PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Irrigation Minister Arshad Ayub Khan on Sunday laid the foundation stone of Degree College Kohala Bala, which would be constructed at a cost of Rs 47.55 million. He also inaugurated several other developmental schemes in the areas. Speaking on the occasion, he said the developmental projects in the areas would be completed soon, […]
917,285 children to receive anti-Polio drops
RAWALPINDI:As many as 917,285 children less than five years would be vaccinated against the crippling Polio virus during a week-long drive commencing from January 16 in all tehsils and union councils of the district. Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of District Health Authority, Dr. Ansar Ishaq, told reporter that 3,787 polio teams would go door-to-door while 243 […]
President directs SLICP to pay interest to an insurance policy holder
ISLAMABAD:President Dr. Arif Alvi has directed the State Life Insurance Corporation of Pakistan (SLICP) to compensate an insurance policyholder by paying the interest due in accordance with the prevailing rate as it had delayed payment of the maturity claim to the complainant without giving any reason. The president in his decision observed that the complainant […]
Int’l player Shoaib of PAF wins 9th DIG Amanullah Khan Memorial KP Open Tennis title
PESHAWAR:International and Pakistan No. 3 tennis player Shoaib Khan of PAF clinched the trophy of the 9th DIG Amanullah Khan Memorial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Open Tennis Championship by defeating another top ranking national player Barkatullah of Police in a thrilling final of the Men singles by 6-3, 3-6 and 6-2. The thrill-packed final between top national […]
NUML upset Islamia College University in Inter-University Volleyball C’ship
PESHAWAR:National University of Modern Languages (NUML), a public sector university Islamabad handed a shocking defeat to Islamia College Peshawar in the opening match of the ongoing All Pakistan Inter-University Men Volleyball Championship being played at Indoor Hall of the University Campus on Sunday. The final round of the Championship organized by the Directorate of Sports […]
Railways retrieved 974 acres of land from land grabbers
ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has retrieved as many as 961 acres of its land worth Rs23,406 million during various anti-encroachment operations across the country from the land grabbers. “Around 480 acres retrieved in Punjab, 139 acres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 331 acres in Sindh and only 24 acres in Balochistan,” an official in the Ministry of Railways told […]
PM leaves for Geneva to co-host ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’ conference
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday departed to Geneva along with a high-level delegation to co-chair an international conference on ‘Climate Resilient Pakistan’, along with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, being held on January 9. Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar, Minister of Climate Change Sherry Rehman and Minister for […]
DC for strict implementation on anti-dengue SOPs
NAROWAL:District Emergency Response Committee (DERC) meeting was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner Narowal Muhammad Shah Rukh Niazi in DC office. The meeting was attended by Assistant Commissioners (ACs) Zohaib Ahmed Anjum, Shiza Rehman, Dr. Arshad Watto, ACHRM Muhammed Jamil including officers of the Health department, Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, Population, Education, Rescue-1122, Civil Defence, […]