA to conduct damage assessment survey in rain hit areas: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday said, the federal government has directed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to jointly conduct a damage assessment survey of recent heavy rains and flash floods across the country. All provincial governments and Pakistan Army would fully support the NDMA to conduct the survey to […]

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SC dismisses MQM-P petition seeking postponement of Sindh LG elections

ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed Mutthida Quomi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) petition seeking postponement of Sindh local government elections. A three-member SC bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the petition filed by MQM’s Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui & others against the Government of Sindh […]

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Attracting youth, children towards sports need of the hour: Sheikh

KARACHI:Administrator East District Rahmatullah Sheikh has said that attracting youth and children towards sports along with curricular activities is the need of the hour. He expressed these views while participating as a special guest in Badminton Championship along with Executive Engineer M&A Imtiaz Bhutto, and Director of Advertisement Hamad Khan. Sheikh said that DMC East […]

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DC urges NGOs to assist for helping rain-hit people, ascertain losses

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE:Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Tashfeen Alam has emphasized upon social welfare organisations to assist district administration for helping rain-hit people and carry out survey to ascertain losses occurred during monsoon. According to a handout issued by District Information office, he expressed these views while chairing a meeting with the representatives of non-government organisations (NGOs) here […]

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Civil officers sensitized on media management during crisis situation

PESHAWAR:The civil officers from Khyber Pakthunkhwa, Balochistan and other areas of the country were sensitized on media management during crisis situation through lecturers, trainings and mock exercises here at Pakistan Provincial Services Academy (PPSA) on Wednesday. A day-long workshop on ‘media management in crisis situation and handling of social media’ was arranged for 91 pre-service […]

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