ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has leased out around 4,687 acres of its land during the last four years to transform the department into profitable entity by generating more revenue. The leased-out land was located in seven divisions including Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi Multan and Sukkar, an official in the Ministry of Railways told reporter. He said […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Global human population, mega cities expansion and urban development are increasing at unprecedented rates, creating huge stress on worldwide natural resources, environment and water and air quality. Driven by multiple socioeconomic and environmental processes, the impact of urbanization on environment is profound and multifaceted generating massive human activity. This tendency deprives communities of greenery and […]
Read MoreHYDERABAD:The management of University of Sindh Jamshoro has extended summer vacations up to August 30, in its all campuses due to ongoing heavy spell of monsoon rains. The Registrar informed here on Friday that all campuses of the university would now reopen from August 31. However, he said that administrative staff and deans of different […]
Read MoreRAJANPUR:Commissioner Muhammad Usman Anwar expressed his annoyance after witnessing children bathing in the flood waters during his visit to flood hit areas of Tehsil Taunsa Sharif of district DG Khan on Friday. Accompanying DG Rescue 1122 Dr. Rizwan and DG PDMA Faisal Fareed, the commissioner said there could be no assessment of depth of flood […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Maintaining compatibility between agricultural and population growth always remains a major challenge for the states and as any downward imbalance may lead to food scarcity and resultantly to famines. Therefore, growth in production of edible items remains a center point in policies of every government to explore new avenues for enhancing productivity and value addition […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Customs on Friday foiled a major attempt to clear banned items worth Rs 453 millions. The Collectorate of Customs Appraisement (West), Custom FBR Karachi foiled a major attempt to clear high value and high tariff miscellaneous goods mostly banned items vide SRO-598(I)/2022, said a press release issued here. A consignment imported from UAE […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said the government was taking measures to reform the higher education sector and bring it at par with the international standards. The government’s priority was to modernize the Information Technology (IT) sector and provide ease to the young generation to get training in IT services, he added. The prime […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The funeral prayer of Traffic Assistant (TA) Mehmood Ahmad, who was killed by an over speeding and careless mini Mazda truck driver this morning, was offered on Friday evening at District Police Lines Qila Gujjar Singh. Capital City Police Officer Lahore Additional IG Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, DIG Operations Afzaal Ahmad Kausar, DIG Investigation Athar Ismail, […]
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