Precision agriculture to help in increasing yield of crops

LAHORE:Punjab Agriculture Minister Syed Hussain Jahania Gardezi has said that it is need of the hour to promote precision agriculture. According to a press release issued here, the minister said this, while inaugurating established centre at Pir Mehr Ali Shah Barani University Rawalpindi on Saturday. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Barani University Vice Chancellor Qamar uz […]

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Parvez Elahi discusses flood relief measures with former CM Buzdar

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi said on Saturday that the provincial government was making sincere efforts to complete the rehabilitation process of the flood victims as early as possible. Talking with the former federal minister Moonis Elahi and former chief minister Sardar Usman Buzdar during a meeting, he discussed the matters pertaining to the […]

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Disbursement of Rs. 25000 to flood affected families under BISP continues at Special Payment Campsites

ISLAMABAD:Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is ensuring speedy disbursement of Rs.25,000 each to the flood affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit Baltistan under Flood Relief Cash Assistance. According to the BISP, a total of 139,985 flood affected families in Balochistan have received Rs. 3,499,625,000 and 1,116,260 affected families of Sindh have […]

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Two accused of abduction-cum-murder case arrested: SSP

FAISALABAD:SSP Investigation Captain (retd) Muhammad Ajmal said that Sargodha road police had arrested two accused involved in abducting and killing a minor boy. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, SSP said that 8-year-old Hamza, son of Nadeem Mushtaq, was abducted from Islamia Park area on September 07 and the abductors demanded ransom money of […]

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Couple killed for honor, IGP takes notice

MUZAFFARGARH:Armed outlaw allegedly killed his sister and brother-in-law in the name of honour near Pathan hotel Head Muhammad Wala on Saturday. According to police sources, 25-years old Samina d/o Muhammad Ramzan and her husband 40-year-old Muhammad Abdullah Nizami who is journalist from Layyah were going to Multan riding on car when suddenly the brother of […]

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Citizens booked after detection of dengue larvae at their shops, houses

MULTAN:Health Teams got registered FIRs against 25 shopkeepers and owners of different houses after detection of dengue larvae in their premises here on Saturday. According to official sources, five shops were sealed during the special inspection, under the supervision of Dr Ata ur Rehman. Apart from this, the teams also issued notices to other 28 […]

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Rations, tents distributed among flood affected people in Nasirabad

QUETTA:Qatar Charity distributed rations and tents among 500 flood affected people in supervision of Assistant Commissioner Chithar Khadim Hussain, Qatar Charity’s Project Manager Muhammad Sardar Qureshi, and Its Focal Person Junaid Dashti at Mir Hassan area of Nasirabad district. On the occasion, Qatar Charity’s Manager Sardar Qureshi said that the Qatar Charity was playing its […]

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Claim assessment committee visits Tank’s flood hit areas

TANK:The government was taking concrete steps to extend relief to flood affected people by providing timely compensation for the losses they suffered in wake of recent flooding. In this regard, claim assessment committee led by Assistant Commissioner Tribal Ikram Ullah visited flood affected areas including Insaf colony and its suburbs to collect data about damages […]

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