MULTAN:Director General (DG) Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab Faisal Fareed said on Friday that Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi enhanced financial assistance for flood-damaged concrete homes from Rs 100,000 to 400,000 while the financial assistance for damaged mud houses was set at Rs 200,000. DG PDMA said this during a visit to flood hit […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Science and Technology Agha Hassan Baloch Friday expressed his resolve to make Pakistan Halal Authority (PHA) a self-sustained organization in a time period of one year. Chairing the fourth Board of Governors meeting in the ministry, the federal minister said that PHA will soon be able to meet all its expenditures including […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Adviser to Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan Qamar Zaman Kaira on Friday accused former prime minister Imran Khan for using the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) against his political opponents and for personal vested interest. Addressing a press conference here flanked by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) senior leader Mian Manzoor Ahmed, he said […]
Read MoreNARAN:Director General Kaghan Development Authority (KDA) Tariq Khan Friday said that the government is taking concrete measures to enhance the natural beauty of Kaghan valley and provision of basic facilities to the tourists. He expressed these views while talking to the media after inauguration of newly constructed green belt for tourists and Monsoon plantation drive […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Food Department Rawalpindi and district police while foiling 12 bids to smuggle wheat and flour seized 5,420 bags. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad and Taxila police conducted raids and rounded up Zia, Masood, Faizan, Adeel, Aqeel, Akhlaq, Abdul Rauf, Saleem, Naveed, Ghani and Shahzaib on […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Special Assistant to Sindh chief minister Ali Ahmed Jan said on Friday that steps are being taken to improve the overall situation of the district West. He said this while presiding over a review meeting regarding post-monsoon rains situation in the district West. He said that practical steps are being taken to improve the water […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque on Friday inaugurated a QR code-based registration system to further facilitate Pakistani community members across China. Addressing the audience, Ambassador Haque said that the government and the embassy had been making efforts to further improve facilities for the Pakistani Diaspora in China. He said that the newly […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi police on Friday arrested 11 accused in an action against suspected drug peddlers besides recovering over eight kg charras from their possession. A police spokesperson said that Pirwadhai police held Asif Mehmood with 1,860 grams charras, Shabbir Khan with 1,350 grams charras and Muhammad Jabbar for having 2,250 kg charras. Saddar Wah, Jatli, Airport, […]
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