RAWALPINDI:The Rawalpindi Police in their operation against professional beggars on Saturday managed to net 46 beggars from different areas. According to a district police spokesman, on the orders of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Rawalpindi, Wasim Riaz Khan, the beggar squad took action against professional beggars and arrested 46 beggars from different areas. Wasim […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Pakistani telecom company, Ufone 4G is providing free calls in flood-affected areas to establish connectivity among the affected people, their loved ones, and rescue personnel to facilitate relief activities. Ufone 4G will provide free calls from the Ufone-to-Ufone network and on PTCL numbers in the flood-affected districts. This initiative is valid for both prepaid […]
Read MoreD.I.KHAN:The Pakistan Army on Saturday started distribution of ration by helicopter in the flood affected areas where the by-road access was not possible to the people. The use of helicopter was started as the weather conditions become clear in the morning, said a press release issued here. The ration was distributed in various areas of […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on Saturday foiled three bids to smuggle wheat and flour besides seizing 1020 bags. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad and Taxila police confiscated three vehicles loaded with 1020 bags including 860 wheat and 160 flour. He informed that […]
Read MoreQUETTA:On the instructions of Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, an emergency control room was established in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Saturday. The purpose of setting up the emergency control room is to monitor relief activities in rains and flood-hit areas in the province. The control room will coordinate all activities and information […]
Read MoreBEIJING:China Life Insurance Co., one of the country’s biggest insurers, pocketed 25.42 billion yuan (about 3.71 billion U.S. dollars) of net profit in the first half of the year, down 38 percent from the same period last year. The insurer’s premium income hit nearly 440 billion yuan in the first half of the year, remaining […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The body of a missing septuagenarian was found from a deserted place in the area of Sadar Sammundri police station. A spokesman said here on Saturday that 75-year-old Nazir Ahmad of Chak No 470-GB was found missing from his house a couple of days ago. His relatives searched for him but in vain, and informed […]
Read MoreSAHIWAL:Son and Grandson of former member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) Ahmad Shah Khaga were killed in an incident of firing in Sahiwal on Saturday. A Police spokesman said that armed men mounted on a motorbike waited for both father and son to come out of their home in Officers Colony in the arae of […]
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