QUETTA:Election Commissioner Balochistan, Abdul Qayum Khan Shinwari on Wednesday expressed satisfaction over the peaceful conduct of Local Government elections held in four districts of the province. “Role of the provincial government, especially the district administration and law enforcement agencies, for the peaceful conduct of the local government elections was commendable,” he praised. In a statement […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) has disbursed over 53 billion rupees among 2,133,248 flood affected families so far. The BISP has provided timely relief to the victims of recent unprecedented rains and catastrophic floods across the country. Initially, an amount of Rs 28 billion was allocated under the Flood Relief Cash Assistance Program. Later on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Planning, Development, and Special Initiative Professor Ahsan Iqbal Wednesday highlighted the role of government for youth by encouraging innovative ideas, providing opportunities, and creating an enabling environment for distinctive skills. While addressing the PIDEAS (PIDE IDEAS), Research for Social Transformation and Advancement (RASTA) program, the minister said that Youth Affairs Wing was […]
Read MoreKARACHI:The Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Karachi has awarded one DSc, 38 PhD, 75 MPhil, one MD, four MS, and 18 MS Course Work (30 Cr. Hr.) degrees in various disciplines. According to the KU Registrar, Prof. Dr Abdul Waheed here on Wednesday, the ASRB in the meeting under the chairmanship […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Police claimed on Wednesday to have arrested 47 alleged criminals and recovered drugs and illegal weapons from them in the district during the last 24 hours. According to police, raiding teams nabbed 5 proclaimed offenders and 9 drug pushers and recovered 1.2 kg hashish and 102 litres of liquor from their possession. The police also […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Senate Chairman Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani on Wednesday said that timely provision of basic health facilities to the flood-affected people of Sindh and Balochistan was the need of the hour as risks of diseases galore in the flood-affected areas. Talking to a delegation of Medicines San Frontier (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders lead by Xu Weibing, […]
Read MoreSUKKUR:Divional Commissioner Sukkur, Ghulam Mustafa Phull on Wednesday said that dengue situation was being monitored continuously in Sukkur, Khairpur and Ghotki districts and the best dengue treatment facilities were being provided in all government district headquarters hospitals. While presiding over a meeting to review the dengue situation across the division, the commissioner directed to initiate […]
Read MoreKOTLI:Adviser to the Prime Minister on Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan (GB), Qamar Zaman Kaira here on Wednesday inaugurated Gulpur Hydropower Project, capability of generating an average annual energy of 102 megawatt (MW). Addressing at inaugural ceremony, the adviser remarked the critical step was the announcement of first ever Power Policy of the country which […]
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