NEW YORK:Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Munir Akram, has praised China’s leading role at the UN, saying Beijing’s policies are based on principles of the UN Charter, support for multilateralism and “win-win” cooperation. Speaking at a virtual reception, hosted by Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun, to mark his country’s national day, he also spoke about […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:District and Sessions Judge (D&SJ) Khalid Bashir on Thursday visited Central Jail and ordered for releasing 16 prisoners involved in petty cases. The D&SJ checked quality of meal in a kitchen and listened to problems of prisoners in different barracks. Superintendent Mansoor Akbar briefed the judge about security, administrative and welfare measures in the jail.
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:One more person was diagnosed with coronavirus-19 during the last 24 hours, raising the district’s tally of confirmed cases to 47,651. As per the latest data released by the District Health Authority here on Thursday, the infected cases included 44,028 from Rawalpindi and 3,623 from other districts. The report added that a new case had […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:The Islamia University of Bahawalpur has been awarded the Right to Information Champion Award for the year 2022. Governor Punjab Engr. Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rahman gave the award to the Vice Chancellor Engr. Prof. Dr Athar Mahboob in a special ceremony. The ceremony was organized by the Punjab Information Commission on the occasion of ‘International Right to […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Director General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Zafarul Islam Khattak on Thursday directed entire staff to initiate crackdown against drug-peddlers on large scale to completely eradicate drug abuse from the society. He issued these directives while chairing a meeting of all five regional police stations that was attended by all the circle officers […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Anti-dengue teams booked 25 more shopkeepers over violation of SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) in the district on Thursday. As many as 553 cases had so far been registered over SOPs violations during the current season said Dr Zulqarnain, District Programme Coordinator. He inspected different hot spots and washed dengue larva through chemicals.
Read MoreLAHORE:Speakers at a seminar called upon people to play their role in curbing the dengue disease to save the country under the ongoing campaign. They were speaking at a seminar, organised jointly by the Unique Group of Institutions and Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex here on Thursday, to create awareness about dengue spread and measures to curb it […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has indicated chances of rain-wind/thunderstorm for isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan during the next 24 hours as a result of a shallow westerly wave affecting the extreme upper parts. According to the synoptic situation, continental air was prevailing over most parts of the country. However, a […]
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