Artists seeks probe over funds’ misappropriation earmarked for Dubai Expo

PESHAWAR:Hunar Toloona, an organization representing artists associated with music industry, has urged for holding an inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Culture and Tourism Department at recently held Dubai Expo for arranging cultural music performances. This insistence was made by Hunar Toloona’s members while holding a demonstration in front of […]

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Encroachments removal impossible without traders’ cooperation; ADC

RAWALPINDI:Additional Deputy Commissioner(ADC) Nosheen Asrar on Tuesday asked the trade bodies of the city to remove encroachments in front of business centres. Talking to a delegation of various city trade associations, she said that eradicating encroachments was impossible without the business community’s cooperation. The ADC said that providing the best business environment to the business […]

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Cash looted, man shot injured in separate incidents

BUREWALA:Unidentified armed robbers looted cash from a shop and shot and injured another citizen over putting resistance in robbery bid in separate cases reported in the city on Tuesday. According to police sources, a citizen namely Shahzad was returning home after collecting Rs two million cash from his petrol pump by a car when unidentified […]

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DC Larkana chairs meeting on sanitation

LARKANA:Deputy Commissioner Larkana Rabiaya Siyal has said that the sanitation system in the city should be improved for providing a clean environment to people. She said while presiding over a meeting regarding sanitation, traffic management system and Encroachment in Darbar Hall, at the DC office here on Tuesday. She said the illegal encroachments established in […]

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Cabinet directs for strategy to avert recurrence of power outages; approves nationwide energy conservation drive

ISLAMABAD:The Federal Cabinet on Tuesday directed to work out a comprehensive strategy in order to avert prolonged power outages in the future by rectifying the faults in the national grid system. The cabinet, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, also approved a nationwide public awareness drive about the conservation of power, water, […]

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Education ministry making all-out efforts to promote skills education: Rana Tanveer

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training, Rana Tanveer Hussain said on Tuesday that the ministry was making all-out efforts to popularize skills education in the country. He said this while presenting “The Future of TVET – A scenario-based study of the trends and future strategic directions driving the sector’s evolution” report to Minister for […]

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NCDs responsible for 50% of deaths in KP: Health Experts

PESHAWAR:A high-level meeting was held at Khyber Medical University (KMU) Peshawar under the joint chairmanship of Vice- Chancellor Prof. Dr Zia ul Haq and Special Secretary Health Abidullah Kakakhail to hold discussion on Non-communicable diseases. The meeting was also attended by Dr Shaukat Ali, Director General of Health Services Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Dr Akram Shah, Chief […]

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