RAWALPINDI:The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Pakistan seized over 467 kg of drugs, and arrested eight accused including a woman besides impounding three vehicles while conducting six counter-narcotics operations throughout the country, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman here on Sunday. He informed ANF in two operations near Islamabad Toll Plaza managed to recover two kg of Ice […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:The Food Department Rawalpindi and district police while foiling 19 bids to smuggle wheat and flour seized 6962 bags during the current month. According to a district administration spokesman, the authorities of the food department along with Rawalpindi district police conducted raids and rounded up 19 drivers on recovery of 6962 wheat and flour bags […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Speaker National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf and Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani on Sunday condemned the early morning shooting of terrorists at Burgi police station in Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Speaker and Deputy Speaker expressed their heartfelt regrets and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the gory incident. Terrorism was a nefarious act […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD:Body of a rickshaw driver found here after two months of his abduction, from a deserted place in the area of Sadar Sammundri police station. Police spokesman said on Sunday that one Asif resident of 12 Murabbah area was abducted about two months ago. The accused also demanded ransom money for his release but his […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), in collaboration with UNESCO Pakistan, hosted a consultative workshop for the development of a digital gender inclusion strategy. The workshop, held at PTA’s Lahore Zonal Office, was the second of a series of five consultative workshops being organized to collect multi-stakeholder experts’ input for a strategy to reduce the digital gender […]
Read MoreThe United Nations on Friday launched the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032) aimed at helping peoples around the world to keep their mother tongues alive. Preserving their languages is “not only important for them, but for all humanity,” UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi said while marking the occasion. “With each indigenous language […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chief Executive Officer Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Mian Kashif Ashfaq Sunday urged the need to adopt result oriented prudent measures and provide workforce with the opportunities for skill development. He said that the industrial sector was confronted with severe shortage of skilled manpower across the country, which was affecting the delivery schedule of export shipments. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The present government had taken tremendous concrete measures for the enforcement of laws for child labor prevention in the Federal Capital and also formulated mechanisms to eliminate the practices from factories, shops, commercial establishments and petrol pumps, an official in the Ministry of Labor told reporter here on Sunday. According to details, he said the […]
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