ISLAMABAD:Former finance minister Ishaq Dar has filed an application in the Supreme Court requesting for an early hearing of his appeal. Ishaq Dar had filed an appeal in the apex court in 2018 against his declaration as a proclaimed offender by an accountability court. According to his lawyers, Ishaq Dar was first blacklisted by the […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Inspector General Police (IGP) Punjab Faisal Shahkar on Tuesday said that the future of police service was IT-based policing, so that Punjab police was expanding scope of IT in its services to facilitate the citizens without any problem. The IG Punjab said that for immediate redressal of public complaints and immediate provision of information related […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Local Government (LG) elections in various districts of Karachi division would be held on August 28 in accordance with the schedule issued by Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a spokesman of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) said on Tuesday. He said the decision regarding LG polls in Hyderabad division would be taken by keeping […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Zahid Parvez Waraich, in a meeting on Tuesday, reviewed the progress of ongoing development projects in Bahawalpur district. In the meeting, ongoing development schemes under Annual Development Program 2022-23, Sustainable Development Goals Achievement Program (SAP-IV 2021-22), and Community Development Program (CDP-III 2020-21) were reviewed. Deputy Director Development Malik Mehboob Elahi Khar, Chief […]
Read MoreDOHA:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday announced a complete exemption to about 17.1 million electricity consumers out of 30 million in the country from paying their fuel adjustment charges in the electricity bills. As immediate relief measures to the masses, the prime minister said the government had also notified rescinding of levy of fixed […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Additional Chief Secretary Punjab Capt (Retd) Saqib Zafar on Tuesday said that Punjab government had started survey in flood-hit areas to compensate affectees and to repair and restore roads. The flood-hit areas have been declared as Calamity Zone by the Chief Minister Punjab Chaudhry Parvez Elahi and water tax has also been waived off in […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Lahore Arts Council on Tuesday organized a prize distribution ceremony of “Souvenir Design Competition” among the winners here at Alhamra Art Museum. For the competition, around thirty souvenirs were submitted to Alhamra Art Museum with different creative ideas. Among the competition, Afeera Fatima won the first prize, M Awais Siddique won the second prize, while […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Islamic Relief Canada Usama Afzal Khan on Tuesday said that the recent monsoon rains had severely affected Balochistan despite agriculture has affected a lot and people need to help at this time in the area. He expressed these views while distributing food items among the flood victims, and cheques of […]
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