FAISALABAD: Farmers have been advised to start wheat cultivation immediately and complete it by November 20 to get maximum yield with minimum input cost. A spokesman for the Agriculture (Extension) department said on Sunday that wheat was an important crop of Pakistan which catered to the need of food at a large scale. He said […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A three-day international conference on “Interfaith Relations: Challenges and Prospects” would be held at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on October 24 (Monday). According to an AIOU spokesperson, international and national experts, teachers and researchers will present their research papers. “The purpose of the conference is to promote interfaith harmony and to examine the challenges […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Lahore Expo Centre’s CEO Maryam Khawar and Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) President Kashif Anwar Sunday discussed possibilities to enhance cooperation between the two organizations. During the meeting held here at Lahore Chamber, Maryam Khawar proposed joint ventures with LCCI for Global Village like projects where Expo Centre would provide space and LCCI […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Artificial turfs have been laid in the hockey grounds of Islamabad and Quetta, while work is in progress to install the same in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Faisalabad, Muzaffarabad and Wah Cantonment. The initiative was aimed at reviving hockey in the country. This was disclosed by an official, who told reporter on Thursday that the government was […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mahmood Ashrafi said Islam rejected sectarianism, extremism, and terrorism in all their forms and manifestations. Addressing an ‘International Tahzeem-e-Harmain Al-Sharifain Conference’ in Abuja (Nigeria) the other day, he said to get rid of these social evils, it was necessary to disseminate the […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Directorate On-Farm Water Management (OFWM), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agriculture Department on Sunday in collaboration with World Bank organized a three-day training workshop on “Irrigation Agronomy” to enable field staff to educate farmers on modern water management intervention. The training besides 30 field officers was also attended by KP Secretary Agriculture and Livestock, Dr Mohammad Israr and […]
Read MoreSIALKOT:Deputy Commissioner Abdullah Khurram Niazi said on Sunday that 3-day supplementary national anti-polio campaign would be launched in the district from October 24, during which 767,880 children under five years of age would be administered vaccine. Addressing the opening ceremony of anti-polio campaign at Primary Health Centre Maradpur, he said that following the polio virus […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police on Sunday foiled three smuggling bids of wheat and seized 950 bags. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Naseerabad and Taxila police conducted raids in different areas and rounded up three drivers namely Tassawar, Rehan and Asif, who were trying […]
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