PESHAWAR:A farmer was critically injured in a landmine blast in Shangak area of Parachinar near Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Tuesday morning. Police said the farmer named Hadi Hussain was busy with work at his fields when he stepped over a landmine that critically injured him on explosion. The injured man was rushed to District Headquarters Hospital […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA) has invited applications for small business grants (Round-II) for “Growth Stage Start Up” maximum to Rs500,000 to each organization on first come first served basis to promote and encourage SMEs sector of the country. The Growth Stage Start-Ups grant is aimed at providing financial support to the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel Tuesday urged the parents to vaccinate their children against the COVID-19 during the 5-day immunization drive for children under aged 5-11 which would continue till September 24. “The campaign is successfully continued in Islamabad, Sindh and Punjab schools”, he said while talking to PTV news channel. He also […]
Read MoreKASUR:Secretary Industries Punjab Ahmed Javed Bajwa said that the leather city was being setup in the district with a cost of Rs 1.15 billion and in this connection Rs 300 million will be spent during the current fiscal year. He expressed these views here in the meeting at committee room,DC office on Tuesday in which […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The Provincial Meteorological Center Peshawar on Tuesday forecast mainly hot, humid and partly cloudy weather in most parts of the province during the next 24 hours. However it said that isolated rain-wind-thunderstorm is likely to occur over Abbottabad, Mansehra, Swat, Shangla, Chitral, Upper Dir and Buner districts. During the last 24 hours the weather […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been working quickly to provide a significant package of relief and rehabilitation to the flood-affected people, the bank said in a tweet on Tuesday. The package is designed to support people, livelihoods and infrastructure immediately and in the long-term, it said. On short and medium-term basis, the bank […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Chief Executive, Peshawar Electricity Supply Company (PESCO), Gul Nabi Syed here on Tuesday said at least 300 employees have been electrocuted while performing duties in last two decades. Talking to media persons at his office, he said hundreds of other Pesco workers have suffered injuries while performing installation and repair work on electricity lines. He […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Major General Azhar Waqas (Hilal Imtiaz Military) assumed the charge of Director General (DG) Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Tuesday. According to spokesman for Rangers, a ceremony was held at the Rangers headquarters in Karachi in which Major General Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry handed over the command of Pakistan Rangers Sindh to Major General Azhar Waqas.
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