Month: August 2022

MULTAN: Agriculture Department issued a set of guidelines to farmers advising them to ensure cotton picking sans any contamination to get a good price from the market. Quality of cotton depends a lot on its picking, said Assistant Director Agriculture Abdul Samad, in a release issued here. Farmers should adopt measures to keep cotton contamination-free […]

HYDERABAD: Provincial Minister for Information and Transport Mass Transit Sharjeel Inam Memon has assured the rain victims that their losses will be compensated by the government. Sharjeel Memon along with DC Fuad Ghaffar Soomro visited the rain-affected areas of Taluka Rural and took stock of the damages. The provincial minister inspected the houses that collapsed […]

BAHAWALPUR: The police have taken a man into custody and recovered 49 kites and other material used for kite flying from an area lying within jurisdiction of PS Hasilpur. A spokesman for Bahawalpur police said here that Hasilpur police received information about sale of kites in an area while their sales was prohibited. A police […]

MULTAN: Ameer Jamat-e–Islami Siraj ul Haq will visit flood hit areas of Taunsa Shareef to review relief activities of Al-Khidmat Foundation for the affected persons. This was stated by central deputy media secretary JI Hassan Akhwani in a statement issued here on Sunday. Hassan stated that Siraj ul Haq would also distribute ration bags and […]

PESHAWAR: Emerged as a silent killer, the erratic weather variations by climate change have started posing serious threats to humans beings, wildlife and aquatic resources in developing countries including Pakistan due to its geographical placement, emissions of hazards gases, deforestation and rapid population growth. Losing about 27, 000 hectares of forests per year especially in […]

BAHAWALPUR: Police on Sunday arrested nine alleged drug peddlers from different areas of the district and recovered liquor and hashish from their possession. According to Bahawalpur police spokesman, the teams of police stations (PS), including PS Noshahra, PS Hasilpur, PS Khairpur Tamewali, PS Dera Nawab, PS Baghdadul Jadid and PS Uch Sharif conducted raids at […]

SUKKUR: Provincial Minister for Industries and focal person rain emergency, Jam Ikramullah Dharejo on Sunday held a meeting with Divisional Commissioner Sukkur, Ghulam Mustafa Phull to evaluate losses caused by monsoon rain. He said that affectees of rain-hit areas would not be left alone in this difficult time and the Sindh government would also extend […]

SIALKOT: Additional Deputy Commissioner General (ADCG) Sialkot Syeda Amina Maududi on Sunday stressed the need for coordinated efforts to eliminate human trafficking and bonded labour in the district. Addressing the meeting of district level anti-human trafficking and anti-bonded labour monitoring committee here, he said that representatives of labour department, environment, education, FIA, social welfare, child […]