LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif, in her message on the Foundation Day of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), said October 24 marked the establishment of the Azad Government in Kashmir.She said the Kashmir freedom movement was a saga of sacrifices, passion and self-respect. The chief minister said the valiant people of the state…
LAHORE: Faryal Talpur, head of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Women’s Wing and a central leader of the party, held meetings at Zardari House with officials from the PPP’s Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, and Gujranwala divisions, as well as the Sialkot district. The delegation was led by Syed Hassan Murtaza, General Secretary of the PPP for Central…
LAHORE: Pakistan Railways (PR) has declared an emergency across the department on the instructions of Railways Minister Hanif Abbasi to keep train services safe. According to a statement issued by PR headquarters in Lahore on Saturday, all leave for field officers has been cancelled for three months. “Officers have also been told to visit the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has revised the cost of the under-construction Mohmand Dam to Rs666 billion, a 115% increase over the past eight years. Officials mainly linked the rise to the fall in the value of the rupee since 2018. Mohmand Dam is one of three major reservoirs being built to increase Pakistan’s water storage. The new…
PESHAWAR:Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in partnership with the Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences (IPH&SS) at Khyber Medical University (KMU) marked World Polio Day with a renewed pledge to end polio, improve routine vaccination and build public trust in vaccines.The event was jointly led by KP Health Secretary Matiullah Khan and KMU…
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti said that awareness, early checks and access to treatment are key to fighting breast cancer. He said protecting women’s health is a shared duty of the government and society. In a message from the Chief Minister’s Secretariat for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, he said finding the disease early…
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday expressed serious concern over a newly reported polio case in Karachi and called an emergency meeting. He directed the Health Department to investigate the case, find the possible source of the virus and take quick steps to stop it from spreading. A six-month-old child in…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Aziz Nikoo won gold in the men’s 80kg category at the 2nd Asian Masters Grand Prix, according to the results. Competing in the Masters category, Aziz lifted a total of 160kg: 70kg in the snatch and 90kg in the clean and jerk. Ahmad Butt Attab came second with 157kg, including 71kg in the…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani weightlifters performed well at the 2nd Asian Masters and Grand Prix, winning top places in several men’s age and weight groups. According to the results, Akbar Ali won the men’s 50–70kg category with a total lift of 190kg: 80kg in the snatch and 110kg in the clean and jerk. Abdul Razaq took first…
CHANGZHOU: Chinese electric bike maker Horwin has sold 10,000 units in Pakistan in one year. The company now plans to explore setting up parts of its supply chain, technology and manufacturing in Pakistan, which could lead to full local production. During a media delegation’s visit to the company in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, Horwin CEO and…
