LAHORE:The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered the release of nine brick kiln workers, including three women and six children. Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan passed the orders while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by Faiz Ullah for the production and release of the workers. Earlier, a bailiff produced the kiln workers before the […]
Read MoreDADU: President Dr Arif Alvi Thursday said Sindh province had suffered massive losses due to devastating rains and floods and called for extensive measures to help people in time of distress and displacement in the country. Talking to media at a relief camp in Government Pilot High School, he said :“This is probably the biggest […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Communications Maulana Asad Mehmood, along with Federal Secretary and Chairman National Highway Authority and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Karachi Provincial Leader Allama Rashid Mehmood Soomro, was on a visit to Karachi to review the affected road infrastructure of the National Highway Authority (NHA) in Sindh due to recent monsoon rains and high level […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has mainly forecast hot and dry weather for most plain areas of the country. However, rain-wind/thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in north Punjab, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir. According to the synoptic situation, continental air was prevailing over most parts of the country. During the last 24 hours, hot […]
Read MoreMuzaffargarh:Deputy commissioner Ali Annan Qamar said on Thursday that Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) was now under control in district Muzaffargarh. In a statement issued here, DC said that situation regarding the disease was brought under control by virtue of practical steps taken by livestock department. Quoting statistics from province-wide survey results, DC said that 690 […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday urged the government to take immediate measures to control dengue spread that was becoming a big threat for the citizens once again. LCCI President Mian Nauman Kabir said here that the government should direct all the district administrators to ensure anti-dengue spray in all localities. He […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Total liquid foreign reserves of the country stand at $14,317.4 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan. SBP’s weekly statement issued here on Thursday said that on Sept. 9, the foreign reserves holding with State Bank were $8,624.0 million. The net foreign reserves held by commercial banks amounted to $5,693.4 million. During the week ending on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday granted Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s Leader Shahbaz Gill post-arrest bail in a sedition case registered by the capital’s police. The court accepted the bail against surety bonds worth Rs 500,000 and ordered to release the accused. During the hearing, Chief Justice, Athar Minallah asked Gill’s lawyer that how […]
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