Three drug dealers held, drugs recovered

KARACHI:Mominabad Police Station on Thursday arrested three drug peddlers in two separate actions and recovered hashish and ice from their possession. According to SHO Mominabad Ayazuddin, in the first action, the police arrested Naveed and Muhammad Iqbal and recovered 245 grams of hashish from them. In another action, on a tip-off, notorious drug dealer Rizwan […]

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Exhibition held to familiarize farmers with modern farming techniques

MUZAFFARABAD:The Department of Agriculture, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (DOA-AJK) organized an agricultural exhibition here on Thursday to spread awareness among local farmers about agri farming, agro-medicines and machinery. The exhibition — inaugurated by Minister of Agriculture Sardar Mir Akbar Khan — featured stalls of fruit, vegetables and agricultural products locally produced by various farmers and […]

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HCSTSI office bearers elected unopposed

HYDERABAD:The Election Commissioner of Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI) on Thursday unofficially declared all office bearers of the Chamber elected unopposed following non submission of nomination forms against them. According to the three members Election Commission comprising Naim Aslam, Muhammad Sharif Poonjani and Dr. Muhammad Yousuf, September 22 was the last […]

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DC chairs meeting to review preparations for 12 Rabi-ul-Awal

ABBOTTABAD:Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Tariq Salam Marwat on Thursday chaired a meeting regarding the preparations of upcoming 12th Rabi-ul-Awal (Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH)). The meeting was attended by the District Police Officer Abbottabad Sajjad Khan and Ulema Ikram of all factions. During the meeting, Ulema Ikram gave suggestions regarding the month of Rabi-ul- Awal and emphasized the […]

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Commissioner Hyd takes notice of delaying tactics in development schemes completion

HYDERABAD:Commissioner Hyderabad Nadeem ur Rehman Memon has taken serious notice of delaying tactics in completion of development schemes in Hyderabad. He also asked the officers of departments concerned to complete all ongoing projects in time with quality work so that the people could get benefits from the government initiatives. Presiding over a review meeting here […]

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President urges youth, women to benefit from Google’s Career Certificate Programme

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday urged the country’s youth and women to actively enroll and benefit from the 15,000 online courses offered under Google’s Career Certificate Programme. The president said this in his virtual address to the launching ceremony of the Google Career Certificate Programme, under which Google was offering high-end online courses like […]

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Meeting stresses need for bridging gap between industry, academia

PESHAWAR:IT experts have stressed the need for bridging the gap between industry and academia to strengthen the feeble national economy and to have a prosperous future. They were speaking at a meeting held in Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology , Topi, Swabi on Thursday. The meeting was attended by Director General […]

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