ISLAMABAD:Continuing its commitment to provide relief to the flood victims, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has disbursed over Rs. 50 billion among 2,005,039 flood-affected families. BISP is ensuring speedy disbursement of cash assistance worth Rs.25,000 per family among the affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan under “Flood Relief Cash Assistance”. So […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:The police claimed to have arrested six active members of two dacoit gangs and recovered looted items and illegal weapons from their possession. Police spokesman said here on Tuesday that D-Type Colony police on a tip-off conducted raid and succeeded in nabbing 4 dacoits of Gulfam gang including ring leader Gulfam and his three accomplices […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Tuesday proposed the government to bring amendments in the existing Transgender Persons ‘Protection of Rights’ Act 2018 to protect the rights of genuine ‘intersex persons.’ The council, in its high level meeting, said the government should devise a committee comprising of the CII members, scholars, legal and medical […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Tax Ombudsman Dr. Asif Mehmood Jah on Tuesday said FTO Office disposed of record 4000 cases of tax issues in the last 11 months and there was significant increase in number of people approaching the Office. In a exclusive talk with reporter, he said the cases were decided without any delay and complainants did […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman Public Accounts Committee Noor Alam Khan on Tuesday made a written request to the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to uplift ban on new gas connection to the domestic consumer and laying of gas pipeline network in the deprived areas. Federal Secretary for Petroleum Ali Raza Bhutta briefing the committee said that resources of natural […]
Read MoreVEHARI:The locals of village Luddan had expressed concern over shortage of teachers at Government Elementary School Ghazi Khana as only one teacher was imparting education to 190 students of different classes in the school. The Punjab government constructed magnificent buildings worth millions of rupees, however there was only one teacher available for 190 students, said […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:During the last 24 hours 21 new cases of coronavirus were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said updates shared by the Health Department here on Tuesday. The total number of recoveries during the same period is 21 and the number of tests conducted is 1836. The total number of active corona cases are reported 416.
Read MoreSARGODHA:Faisalabad Electric Power Company (FESCO) task force teams caught 66 power pilferers during a ongoing month. According to spokesperson here on Tuesday,in line with special directives of Superintendent Engineer(S.E) Circle office Sargodha Ibrar Ahmed,the teams accompanying task forces raided different areas of the district and nabbed 66 power theft over stealing electricity from main transmission […]
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