NEW YORK:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has emphasized the need for continued support from the international community, not only in the immediate recovery and relief efforts, but also during the subsequent reconstruction and rehabilitation phase. The prime minister, in a meeting with with US Special Presidential Envoy on Climate John Kerry, conveyed gratitude for immediate US […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Islamabad police on Wednesday submitted challan at a local court in a sedition case registered against Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI)’s leader Shehbaz Gill. Judicial Magistrate Shoaib Akhter heard the case and reserved its decision on the request for provision of Gill’s substances. The court also granted one time exemption from hearing to the […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Emergency Services Academy Wednesday started international course on disaster response, in collaboration with the Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre. A four-day Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE) course to enhance professional skills of rescue officers and instructors started at the Manager Training Centre, Emergency Services Academy (ESA) here. This course is being organised in collaboration […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:The recently established Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) testing lab set up by the Livestock and Dairy Development Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has started functioning to collect data on affects of antibiotics on animal health. The AMR lab had been set up in Peshawar with the objective of implementing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance Plan in Animal Health […]
Read MoreNAWABSHAH:The recruitment in Pakistan Navy as civilian would continue till September 30. This was announced by the Commander Pakistan Navy Recruitment Center Shaheed Benazirabad and Officer In-charge Zafar Iqbal. The announcement said that for Naval Headquarter Islamabad (higher formation Assistant, Data Entry Operator, Steno typist, Micro-filming Assistant, Draftsman, Upper Division Clerk, Lower Division Clerk, Telephone […]
Read MoreMUZAFFARGARH:A specialized team of rescuers from Rescue 1122 Muzaffargarh left for Sindh province on Wednesday to join relief operations in Sukkur and Moro to help flood-hit communities there. District Emergency Officer Hussain Mian said that floods caused large scale devastation not only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and south Punjab but also in Sindh, adding that […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The 70th meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will be held on Saturday, 24 September, at a local hotel. A spokesman for the PCB said here on Wednesday that the items that will be discussed at the Meeting are: Various updates to the BoG since the previous meeting […]
Read MoreKARACHI:A 10-members delegation of World Bank led by Mr. John Roome Regional Director Sustainable Development for South Asia called on the Chief Secretary of Sindh Dr. Muhammad Sohail Rajput here on Wednesday. Chairman Planning & Development Board Syed Hassan Naqvi, Secretary Finance Sajid Jamal Abro, Secretary Agriculture Aijaz Ahmed Mahesar, Secretary Livestock Tameezudin Khero, Secretary […]
Read More