Day: August 22, 2022

PESHAWAR: The business community of Peshawar has committed to provide employment to 475 rehabilitated drug addicts for their better future and to prevent them return towards addiction. They said this in a meeting with Commissioner Peshawar Division, Riaz Khan Mehsud in the chair, said a press release issued here on Sunday. The meeting was attended […]

PESHAWAR: The Elementary and Secondary Education Department Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday celebrated ‘School Cleanliness Day’ to improve the appearance of schools and provide a clean environment to children. On the directives of Provincial Education Minister Shahram Khan Tarakai, more than 30, 000 primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools throughout the province, and over 100, […]

NAROWAL: Four children were killed while two others sustained serious injuries when a landmine exploded in a nearby village on Sunday. Talking to reporter, Civil Defence Officer Narowal Asim Wahla said that some children were bathing in floodwater near Nullah Dek in Sakrur village when they spotted a landmine and started to play with it, […]

MULTAN: Proclaimed Offender staff police arrested 34 notorious proclaimed offenders during the ongoing crackdown launched in the last two weeks across the district. In line with special directives of City Police Officer (CPO) Khurram Shahzad Haider, the PO staff police launched a crackdown against proclaimed offenders and arrested 34 POs wanted to police in different […]

PESHAWAR: On the directives of KP Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education Shahram Khan Tarakai, over 30, 000 schools observed Sunday as cleanliness day. The cleanliness day was participated by over 0.1 million officers of the Elementary and Secondary Education department, including administrative officers, principals, teachers and sanitation staff. The drive was led by the […]

MULTAN: Agriculture Department issued a set of guidelines to farmers advising them to ensure cotton picking sans any contamination to get a good price from the market. Quality of cotton depends a lot on its picking, said Assistant Director Agriculture Abdul Samad, in a release issued here. Farmers should adopt measures to keep cotton contamination-free […]

HYDERABAD: Provincial Minister for Information and Transport Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has assured the rain victims that their losses will be compensated by the government. Sharjeel Memon along with DC Fuad Ghaffar Soomro visited the rain-affected areas of Taluka Rural and took stock of the damages. The provincial minister inspected the houses that collapsed […]

BAHAWALPUR: The police have taken a man into custody and recovered 49 kites and other material used for kite flying from an area lying within jurisdiction of PS Hasilpur. A spokesman for Bahawalpur police said here that Hasilpur police received information about sale of kites in an area while their sales was prohibited. A police […]