RAJANPUR:Rescue 1122 has so far rescued 6,250 individuals including women and children from flood-hit areas of district Rajanpur while another 6,210 persons including those stranded in flooded areas were assisted in different ways to meet their needs. District Emergency Officer Rescue 1122, Dr Muhammad Aslam told APP on Friday that water rescue teams from across […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Finance and Revenue Miftah Ismail Friday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would release the tranche (worth US$1.17 bln) to Pakistan after its board meeting on Monday. Addressing a press conference here, the minister said Pakistan had already fulfilled all the requirements of the IMF and it is very likely that the board […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The torrential monsoon rains across the country on Friday inflicted further lives and property losses as the total death count in various incidents reached 937 and 1343 individuals got injured since the onset of the rainy season. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) issued a 24-hour situation report released on routine basis that accounted overall […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) on Friday notified that due to maintenance work power supply will remain suspended from 132 KV Peshawar Universty Grid Station on 27th, 30th and 31st August from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. due to which consumers of 11 KV Regi feeders will face inconvenience. It said that power supply […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: A health squad seized fake injections in huge quantity from tehsil Jarranwala and arrested two accused. The health department sources said on Friday that a health squad comprising District Drug Controller Usman Ghani, Deputy Drug Controller Mohsin Asgar and others raided a home near Jhal Chowk, Jarranwala, and recovered fake injections which were being […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A five-day training course on “OIC/SMIIC Halal Products Standards and Testing” arranged by COMSTECH, OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation with other partners, to encourage the harmonization of Halal standards used in OIC countries concluded at Islamic University in Uganda, Kampala on Friday. The course was organized in collaboration with the Standards and […]
Read MoreDIR LOWER::Three sisters were killed when the roof of their dilapidated house collapsed due to heavy rains in Shalkanai, Khal tehsil on Friday. According to police, the deceased were identified as Anam Bibi (13), Parera (8) and Aman Bibi (5), duaghters of Shah Gee Rehman, who were buried at a local graveyard.
Read MoreBANGKOK:Thailand’s unemployment rate dropped to 1.37 percent in the second quarter of 2022 from 1.53 percent in the previous quarter, official data showed on Friday. The rate was the lowest since the COVID-19 pandemic started in the country, fuelled by the continuing economic recovery, the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council said […]
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