SAARC CCI warns of worst humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan on January 27, 2022ISLAMABAD: SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thursday warned that Afghanistan is on the brink of one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in memory with more than half of country facing “acute” food scarcity. The SAARC Chamber President Iftikhar Ali Malik said while talking to a delegation of Afghan traders led by Muslim Khan […]
Farming starts on land belonging to Guru Nanak on January 27, 2022LAHORE: Farming has been started on 64 acre of land belonging to Baba Guru Nanak Dev Ji, in Kartarpur Sahib, which will be supervised by the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC) and Kartarpur Corridor Management Unit (KCMU). Head of Kartarpur Management Muhammad Latif inaugurated the farming while Sikh from India also participated in the […]
Over 115,000 get booster shots as positivity rate surges to 4.69 pc in south Punjab on January 27, 2022MULTAN: Exactly 115,682 individuals have been administered with booster shots to solidify defense shield against novel coronavirus in south Punjab where a gradual but steady rise in positivity rate is on the play though it was still below 10 percent threshold to necessitate tougher restrictions. The positivity rate that was recorded at 3.17 percent with […]
India funded, supported attacks on CPEC: NSA Moeed on January 27, 2022 BEIJING: National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf on Thursday said the safety of foreigners in the country is Pakistan’s responsibility, and concerns of Chinese workers and engineers working on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are taken seriously. The NSA’s remarks came in an interview with the Beijing Review where he mentioned that some countries and their […]
Bank manager among five killed in Badin car–truck crash on January 27, 2022BADIN: Five persons, including a bank manager and two women, were killed in a car-truck collision on Talhar-Badin Road on Thursday. Jan Muhammad Khatti, the manager of a private bank, along with Constable Azhar Hussain Jatoi was reportedly on way to Badin to shift three injured persons to a hospital when his car collided with […]
Historic reforms introduced in justice system by PM: Farrukh on January 27, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Thursday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has introduced historic reforms in judicial system to provide speedy and equitable justice. In his tweet, Minister of State Farrukh Habib said that removal of obstacles in the way of speedy justice within the criminal law […]
Punctuality of passenger trains improves by 83 percent in 2021-22 on January 27, 2022ISLAMABAD: The punctuality ratio of Pakistan Railways passenger trains improved by 83 percent in first six months of financial year 2021-2022 due to untiring efforts of the management. “With the punctuality of trains and concrete measures taken by the government, over 20 million passengers have been added in the system, which is ample proof of […]
Over 35pc work on Lawrancepur-Tarbela road in Hazara completed on January 27, 2022 PESHAWAR: Over 35 percent of work on the up-gradation of Lawrancepure-Tarbella Road having an allocation of Rs1,830million, has been completed by the Federal Government in Hazara division while Swat Motorway Phase-II in Malakand division costing Rs 58 billion was ready for the groundbreaking. Pakhtunkhwa Highway Authority (PkHA) officials told APP on Thursday that construction […]
PM’s visit to China encompass solidarity on Beijing Olympics, boost CPEC pace: FM on January 27, 2022ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said besides attending the Beijing Olympic ceremony as a solidarity gesture, the visit of Prime Minister Imran to China would encompass discussions on advancing joint ventures and pacing up progress on China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In a statement ahead of PM Imran Khan’s visit from February […]
IRSA releases 40017 cusecs water on January 27, 2022 ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Thursday released 40017 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 50082 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1449.09 feet, which was 57.09 feet higher than its dead level 1392 feet. Water inflow and outflow […]