Training Workshop on DRR concluded
ISLAMABAD : A 3 Day Training Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) was concluded Wednesday held under the auspices of Institute of Rural Management (IRM) in collaboration with UNDP for Community Restoration Cluster, 24 participants took [...]
Zakir Ali Khan passes away
Karachi : Zakir Ali Khan, a protagonist with the vision and mission of great reformer and educationist Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, passed away here Wednesday after a protracted illness. He was 86.
Born in July 1926 in Rampur, Zakir Ali Khan did his [...]
Pakistan Navy provides safe route to border area fishermen
Karachi : A 1.5km long and 25meter wide canal dug by Pakistan Navy through its indigenous resources to join Sughando & Othano rivers in border area of Sindh Province was formally inaugurated on Wednesday. It will obviate problems faced [...]
Meteorological Department forecast cold weather conditions in country for next few days
Karachi : Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast cold weather conditions in the country for next few days.
Temperature may go down to five degrees Celsius in Karachi. Met Office says lowest temperature in Karachi for February was [...]
SPC to hold rally against marginalization of Baloch community
Karachi : The Sindh Progressive Committee, an alliance of various leftist and nationalist parties, has showed concern on infringement on Baloch people rights and announced holding rally on February 11 from Regal Chowk to Karachi Press [...]
Reconstruction of Munda Head Works costing more than Rs 554 million, CM
Peshawar : Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti has said that rehabilitation and reconstruction of Munda Head Works costing more than Rs.55,40, 00, 000 will irrigate 1, 50, 000 acre land of the area that will open new [...]
Arms manufacturing factories owners
Peshawar : Owners of arms manufacturing factories have rejected the new arms policy as it was formulated without the consent of stakeholders, demanding the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to review it to save the industry from destruction.
The [...]
Deaths in building collapse expose travesties galore: HRCP
ISLAMABAD : The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed alarm and incredulity at the shoddy state of affairs that led to the tragic death of nearly two dozen people in Lahore when a boiler explosion reportedly brought down [...]
Economy class included in Business Train
Karachi : Amid pressure from various sectors and cold response from the passengers, the private investors of Business Express Four Brother International has decided to include an Economy Class besides a Business Class as the passengers [...]
One dies, other injured in road accident
Karachi : A young man died and another got severely injured in road accident at new truck stand, Maripur Road on Wednesday, Chhipa sources said.
They said pillion-riders 22-year-old Asim and 24-year-old Shoib were hit by unidentified vehicle. [...]
