ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Communications and Postal Services Asad Mehmood Thursday expressed his dismay over slow pace of construction and maintenance work on the Sarai Mahajir to Fatehpur Road and Muzaffargarh to Mianwali National Highway. According to the National Highway Authority, the minister travelled from Dera Ismail Khan to Multan for on the spot inspection of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Medical Association Secretary-General Dr Qaiser Sajjad on Thursday warned that people should discourage self-medication as over 5 lakh of them were annually dying in the country due to use of antibiotics pills without medical advice. Talking to a private news channel, he demanded concerned authorities for imposing strict ban on the sale of antibiotics […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Pakistan has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the prestigious Cranfield University (CU), UK. The MoU envisions strong bilateral cooperation that would pave the way for a myriad of collaborative activities in several academic and research domains, said a press release received here Thursday. NUST Rector Engr […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday congratulated Crown Prince and Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Muhammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on the occasion of the 92nd National Day of KSA. The prime minister, in a telephonic conversation with the Crown Prince, conveyed felicitations and greetings for the Custodian […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Drama ‘Maula Jutt’ starring Haider Sultan, son of the legendary artist, Sultan Rahi will be staged in a local theatre of Multan. Directed by Zawar Balcoh, the drama is inspired by Pakistani yesteryear blockbuster film, Maula Jutt. Speaking at a news conference here on Thursday, Haider Sultan said that theatre-goers of south Punjab would relish […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon, on Thursday, said that 17 more deaths had been reported from the flood affected areas taking the tally of loss of lives to 724 in the province. The provincial minister, in a statement issued here, said that 8,422 people had sustained injuries. The total number of perished livestock reached […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), under an EU-funded project, held an awareness-raising session to discuss the legal framework addressing media workers’ labour rights—including both journalists and non-journalists— working in the electronic and digital media industry. The session also highlighted the urgency in updating this legal framework in view of recent technological developments, and […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Under the Shining and Green campaign, Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Lahore planted 8 to 12 feet Bohar trees in the park of railway station. During the plantation campaign, 4 bohar trees were planted at Bohar Chowk at Railway Station Park and 12 trees in front of Railway Park. DG PHA Plantation Zeeshan Javed and […]
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