Commissioner Karachi visits flood victims’ camps

KARACHI:Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon visited the camps set up for flood victims in District East and District Kemari. On this occasion, Commissioner Karachi Muhammad Iqbal Memon said that the vast population of Sindh province had been affected by rains and floods and the Government of Sindh was helping and restoring the lives of flood […]

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Ashrafi urges people to help flood victims without prejudice

ISLAMABAD:Special Representative of the Prime Minister for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Monday urged the people to help the flood victims without any prejudice. Addressing the ‘Paigham-e-Pakistan Ulema Conference’ held at the Rawalpindi Arts Council and organized by the Punjab government in collaboration with International Islamic University Islamabad’s Islamic Research […]

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PTCL Group pledges Rs1.75 bln for relief activities

ISLAMABAD:PTCL Group, country’s largest telecom services provider, has come forward to aid communities affected by floods across various provinces of Pakistan through a relief package worth Rs 1.75 billion. The package included donation to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, NGOs, provision of free calls in flood affected areas, housing loans to displaced people and medical […]

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First consignment of relief goods from Japan to reach Pakistan on Tuesday

ISLAMABAD:The first consignment of emergency relief goods including tents and plastic sheets would arrive in Pakistan at Jinnah International Airport Karachi on Tuesday. “The government of Japan would provide emergency relief goods including tents and Plastic Sheets through Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to Pakistan in response to the damages caused by the flood disaster,” […]

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Tosha khana reference hearing adjourned till Sep 7

ISLAMABAD:The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday adjourned the hearing on the disqualification petition of former Prime Minister Imran Khan for not disclosing the income received from selling gifts of Tosha Khana till September 7. Barrister Gohar Ali Khan appeared before the ECP bench and sought one more week’s time to file a reply […]

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ANF foils smuggling bid of drugs, seizes huge quantity

KARACHI:The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Sindh on Monday foiled a smuggling bid of huge quantity drugs and arrested an accused. According to spokesman for ANF Sindh, the ANF team intercepted a truck near Shan Chowrangi and recovered 106.800kg of hashish concealed tactfully in tyre of the said truck. An accused identified as Abdul Nafey was […]

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Emergency declared in Shah Alam, Mathra

PESHAWAR:The Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement department on Monday declared emergency in the flood/rain affected areas of Tehsil Shah Alam and Tehsil Mathra of Peshawar district with immediate effect till September 15, for carrying out relief activities. According to an official notification, emergency was declared on the request of the district administration Peshawar and Provincial Disaster […]

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