Albayrak Group to support flood affectees through donations

ISLAMABAD:The employees of Albayrak Group on Tuesday visited Pakistan Army Flood Relief Tent at F-6 Sector here and submitted donations for the flood affectees. The leadership of Albayrak Group of companies expressed resolve to spare no efforts for mitigating the suffering of the affectees of flood, said a press release. The amount contributed voluntarily by […]

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COVID vaccination to children aged 5 to 11 years kicks off

HYDERABAD:Like other major cities of the country, COVID-19 vaccination for the children aged 5 to 11 years has been started in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The District Health Officer Dr Lala Jafar Khan formally launched a week long vaccination campaign at Shah Bhitai hospital, Latifabad by administering vaccines to the children. Speaking to the media on […]

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German envoy meets CM

LAHORE:German Ambassador Alfred Grannas called on Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi at the Chief Minister’s Office on Tuesday and discussed issues of mutual interest, bilateral relations and increasing cooperation in various fields. First Secretary of the German Embassy Dorota Magdalena Berezicki, Chief Secretary Abdullah Sumbal, former Principal Secretary to CM GM Sikandar and others […]

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PAC expresses displeasure over appointment of DG Audit Peshawar

ISLAMABAD:The Public Accounts Committee meeting under the chairmanship of Noor Alam Khan on Tuesday expressed displeasure as to why grade 19 officer was posted against a higher post of DG (Audit) by the Accountant General of Pakistan in Peshawar. The committee further expressed that the said DG exceeded his powers by publishing a report into […]

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Sindh govt setting up Tent City for flood affected people: Jokhio

KARACHI:The Sindh government was setting up a mega Tent City here to accommodate internally displaced people who had to abandon their native areas due to heavy rains and flood. In the first phase 2500 tents would be installed in the Tent City and IDP’s sheltered in flood relief camps established in different government educational institutions […]

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CM Balochistan expresses concern over MPA Zahid Reki’s injury in road accident

QUETTA:Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Tuesday expressed his concern over the injury of member of provincial assembly (MPA) Mir Zahid Reki’s car accident at Not Kundi area. He expressed his best wishes and prayed for early recovery of the MPA. The MPA Mir Zahid Reki’s suffered the car accident in Not Kundi […]

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Private electricians prohibited from work on FESCO installations

FAISALABAD:Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) has prohibited the private electricians from work on FESCO installations and warned that strict action would be taken over violation. FESCO spokesman Tahir Sheikh said here on Tuesday that according to Electric Act 1910 and Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), no private person, electrician or mechanic could work on Wapda/FESCO installations. […]

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Court returns Gujrat police reference to NAB

LAHORE:An accountability court on Tuesday returned Gujrat police funds embezzlement reference to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The court held that the matter did not fall under its jurisdiction, as per NAB amended Law, and ordered the NAB chairman to place the matter before the court concerned without any delay. The court noted that the […]

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