LAHORE:Food security is a major concern in developing countries like Pakistan with 220 million population, which is growing at the rate of three percent annually. Though growing population demands more food, Pakistan was hit hard by climate change as the recent flash floods washed away standing crops and agrarian yields. It created shortage of vegetables […]
Read MoreBAHAWALPUR:Deputy Commissioner Bahawalpur Zaheer Anwar Jappa visited the Langar Khana (community kitchen) of Saylani Welfare Trust near the General Bus Stand on Sunday and inspected the dining hall, washroom, and kitchen. Members Board Saylani Welfare Trust Faisal Nadeem, Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema, President Chamber of Commerce Zulfikar Ahmed Maan, General Secretary Bahawal Gymkhana Malik Ejaz Nazim, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and Deputy Speaker Zahid Akram Durrani on Sunday strongly condemned the bomb blasts in district Barkan and district Khuzdar in Balochistan. They said that such cowardly attacks would not diminish the nation’s resolve to eliminate terrorism and extremism from the soil of the country. They also said that such […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Traders community welcomed the government’s decision of allowing export trucks through Ghulam Khan and Kharlachi trade routes along with the Torkham border, calling it a major step to speed up the process of export and boost economic and trade activities in the region. Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) President Muhammad Ishaq, and Director […]
Read MoreMULTAN:Food department has suspended wheat quota to 71 flour mills and imposed about Rs 30 million fine over misappropriation and poor arrangements during last nine months across the division. Deputy Director Adnan Badar expressed these views while talking to media persons here and added that raids were being carried out on daily basis for inspection […]
Read MorePESHAWAR:Under the Prime Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif Youth Talent Hunt Sports League, women’s volleyball trials have started in the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Mardan, in which a large number of women players participated. Hazara University Director of Sports Khalid Jalal Shah, Director of Distance Education System Dr Noorzada, Selector Hidayatullah Khan, Women […]
Read MoreTANK:The Tank Police have arrested 25 outlaws including three absconders and recovered 6.995 kilograms of hashish, 1.500-kilogram opium, 345 grams of heroin, two rifles and 25 cartridges from their possession. According to a police spokesman, the police force was determined to clean up Tank city of all crimes. The police team led by Gul Imam […]
Read MoreFAISALABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said that “Jail Bharo” movement of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had totally flopped and even the PTI leaders and workers were trying to disassociate themselves from the drive. Talking to the media at the residence of local PML-N leader Kashif Nawaz Randhawa, he said that politics of PTI was […]
Read More