Ahsan asks provincial administration to check undue profiteering

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal on Wednesday directed provincial administration to strictly monitor the profiteering and take all the associations in the loop to transfer relief to the peoples. He said this while chairing the meeting of National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) to assess the implementation status of the decisions […]

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ADC chairs meeting to review measures taken to prevent, treat HIV

BAHAWALPUR:A meeting of the District AIDS Council was held in the committee room of the Deputy Commissioner’s office under the chairmanship of Additional Deputy Commissioner Headquarters Sameera Rabbani. The meeting reviewed the measures taken by the New Life Trust for the prevention of HIV. CEO Health Dr Muhammad Iqbal Mukul, Additional Medical Superintendent Bahawal Victoria […]

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Availability of standardized agri inputs for upcoming wheat crop promised

LAHORE:Punjab Agriculture Secretary Ahmad Aziz Tarar on Wednesday directed the officers concerned to ensure availability of standardized agricultural inputs for upcoming wheat crop in the market and depute the field staff for provision of information to the farmers regarding modern production technology at the time of sowing. He issued these directions while presiding over a […]

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US ambassador visits PWCC

LAHORE:United States Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome on Wednesday said the US supported women’s participation in the economic sector through exchange programmes and entrepreneurship initiatives. He expressed these views while visiting the Punjab Women Chamber of Commerce (PWCC) to meet with current and former presidents. US Consul General in Lahore William K Makaneole, WCC President […]

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Foreign secretary presents ECO Award to GCWUF vice chancellor

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Wednesday presented Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Award for Excellence to Prof Dr Robina Farooq, Vice Chancellor of Govt College for Women University, Faisalabad, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The ECO Awards are conferred on eminent individuals of ECO Member States for their outstanding research work, contributions and achievements in […]

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Navy pledges to strive for sustainable development of maritime sector in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi on Wednesday in his message on World Maritime Day said Pakistan Navy pledged to make concerted efforts for sustainable development of maritime sector in Pakistan on this occasion. In a news release issued here by the Pakistan Navy, the CNS said the Navy was […]

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PM felicitates Meloni on her success in Italy’s general elections

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday congratulated Giorgia Meloni for her success in the general elections of Italy. The prime minister, on his Twitter handle, also expressed the desire to further strengthen Pak-Italian bilateral ties. “Congratulations… Giorgia Meloni on success in the Italian general elections. I look forward to working closely with the new […]

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Quota of special persons in employment to be implemented in toto: DC

FAISALABAD:Deputy Commissioner Imran Hamid Sheikh said that employment quota of special persons with disabilities would be implemented in letter and spirit in Faisalabad. Addressing a certificate distribution ceremony at Center for the Disabled (Nisheman) here on Tuesday, he said that special persons were an integral part of the society. “We all are duty bound to […]

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