‘Punjab govt striving to provide maximum free treatment facility through Sehat Sahulat card’

LAHORE:Punjab Health Secretary Imran Sikandar Baloch on Tuesday said the Punjab government was striving to provide maximum free treatment facility to the people of Punjab through Sehat Sahulat Card. While releasing the statistics of the Sehat Sahulat card here, Imran Sikandar Baloch said that more than 2,250,000 people in Punjab had received free treatment through […]

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PILDAT for regulating role of money in politics

ISLAMABAD:Reform proposals on better implementation of existing legal provisions regulating role of money in politics and improving legal flaws in the system of political finance were discussed at a consultative forum organized by PILDAT in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the subject of Political Finance on Tuesday. Ali Al-Bayati said in […]

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Australian High Commissioner calls on Chairman HEC Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad

ISLAMABAD:Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins called on Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad at HEC Secretariat on Tuesday and discussed areas of potential collaboration between Pakistani and Australian higher education institutions. Adviser (Global Engagement) HEC, Awais Ahmed and Director General (Human Resource Development) HEC, Ms. Aayesha Ikram were also present. Talking […]

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Pakistan becoming hub for best talents, global IT organizations in terms of time zone: Amin

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque said on Tuesday that Pakistan is becoming an important hub for the best IT talent and global IT organizations in terms of time zone. “Partnering with Pakistan, the fifth largest and most populous country means partnering with a huge repository of capable and delivering youth,” he […]

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Shehbaz terms PM House audio leak a serious security lapse, assures thorough probe

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, while terming the purported surfacing of an audio leak of the Prime Minister House a ‘serious security lapse’, resolved that it would be thoroughly investigated. Addressing a presser, he agreed that a big question mark was posed over the audio leak, and informed that he would be forming […]

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Three hotel’s owners booked over dengue SOPs violation

SARGODHA:The owner of three hotels were booked over the presence of dengue larvae at their premises here on Tuesday. According to health department spokesman, during ongoing dengue larvae surveillance drive in the district, the anti-dengue teams inspected various locations in the city and found dengue larvae in three hotels in the city. The health team […]

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RCCI hopes new finance minister to restore economy

RAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Nadeem Rauf on Tuesday expressed hope that the expected finance minister Ishaq Dar would take immediate steps to deal with the current economic situation. Speaking at the 62nd annual general meeting of RCCI, he said the business community was concerned about the country’s economic situation and wished […]

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CM announces colonies, free medial facilities for lawyers

LAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Tuesday announced that lawyers’ housing colonies would be established in every tehsil and district of the province and their families would be provided free medical facilities equal to gazetted officers. He was talking to a delegation of Supreme Court lawyers led by Barrister Ali Zafar, Abid Zubairi and […]

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