Rains, floods devastated agricultural sector in Sindh: SAU Vice Chancellor

HYDERABAD:Vice Chancellor, Sindh Agriculture University Dr Fateh Marri has said that rains and floods in Sindh had caused serious damages to Agriculture fields and it is the need of the hour to strive for the restoration of this essential sector. He emphasized the need of joint initiatives for rehabilitation in rains and flood affected areas […]

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Mainly dry weather forecast for next 24 hours: Met

ISLAMABAD:Mainly dry weather is forecast in most parts of the country, while cold temperature in upper parts is expected during the next 24 hours. According to the met office report, weather remained hot and dry in most parts of the country, during the last 24 hours. Today the recorded lowest minimum temperatures were: Ziarat – […]

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Devotees celebrate Ghamkol Urs; DC directs for strict security measures

PESHAWAR:The 75th annual congregation (Urs) in connection with birth anniversary of Sufi scholar and renowned religious seminary Hazrat Zinda Peer was being held on Saturday in Ghamkol Sharif at district Kohat. Thousands of devotees from all over the country participated. The Urs of Zinda Peer was supervised by Pir Masoom Shah while Ulema included Pir […]

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Wasa MD for ensuring 100 per cent recovery

LAHORE:The Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Managing Director Ghufran Ahmad has directed the officers for ensuring 100 per cent recovery at all cost. Presiding over the weekly performance meeting here on Saturday he said that after survey at ward level connection of defaulters should be cut off on immediate basis. Action would be taken as […]

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Funeral prayer of former CJ Balochistan High Court offered

QUETTA:Funeral prayer of Mohammad Noor Meskanzai, the former Chief Justice of the Balochistan High Court (BHC), was offered in Kharan on Saturday. The former Chief Justice was killed in a firing incident in his native town of Kharan on Friday evening. A large number of people including politicians, tribal elders and representatives of the legal […]

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KP govt introduces amendment bill to encounter child abuse: MPA Momina Basit

ABBOTTABAD:MPA Momina Basit has said almost every family in Pakistan is facing mental health challenges which should be taken seriously and special programmes should be designed to spread awareness about common mental health. She was addressing an awareness seminar on World Mental Health Day at Ayub Medical College Abbottabad on Saturday. She further said it […]

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Book introductory programme held

LAHORE:Punjab University Library organised book introductory programme to promote reading culture here on Saturday. The books of the month were “Purdah Say Parliament Tak” by Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah and “The Last White Man” by Mohsin Hamid. Dr Malik Saifullah an agriculturist, teacher and scholar, presented the talk on “Purdah Say Parliament Tak” which was a […]

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President condemns murder of former CJ Balochistan High Court

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday condemned the murder of former Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court, Justice (retd) Muhammad Noor Meskanzai. Expressing sympathies with the bereaved family, the president prayed for the high ranks of the departed soul and for the bereaved family to bear the loss with equanimity. The president lauded the late […]

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