KARACHI:Total liquid foreign reserves of the country decreased to $13.58808 billion, said State Bank of Pakistan. SBP’s weekly statement issued here on Thursday said that on Sept. 30, the foreign reserves holding by SBP were $7,899.8 million. The net foreign reserves with commercial banks amounted $5,689.0 million. During the week ending on Sept. 30, […]
Read MoreMIRPUR (AJK): On the 17th anniversary of 8th October, 2005 earthquake, the National Disaster Awareness Day will be observed throughout the Azad Jammu Kashmir. A grand ceremony will be hosted by the Kashmir Orphan Relief Trust (KORT) and Educational Complex at Akhterabad in Mirpur. KORT is a shelter home housing over 400 orphan and shelter […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Applications have been sought from farmers belonging to rain-fed and canal water areas to cultivate wheat on exhibiting plots. A spokesman for the Punjab Agriculture department said on Thursday that this initiative had been taken under national programme aimed at boosting per acre production of wheat. He said as per eligibility criteria, farmers belonging to […]
Read MoreLAHORE:At least 11 people were killed while 1,052 others sustained injures in 1,052 road traffic accidents in Punjab during the last 24 hours. Out of the total injured, 591 people were seriously injured who were shifted to different hospitals, whereas, 529 minor injured victims were treated at the incident site by rescue medical teams, said […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Former Provincial Minister Nawab Muhammad Khan Shahwani on Thursday said that the youth should learn technical skills along with education so that they could tackle the future challenges in a well manner way. He expressed these views while talking to teachers and students during his visit to the Technical Training Center (TTC) here. Tribal leaders […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The recently launched National Survey of Blindness and Vision Impairment showed that avoidable blindness has been more than halved in the last decade for the people over age of 50 across the country. The survey while appreciating the government for its efforts in reducing the prevalence of blindness from 7 percent in 2004 to 2 […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR) Zahid Akhtar Zaman held an introductory meeting with the representatives of Revenue Journalists Association (RJA) here on Thursday. On this occasion, SMBR Zahid Akhtar said that media was the 4th pillar of the state. He said media was playing its role to provide timely information to the people. While […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Speakers on Thursday stressed the need for following the glorious teachings of the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in letter and spirit as it is the only way to overcome challenges facing the Muslim Ummah. The Seerat-un-Nabi (PBUH) conference was held at Aiwan e Karkunan Tehreek-e-Pakistan here. Former chief justice Federal Shariat […]
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