One million families to get Rs2100 monthly stipend under food card

PESHAWAR:Approximately one million poor families would get Rs2100 per month stipend under Khyber Pakhutunkhwa (KP) Government’s food card scheme in the province. Food Department’s officials told reporter here on Tuesday that Rs25.6 billion would be spent on provision of Rs2100 per month stipends to each deserving family on every 2nd day of the month in […]

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Pakistan pushes for talks for regulating autonomous weapons systems that threaten int’l security

Pakistan has called on a “handful of states” to drop their opposition to commencing negotiations on a legally-binding instrument aimed at prohibiting Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), which select and engage targets without human control, saying they threaten regional and international security. “The development of LAWS (also known as killer robots) has emerged as perhaps […]

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ACE recovers Rs 2.5 mln from defaulters

SARGODHA:Anti Corruption Establishment (ACE) recovered over Rs 2.5 million from defaulters of Auqaf department in term of rent of shops here on Tuesday. According to ACE sources,Regional Director Asma Ejaz Cheema came to know that some lessee shopkeepers of Auqaf department were not paying the rent. On her direction,Muhammad Akram, circle officer along with the […]

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WAPDA issues position of rivers’ inflows, outflows

PESHAWAR:Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) issued position of the river inflows and outflows at Tarbela, Mangla and Chashma along with the reservoirs levels and the barrages on Tuesday morning. According to a spokesman of the authority, the inflows and outflows in Indus river at Tarbela was 33,400 cusecs and 40,000 cusecs respectively, whereas in […]

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