Category: Government

QUETTA:Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Wednesday said that the incumbent provincial government was taking practical steps to develop the province with an aim to provide amenities to the masses, particularly in backward areas. He expressed these views while talking to the media personnel called on him at CM Secretariat here. The Chief […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said public welfare and national progress were among the priorities of the federal government and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The prime minister was talking to former members of the Provincial Assembly of Punjab, a PM Office Media Wing press release said. Former MPAs, including Rana Mashhood, Aneeza Fatima, […]

FAISALABAD:Chief Scientist Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) Dr Javaid Ahmad has said that the government is utilising all available resources to increase wheat production in country. Addressing a one-day training workshop at the AARI Complex here on Wednesday, he said that although Pakistan was an agrarian country, yet it had to import various agricultural commodities. […]

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Minister for Housing and Prisons, Shafiullah Khan has directed the authorities concerned to ensure cleanliness in prisons of the province including in newly merged districts. He said the provision of basic facilities of life to the inmates must be ensured, adding that legal action should be initiated against prison officials for showing […]

FAISALABAD:Caretaker Provincial Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy SM Tanveer on Tuesday said the Punjab government was committed to resolve problems of the farming community on top priority basis. During his visit to Faisalabad, he held a meeting with Divisional Commissioner Silwat Saeed in her office where representatives of farmers’ organizations were also present in […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Secretary for Housing and Works Iftikhar Ali Shallwani Tuesday directed the officials concerned to start an anti-encroachment drive to immediately demolish the illegally structures in the government residences of the Federal Capital. He issued directives during a meeting with the senior officers of the Capital Territory (ICT) administration and Capital Development Authority, said a […]

SARGODHA:Caretaker Provincial Minister for Primary & Secondary Healthcare Dr Jamal Nasir said on Tuesday the Punjab government was utilizing all resources for the welfare of farmers who were playing a vital role in the progress of country. He was addressing a meeting of a representative delegation of farmers from across the division here at Commissioner’s […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has accelerated the upgradation work involving the private sector to improve services in passenger trains as well as major railway stations to address the growing issues, especially sanitation issues. “The department was of the view that the cleanliness-related services in trains and at major stations, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Quetta, Peshawar, Khanewal, […]