PSDP funds slashed to Rs 675 billionSenate Standing Committee on Planning Development and Reforms on Tuesday was informed that the developmental expenditures under Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) have been revised from Rs. 800...
Teachers’ replacement without prior planning put future of students at stakeNAUNDERO: Future of about 300 female students has been put at stake in the Government Girls Primary School in Garibabad locality of Naundero, due to lack of teachers for the last three months. Reporte...
LHC seeks arguments on Ashrafi’s plea for securityLAHORE: Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought arguments on petition of Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Haifz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi, seeking restoration...
PTI’s mini-budget is a mini-drama: ZardariKARACHI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari said on Tuesday that the mini-budget announced by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf government was a 'mini drama'. He made these remarks after he and his sister Fa...
‘Harmony among Muslim Ummah would guarantee stability’Addressing to the 'Unity of Ummah Conference' in Islamabad, speakers stated that Unity of Muslim Ummah would guarantee survival and stability in Islamic World. Challenges of Muslim world could be sett...
Trainee officers visit MCCI to discuss business community’s issuesMULTAN: A delegation of the trainee officers along with faculty members, led by Samina Intizar, chief instructor at the National Institute of Management (NIM), visited the Multan Chamber of Commerce a...
DC examines anti-smog measures ahead of winter in GujranwalaGUJRANWALA: Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr Shoaib Tariq Warriach on Tuesday presided over a high-level consultative meeting aimed at curbing air pollution at high traffic zones and restricting stubble bu...
HCSTSI urges traders and industrialists for a unified struggle to resolve issuesHyderabad Chamber of Small Traders and Small Industry (HCSTSI) President Muhammad Farooq Shekhani on Tuesday urged traders and industrialists to shun their differences and play a collective role to pr...
Bilawal shocked at Almeida’s arrest warrantPakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed surprise and dismay on the issuance of arrest warrant for journalist Cyril Almeida on treason charges by the Lahore High Cou...
Power production reaches unprecedented levelsPower production in Pakistan touched an all-time high at 14,017 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in August 2018 on back of increased generation by imported gas and coal-fired plants. The production was 10 percent...
Case against journalists sparks protestA number of journalists from Shikarpur held a protest demonstration on Tuesday after a case was lodged under the anti-terrorism act against their colleagues from the Thul tehsil of Jacobabad district....
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Terrorist behind Safoora bus carnage arrestedLocal police arrested a terrorist involved in the Safoora Goth bus carnage on Tuesday from the jurisdiction of Nai Gaaj police station. The police arrested the terrorist when he was entering into Sind...
Educators hold demonstration over non-payment of allowance to 2,800 teachers in JamrudEducators in Khyber district went on partial strike on Tuesday to protest against what they called injustice and callousness attitude of the provincial government towards the teaching community over n...
Customs retrieves 21 luxury vehicles from RawalpindiCustoms department raided a private factory in the Rawalpindi area on Tuesday and recovered 21 luxury vehicles worth 250 million rupees. The customs officials said that the cars have number plates of...