Over 8.9m people vaccinated in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD:Over 8.9 million (8,912,239) people have so far been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr Ataul Mun’im said on Monday that 4,773,235 citizens were injected first dose while 4,053,470 were administered the second dose of vaccine. He further said that 39,880 health workers were also given first dose while 45,654 received […]

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Four more test positive for COVID-19 in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD:Four people tested positive for COVID-19 in the district during the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department spokesperson, 577 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 134 while 29,061 patients had so far recovered from the disease. […]

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CDNS regretted inconvenience caused to its customers due to firewall failure

ISLAMABAD:Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has regretted the inconvenience caused to its customers as core business application of CDNS got interrupted due to a firewall failure and as a result, normal daily business operations could not be carried out. A press release issued here Monday said that the CDNS is an attached department of […]

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Pakistan participates in international vocational education conference in Tianjin, China

BEIJING:Education Attache, Pakistan Embassy in China, Afifa Shajia Awais represented Pakistan at the international vocational education conference in north China’s Tianjin Municipality. The conference attracted about 700 participants from over 120 countries and regions. With the theme of “Vocational and Technical Education Development in the Post-pandemic Era: New Changes, New Ways and New Skills”, the […]

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Arts Council grieved over Nayyara Noor’s demise

MULTAN:Punjab Arts Council Multan Director Saleem Qaisar expressed his grief over sad demise of legendary singer Nayyara Noor who passed away in Karachi on Aug 20. In a statement issued here on Monday, Saleem Qaisar stated that vacuum created by demise of renowned singer who was honoured with title Bulbul-e-Pakistan would never be filled. He […]

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Eminent US Scholar presents overview of different religions

ISLAMABAD:Eminent American scholar Dr Umar Faruq Abd-Allah here on Monday presented a detailed overview of different concepts, humanity, spirituality, ethics and described the beliefs of the world’s major religions including Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, African traditional religion, Sikhism, Judaism and Jainism. He was addressing an extension lecture on “Religious Nature of Human Beings” was delivered at […]

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Sindh govt approves Rs 350 mln for rice research at RRI

KARACHI:The Sindh government has approved Rs 350 million for the establishment of phytotron tunnels for the speedy research and development work at Rice Research Institute, Dokri, for introducing new rice varieties within the shortest possible time. This came as result of hectic efforts by Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) and Sindh Agriculture Department. Previously, […]

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Five gangs busted

FAISALABAD: Police claimed on Monday to have busted five gangs of vehicle lifters and recovered 32 cars and 93 motorcycles from their possession. Addressing a press conference here at police lines, City Police Officer Umar Saeed Malik said that a special police team was constituted under the supervision of SSP Investigation Ajmal Khan to check […]

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