ISLAMABAD:The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Organization Mehdi Valipour on Tuesday said the organisation was ready to send 100 tonnes of emergency housing supplies to flood victims in Pakistan. Talking to IRNA news agency, he said that this consignment including 1,000 tents, 2,000 carpets and 4,000 blankets and other emergency relief items would be […]
Read MoreSUKKUR:An expectant mother died of suffocation on Tuesday, while many others fainted at a Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) collection point in Khairpur. According to local police, a BISP point was set up at Government Mumtaz College, Khairpur for disbursement of money among the flood victims. Hundreds of women reached the point where many fainted […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Chinese Air Force has dispatched Y20 cargo airplane to deliver humanitarian supplies including 3000 tents to Pakistan, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian said on Tuesday. “This morning, Chinese Air Force dispatched Y20 cargo airplane to deliver humanitarian supplies including 3000 tents to Pakistan. The supplies are expected to arrive in Karachi airport in […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO) on Tuesday informed that due to maintenance work power supply will remain suspended from 132 KV Nowshera City Grid Station on 31 August from 8 am to 3 pm due to which consumers of 11 KV Behram Kali feeders will face inconvenience. It said the power supply will also […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Adviser to the Prime Minister for Political and Public Affairs as well as National Heritage, Engr Amir Muqam Tuesday reiterated that federal government would provide all out support to the flood victims of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said process of rehabilitation and reconstruction to facilitate flood victims would be made possible in the country including KP. […]
Read MoreSUKKUR:Commissioner Sukkur Ghulam Mustafa Phul on Tuesday visited a relief camp here and said free of charge medical facility for the rain and flood victims was being ensured across the Sukkur division. In this connection, he said that the deputy commissioner will issue a letter to the flood victims going for treatment from the flood […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Provincial Minister for Women Development Sindh Syeda Shehla Raza, on Monday, appealed philanthropists and non governmental organisations to assist the department in measures aimed at providing relief to flood and torrential rain-hit population particularly women and girls. The minister expressed these views in a meeting with philanthropists and representatives of various NGOs. Secretary Women Development […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Regional Chairman Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi said on Monday that academic research should focus more on industrial issues. All the countries whose research, academia and science are linked to industry, developed rapidly. He added, “We believe that solid industry-academia linkage is an essential tool to tackle the […]
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