ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Climate Change Senator Sherry Rehman on Friday said the abnormal monsoon torrential rains caused the heaviest floods in the country’s history that submerged many parts of the southern region. She was addressing the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Climate Change held under the chair of MNA Nuzhat Pathan. Sherry […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Continuous downpour and hill torrents swept away Balochistan’s historic Railway Bridge in Hairak area of Bolan district causing suspension of the train service between Balochistan and rest of the country. Historically famous Mach Bridge was constructed during British rule in the sub-continent in 1884. Due to the demolition of the ancient bridge, it is feared […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Women Development Minister Shehla Raza along with administrator district East Rahmatullah Sheikh and other officers inspected the relief camps established in schools and other places for the flood victims at Sachal Goth. They reviewed the facilities being extended to the flood affected people including provision of food. Shehla Raza said the Sindh government was […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development Sajid Hussain Turi has decided to send Pakistani workers and professionals abroad for free. Chairing a high level meeting here Friday, he directed the digitization of the Protector Office to make the process of Protector faster, transparent and easier. Fees ranging from 50 thousand to 100,000 […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:A woman, along with her two minor sons attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a Gogera Branch Canal, in tehsil Jarranwala on Friday. According to details, Raj Bibi of Saim quarters, Jarranwala along with her sons Rehmat Ali, 6, and Ahmed Ali, 3, jumped into a Gogera Branch Canal near vocational training college over […]
Read MoreLAHORE:A local court on Friday extended physical remand of a doctor, involved in social media trolling against institutions, for another two days. The Federal Investigations Agency’s (FIA) officials produced the accused Dr Sahar Saud before Judicial Magistrate Ghulam Murtaza Virk amid strict security on expiry of one-day physical remand. The FIA prosecutor submitted before the […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Five more people were tested positive for COVID-19 in the district during the last 24 hours. According to the Health Department spokesperson, 152 coronavirus tests were conducted in public and private sector labs during the same period. He said that total active cases in Faisalabad were 120 while 29,112 patients had so far recovered from […]
Read MoreLAHORE:A delegation from Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council (UMDPC) visited Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) offices, here on Friday. The UMDPC delegation had a meeting with senior officials of the Punjab Healthcare Commission and received briefing about the jurisdiction, working, mandate and achievements of the Commission. The visitors were informed that a three-pronged strategy – […]
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