LCCI strongly condemns blast in Peshawar

LAHORE:Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (LCCI) on Monday strongly condemned Peshawar blast that claimed innocent lives. In a press statement, LCCI President Kashif Anwar, Senior Vice President Zafar Mahmood Chaudhry, Vice President Adnan Khalid Butt and the Executive Committee termed it an inhuman incident in which the blood of innocents had been shed, asserting […]

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QWP leadership condemns Peshawar blast

PESHAWAR:Chairman Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao and provincial chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao have condemned Peshawar’s Police Lines apparent suicide explosion. In a joint statement, issued here on Monday, the leadership of QWP termed the incident highly sorrowful. They said that besides large-scale casualties, dozens of people had also been injured in […]

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Police put on high alert

KARACHI:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sindh Ghulam Nabi Memon on Monday ordered the department to remain on high alert keeping in view the blast in a mosque in Peshawar Police Lines. He instructed to tighten the security at all religious places including mosques, Imam Bargahs and others. Sindh Police chief said the patrolling and snap […]

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FM Bilawal Bhutto condemns Peshawar Blast

KARACHI:Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday vehemently condemned the Peshawar blast that had ripped through a mosque located in Peshawar’s Police Lines. At least, 32 people were martyred and 147 were injured in the heart-wrenching incident that occurred during the Zuhr prayers in an apparent suicide attack […]

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Rs 68 billion PRIAT offers climate smart water-use technologies to farmers at subsidized cost

MULTAN:Punjab government has asked farmers to avail a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity of upgrading their water systems, resilient to extreme weather events, to irrigate their crop fields efficiently and at lower cost under a World Bank financed Rs 68.672 billion Punjab Resilient and Inclusive Agriculture Transformation (PRIAT) project that offers the upgrade at a highly subsidized cost […]

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Five shops sealed, four shopkeepers held for profiteering

FAISALABAD:Price control magistrates sealed five shops and arrested four people for selling consumer items at exorbitant rates here on Monday. A spokesperson for the district administration said that monitoring teams inspected various bazaars and markets and found 29 vendors and shopkeepers overcharging from consumers. They imposed a fine of Rs 117,000 on 29 violators of […]

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PM visits LRH, inquires after injured of mosque blast

PESHAWAR:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif visited the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) here Monday evening to inquire after the injured of the deadly blast that had taken place at the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines during Zuhr prayers. The prime minister took rounds of different wards and met the injured. He directed the hospital […]

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