RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi Police, during a crackdown against professional beggars on Monday arrested 46 beggars to discourage the menace of begging and to avoid the risk of road accidents due to jaywalking. According to a police spokesman, Anti-Beggary Squads on the directives of City Police Officer, Rawalpindi Syed Shehzad Nadeem Bukhari conducted raids in different areas and […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police have foiled five bids to smuggle wheat and flour besides seizing 1395 bags. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad police confiscated five vehicles loaded with 1395 bags. He informed that police arrested five drivers namely Zahoor, Mir Akbar, Aleem, […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The International Water Management Institute (IWMI), a research for development organization, has offered its support to Government of Pakistan for flood damage assessment and aiding recovery efforts, following the extreme flooding events across the country. In a press statement issued here on Monday, Dr. Mohsin Hafeez, Pakistan Country Representative for the IWMI, said, “All four […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The All Parties Hurriyat Conference incarcerated Vice Chairman, Shabbir Ahmed Shah, has urged the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to observe complete shutdown on September 01 and march towards Hyderpora in Srinagar to pay tributes to the iconic freedom leader, Syed Ali Gilani on his first martyrdom anniversary. According to Kashmir […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal Monday said that the country might face a big challenge of food security as rice, banana, onion and other agriculture produces had been badly affected by the recent floods. Addressing a press briefing here, he said that the recent floods and torrential rains had also damaged […]
Read MoreKARACHI:JSMU Social Lab under the banner of the JSMU Student Council organized an awareness session regarding the stigma around mental health and raise awareness about the causative agents of suicide and multiple ways to prevent it. Vice Chancellor Professor, Amjad Siraj Memon appreciated the initiatives taken by the JSMU Student Council collectively and said that […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail on Monday alleged that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for hatching conspiracies to sabotage the much-needed release of the $1.17 billion tranche under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. It was a “heinous and shameful act” against national interests and an attempt to push the country into economic default,he said […]
Read MoreMIRPURKHAS:Divisional Commissioner Mirpurkhas Syed Ejaz Ali Shah on Monday said that the prevailing flood situation was painful and no injustice with poor, particularly destitute people would be tolerated. The Commissioner said that on the directives of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, police have carried out action against agents making illegal deductions from the […]
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