Awareness campaign for wheat growers started

FAISALABAD:The agriculture department started a village to village awareness campaign for growers to increase per acre wheat crop. Agriculture Director Chaudhry Abdul Hamid on Wednesday said that special teams,comprising agriculture field staff, were holding awareness seminars at village level and providing useful tips to farmers to increase per acre production. He said that wheat growers […]

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Five stone crushers sealed over smog SOPs violation

SARGODHA:The environment protection department sealed five stone crushers units over smog Standard Operating Procedures violation here on Wednesday. According to official sources,Assistant Director Environment Rehmat Ullah Niazi and his team checked various stone crushers units at Faisalabad road near pull 111 and found five units operational without wet scrubbers.

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Call for appointing teaching staff in Girls Degree College

MUZAFFARGARH:Despite completed in 2017, appointment of essential staff couldn’t get completed in Government Girls Degree College (GGDC) Rangpur. According to college’s administration, there had been 12 vacancies of teachers and 16 posts of non-teaching staff fell vacant since 2017, causing disruption to students’ formal education. Students including Rashida, Khalida, Sakeena, Farrah, Rukhsana and several others […]

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Teen girl killed,two injured in road accident

SIALKOT:A young girl was killed,while two others suffered injuries when a motorcycle collided with tractor trolley near Dhedo-wali Motorway Interchange, Daska here on Wednesday. According to rescue spokesperson,the victim Amina (15) was killed on the spot while Amjad (53) and Faiz Rasool (45) sustained multiple injuries. Rescue-1122 shifted the injured to THQ hospital.

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UBL joins hands with NICK to empower women

ISLAMABAD:United Bank Limited (UBL) collaborated with LMKT and National Incubation Center, Karachi (NICK) to host BuiltByHer 3.0 Hackathon to address women’s economic inclusion in Pakistan whilst simultaneously promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The prime objective of the event was to empower aspiring female entrepreneurs in creating technologies to improve Pakistani women’s economic […]

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Education minister for creating awareness about climate change

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain said that there was dire need to create awareness about Climate Change among the general public as it was vital to protect the country from climate disasters. In a Tweet, Federal Minister said that “I have already directed the Director of National Curriculum Council (NCC) to […]

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Food safety training for bakery production staff concludes in Swabi

PESHAWAR:The two-day training on Food Safety aiming to create awareness among staff working in bakery production units about food safety has concluded in district Swabi. Training on basic principles of food safety and maintaining a hygienic environment around their production units was given in the awareness session, said the spokesman of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety […]

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