ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday urged the experts from academia and industry to play their role in bringing innovation in their respective fields to achieve sustainable economic growth and development in the country. While addressing a round table organized by the Ministry of Planning Development and Special Initiatives […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Divisional Secretary Information Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Peshawar, Tariq Rahim on Thursday said that the party has evolved strategy for activation of its information wing and for this purpose has announced social teams at district level. In this connection, he said that district president Mohmand, Malik Israel Khan, general secretary Malik Waheed and Secretary Information […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that at present River Indus at Kotri was flowing in “Medium Flood” with discharge of 429,000 cusecs against yesterday’s 509,000 cusecs. According to daily FFC report on Thursday all other main rivers i.e Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej including River Indus at rest of its control structures are […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The overall progress on the developments and projects of the Social Welfare, Special Education and Women Empowerment Department were reviewed by the Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Dr. Shahzad Khan Bangash here on Thursday. Chairing the meeting, the Chief Secretary also reviewed the performance of the department in the post flood situation, while discussing the way […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Railway porters have been given financial support on the direction of PR Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique. According to the PR sources on Friday, following the promises made with the porters, amount of Rs 10,000 each to the 400 porters have been given at Karachi Cantt, Karachi City, Landhi, Hyderabad, Drig Road and Lahore railway stations. […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Deputy Commissioner Peshawar, Shafiullah Khan has directed stern action against absent staffers of schools and those posted in other places with immediate effect. He issued these directives while presiding over a meeting of the District Steering Committee here on Thursday. Besides, officers of the district administration, District Monitoring Officer, Arshad Khan, Assistant Commissioner (AC) Zahid […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Senior Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Siddiqul Farooq said on Thursday that the government was not afraid of the threat of protests called by Imran Khan, as the PTI has prioritized its own interests over helping the flood victims. Talking to a PTV news, he said that PTI spent money on public gatherings instead of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has so far distributed Rs. 24,805,150,000 among 992,206 flood affected families in a transparent manner across the country. An amount of Rs.25,000 per family is being provided to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab under Flood Relief Cash Assistance. In Balochistan 125,546 flood affected families […]
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