DG RDA directs WASA officials to reduce expenditures

RAWALPINDI:The Director General (DG) Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) and Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA), Muhammad Saif Anwar Jappa here on Tuesday directed all the WASA officials to reduce expenditures of the Agency. According to RDA spokesperson, a meeting to review the progress of WASA was held today in the conference room of RDA under the […]

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Sharjeel inaugurates functioning of SSWMB in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD:The Sindh Solid Waste Management Board (SSWMB) on Tuesday started garbage collection and disposal services in Hyderabad. Sindh Minister for Information, Transport and Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon inaugurated functioning of the SSWMB here at a ceremony. Talking to media persons, Sharjeel said earlier the waste management board was supposed to take over the municipal […]

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Stifling of freedom of speech, expression in India continues unabated

ISLAMABAD:Stifling of basic rights of the freedom of speech and expression has now became a perpetual bane in the RSS dominated Indian society as a court in Kerala on Tuesday directed the police to register a case against Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) backed legislator and former minister KT Jaleel on his “Azad Kashmir” and […]

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Meeting held to review Ehsaas Ration Programme

LAHORE:Provincial Minister for Social Welfare & Baitul Mal Ghazanfar Abbas Chheena on Tuesday met Dr. Sania Nishtar to review progress on Ehsaas Ration Programme. In the meeting, the field operations of the Ehsaas Ration Programme and the action plan to ensure the participation of Anjuman Tajran in the programme were discussed. On the occasion, Ghazanfar […]

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Punjab govt starting PEP to provide relief to people: Dr Sania Nishtar

LAHORE:Punjab Ehsaas Program (PEP) Chairperson Dr Sania Nishtar on Tuesday said the Punjab government had planned to start PEP in the province aiming at providing relief to the people. She said this while presiding over a consultative meeting here about legislation on Punjab Ehsaas Program. Legal experts Senator Ali Zafar, Senator Waleed Iqbal, Punjab Law […]

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Acting Governor Mir Jan, CM Bizenjo, Corps Commander visit PDMA

QUETTA:Acting Governor Balochistan Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali, Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo and Commander 12 Corps Lt Gen Asif Ghafoor visited Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday. Adviser to the CM for Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Zia Langu and Chief Secretary Balochistan Abdul Aziz Uqaili were also present on this occasion. […]

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LHC seeks record of cases registered against Awais Leghari, other PML-N MPAs

LAHORE:The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought record of cases, registered against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Sardar Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari and other PML-N MPAs, from police till August 24. Justice Muhammad Tariq Nadeem passed the orders while hearing a petition filed by Awais Ahmad Leghari and other PML-N MPAs against non-provision of […]

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Sindh govt establishes medical camps in union councils

ISLAMABAD:Sindh Information Minister and CM’s Focal Person for Rain Emergency, Sharjeel Inam Memon on Tuesday said that the government had established medical camps in the flood affected areas of every union council of the province to provide treatment facilities to the people. Talking to PTV, he said 30 districts were badly affected by flashed floods […]

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