PM meets Qatari Amir’s parents; lauds their role, services to elevate bilateral ties

DOHA:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday called on the father of Qatari Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and mother Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, wherein he appreciated their role and services in elevating the bilateral relationship. The prime minister, who is on a two-day visit here, underscored the importance Pakistan attached to its longstanding […]

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Balochistan’s Kachhi Canal Project to irrigate 7,13k acres of barren land: Durrani

QUETTA:Vice Chairperson of Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Balochistan Chapter, Sana Durrani on Wednesday said that Kachhi Canal Project in Balochistan was going to unleash a “Green Revolution” by irrigating 713,000 acres of barren land in most areas of the province. Talking to media persons here on Wednesday, she said that the project was carried out […]

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Extension of RTI Act to NMDs bring change: CIC

PESHAWAR:Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Commission (KPIC) Farah Hamid Khan on Tuesday said that extension of the RTI Act to the newly merged districts (NMDs) was an admirable step that would lead to a big social change and political development in the right direction. She said that due to merger of the erstwhile […]

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Photo exhibition concludes at PUCAR

SARGODHA: A two-day photo exhibition on “Pakistan Movement and Its Purposes” concluded at the Punjab Council of Arts (PUCAR) here on Tuesday. The event was organised in collaboration with the Nazaria Pakistan Trust Lahore. The photographs displayed at the exhibition highlighted speeches and events of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal and other […]

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Livestock trains 7,290 farmers, students

FAISALABAD:An awareness campaign for livestock farmers and students was ongoing across the division in rural areas through mobile training buses of the livestock department. Director Livestock Dr Haider Ali said that livestock staff in mobile training buses visited rural areas and imparted training to farmers as well as students through documentaries and lectures. The training […]

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PCAA’s scope of improving air quality of Peshawar expanding scope to other districts of KP

PESHAWAR:A meeting of Peshawar Clean Air Alliance (PCAA), an amalgam of civil society activists, academia, researchers, environmentalists, health experts, media and policy makers, was apprised that the initiative taken by them around one and a half year earlier for improving air quality of provincial metropolis is expanding its scope to other districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. […]

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Medicines worth over Rs 15 million being dispatched to flood hit areas, says Patel

ISLAMABAD:Minister for National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel on Tuesday said that the necessary medicines valuing over Rs 15 million, and other relief items including 0.6 million medicated mosquito nets were being dispatched to flood hit areas of Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab within the next few days. Talking to media persons, he […]

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