Bids to smuggle wheat, flour foiled; 5,420 bags confiscated

RAWALPINDI:Food Department Rawalpindi and district police while foiling 12 bids to smuggle wheat and flour seized 5,420 bags. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad and Taxila police conducted raids and rounded up Zia, Masood, Faizan, Adeel, Aqeel, Akhlaq, Abdul Rauf, Saleem, Naveed, Ghani and Shahzaib on […]

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QR code-based registration system launched to facilitate Pakistanis in China

BEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque on Friday inaugurated a QR code-based registration system to further facilitate Pakistani community members across China. Addressing the audience, Ambassador Haque said that the government and the embassy had been making efforts to further improve facilities for the Pakistani Diaspora in China. He said that the newly […]

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11 drug peddlers held; police recover over eight kg charras

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi police on Friday arrested 11 accused in an action against suspected drug peddlers besides recovering over eight kg charras from their possession. A police spokesperson said that Pirwadhai police held Asif Mehmood with 1,860 grams charras, Shabbir Khan with 1,350 grams charras and Muhammad Jabbar for having 2,250 kg charras. Saddar Wah, Jatli, Airport, […]

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AJK SC orders EC to revisit schedule of holding LB elections by extending time till November 30

MIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu & Kashmir Supreme Court on Friday directed the Election Commission of AJK to revisit the schedule of holding of the local bodies elections in AJK by extending the time till 30th of November this year in the interest of justice. Earlier on the recent orders of the apex court of AJK, […]

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PFA stops production of confectionary unit over violations

LAHORE:The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) stopped production of a confectionary unit over production of substandard candies and non-compliance with the authority instructions during a raid in Iqbal Town area, here on Friday. PFA Director General Shoaib Khan Jadoon said that the food authority would not allow anyone to produce inferior quality food or violate the […]

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Police launch search operation in Afshan Colony, adjoining areas

RAWALPINDI:Police on special directives of City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi on Friday launched a search operation in Afshan Colony and adjoining areas in the jurisdiction of Race Course Police Station, said a police spokesman. He informed that heavy police contingents, Elite Force, Special Branch personnel and women police under the supervision of senior police officers […]

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Pak-Kyrgyzstan agree to enhance regional economic trade integration

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan on Friday agreed to enhance the economic and trade cooperation and increase the regional connectivity to provide regional economic and trade integration with Central Asian States. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Aibek Artykbaev on Friday called on Federal Minister for Commerce and Investment, Syed Naveed Qamar, said a press release […]

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