ISLAMABAD:Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday sought briefing from the former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar on the funds collected for the construction of dams in Pakistan. Chairman PAC Noor Alam Khan chaired the meeting. The audit officials informed the meeting that the registrar Supreme Court had refused to provide details of the funds collected for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi Tuesday said that the existing immense scope for investment, trade and business cooperation between Cambodia and Pakistan, needed to be realized to its fullest potential. He added that both the countries had garments and textile sectors as the backbone of their economies, which could be further developed by creating linkages between […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Balochistan Abdul Khaliq Sheikh on Tuesday said the decision had been taken to establish a “Human Rights Cell” to protect the basic rights of all classes including women, persons with disabilities, transgender and to resolve the complaints of people facing difficulties. “The society can be formed only by positive change […]
Read MoreNAWABSHAH:On the directives of provincial ombudsman Ejaz Ali Khan, Regional Consultant (ombudsman) Shaheed Benazirabad Khan Muhammad Zardari visited temporary established taluka hospital in Government Higher Secondary School Qazi Ahmed and reviewed health facilities being provided to patients. According to a handout issued by the district information office on Tuesday, Regional Consultant Khan Muhammad Zardari on […]
Read MoreNEW YORK:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday attended the opening of high-level general debate of the 77th Session of UN General Assembly ((UNGA77) being held in the General Assembly Hall. Earlier, the prime minister reached the UN Headquarters to attend a welcome reception hosted by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for the heads of […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) desk was inaugurated at the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) here on Tuesday. Additional Foreign Secretary Faisal Niaz Tirmizi was the chief guest on the occasion, while the Ambassadors and Counselors of Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam and the Philippines were also present on the […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Minister for Local Government Elections and Rural Development Department Faisal Amin Gandapur on Tuesday inaugurated Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar’s sanitary landfill cell (SLC). The company will now be able to dump waste in an environmental-friendly manner. Chief Executive Officer WSSP Dr Hassan Nasir, General Manager Projects Dr Mehboob Alam, Zonal Manager Engr Anwarul Haq […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Tuesday said Imran Khan was a ‘bluff master’ and trying to return into power through ‘blackmailing and intimidation’. “It is not possible for you (Imran Khan) to get power (back) through blackmailing, bluff and lies,” the minister said in a news statement while reacting to the Pakistan […]
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