ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik said on Tuesday that the country would soon offer the auction of several new oil and gas exploration blocks in an effort to increase petroleum production and reduce reliance on expensive imported fuels. Replying to the question of Senator Danesh Kumar, he said the profits of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Managing Director, (MD) Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Aftab Rana on Tuesday said that Pakistan among the luckiest countries in the world which offered adventure, cultural and religious tourism for International tourists. Our three products are very strong, no country in the world has adventure tourism like Pakistan whether it is mountaineering, tracking, paragliding, river […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Acting Governor Sindh Agha Siraj Khan Durrani Tuesday visited to various union councils and villages of the Garhi Yasin and reviewed the water situation and relief works. He directed for taking immediate steps to ensure rapid drainage of stagnant flood water in various areas, said a spokesperson of the Governor House here. Agha Siraj […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast mainly dry weather for most parts of the country, while hot in central and southern parts during the next 24 hours. However, rain-wind/thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan. According to the synoptic situation, continental air was prevailing over most parts of the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Board of Investment (BOI) Chaudhry Salik Hussain said on Tuesday that the second phase of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would commence in the country soon as the first phase had already been completed. He said this while replying to the Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi, here at the Upper House of the Parliament, adding […]
Read MoreMULTAN:On ‘Salam Teachers Day’ School Education Department (SED) South Punjab has taken an important initiative to complete the cases of teachers waiting for promotion in primary, elementary, high and higher secondary schools on a priority basis. Secretary School Education South Punjab Dr. Ehtesham Anwar has ordered to complete the cases of hundreds of teachers waiting […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Federal Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Tuesday said that all available resources were being utilised to restore the train services in flood affected areas, besides effectively exploring the revenue generation sources of the department to make it profitable. Addressing a press conference at Pakistan Railways (PR) headquarters here, he said that efforts were […]
Read MoreLAHORE: The Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has recovered 7,000kg of expired meat and 6,000kg of tainted chilli as well as lentils during two different raids conducted in Lahore and Sargodha, on Tuesday. As many as 7,000kg of expired meat was imported from different neighbouring countries around three years ago and stored in the cold store […]
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