PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Standing Committee on Drinking Water Supply on Thursday sought details of 1,338 tube wells approved in the province during the period from 2013 to 2020 and directed to blacklist companies and contractors who overlooked the assigned work. The meeting was chaired by Asya Saleh Khattak and attended by members including Mir Kalam, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to former Punjab chief minister Hamza Shehbaz in the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB’s) appeal against the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) decision. A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the case filed by NAB against the LHC order […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s petition against being declared absconded for two weeks as his counsel submitted that he could not appear due to illness. A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi heard the case. During the course […]
Read MoreKILLA ABDULLAH:Around 19 dams were washed away in Killa Abdullah and Chaman and several link roads were destroyed due to heavy rain in the area. The Rachkai dam was also damaged a few days ago. The heavy rain has also destroyed many houses in the area and the heavy flood water caused damage to a […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Provincial Minister for Communication and Works Ali Afzal Sahi on Thursday said that efforts were being made to restore roads which got affected with floods. Talking to media here, he said that floods had played havoc in South Punjab and destroyed road infrastructure. He said that roads which got less affected by floods, their repairing […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Human Rights Mian Riaz Hussain Pirzada said that child marriage in Pakistan was deeply rooted in poverty and in centuries-old patriarchal traditions with devastating effects on girls. Child brides in Pakistan are at an elevated risk of sexual and physical abuse, reproductive health complications and other adverse physiological and social outcomes, he […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman has said that bureaucracy and civil servants have an important role in ensuring good governance and development of the country. Addressing the participants of Senior Management Course (SMC) of National Institute of Management (NIM) at the Governor’s House here on Thursday, he said the civil officers work side by side […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad on Thursday granted pre-arrest bail to PTI Chairman Imran Khan till September 1 in a case pertaining to his threatening statement against Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chauhdry and Islamabad Police high-ups in a party rally. ATC Judge Raja Jawad Abbas court accepted the interim bail of former prime minister […]
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