New spell of rains from Aug 23 to 26

PESHAWAR:Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) on Tuesday issued rains alert starting from August 23 to 26 in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to a notification issued, more rain-wind-thunderstorms with isolated to scattered heavy falls are likely to occur over most districts. Heavy fall may generate flash flooding in local nullahs and rivers during this […]

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Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi feature in Watson’s top five World T20I players

ISLAMABAD:Australia great Shane Watson has revealed the five players he will select first if given the unenviable task of choosing a World T20I XI. Watson is known as one of Australia’s best white-ball players of all time. The star all-rounder further strengthened his credentials by showcasing his talents in various domestic T20 leagues around the […]

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KP-EZDMC, GTTTC join hands for cooperation in technical fields

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Economic Zones Development & Management Company (KP-EZDMC) and Government Technical Teachers Training College (GTTTC) have joined hands for cooperation within the technical fields of engineering, technology, entrepreneurship, economic and other relevant activities. In this connection, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between both parties in the Head Office of KP-EZDMC here on […]

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Measures to be taken to deal with environmental changes: minister

LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Environmental Protection Raja Basharat on Tuesday said that all possible measures would be adopted to deal with the challenge of environmental changes. The Environment Protection Department (EPD) would provide funding for launching 100 eco-friendly buses in Lahore while 30 air and 15 water monitoring stations would be established in […]

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DC, WASA MD visit pumping stations to review rainwater drainage work

HYDERABAD:Deputy Commissioner and Director General HDA Fuad Ghaffar Soomro and Managing Director, Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Anjum Saeed visited various pumping stations and low-lying areas of Qasimabad on Tuesday and reviewed the dewatering process. According to the WASA spokesperson, on this occasion, they directed the departments concerned to speed up the drainage work as […]

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Ace Javelin thrower Arshad calls on DG, SBP

LAHORE:Pakistan’s ace javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem, who won two back-to-back gold medals in Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK and Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey called on Director General Sports Punjab Muhammad Tariq Qureshi here at National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday. Director Sports Nadeem Qaiser, Director Admin Syed Omair Hasan and other officials were also […]

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Police accelerate campaign against professional beggars; arrest 45

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi District Police, on the directives of Senior Superintendent of Police, Operations Rawalpindi Waseem Riaz on Tuesday accelerated their ongoing operation against professional beggars and netted 45. According to a police spokesman, police were trying to purge the society from the menace of beggars and regularly conducting operations in different city areas. The anti-beggary squads […]

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