WHO team to assess skin disease outbreak
LARKANA, Jan 31: A two-member team of the World Health Organization arrived here on Thursday to undertake the survey regarding the outbreak of skin disease commonly known as Leishmanisis in the...
Politicians want check on donors influence
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Speakers at a seminar urged the Third World countries to resist and reject dictations from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and World Trade Organization, if they wanted...
ADP boycotts dist council session
DADU, Jan 31: The members of the district council, Dadu, belonging to the Awam Dost Panel boycotted the district council session and held a demonstration in front of the district council...
Corruption in cops recruitment denied
LAKKI MARWAT, Jan 31: The Lakki Marwat district and Bannu Range police officials have rejected the allegations levelled against them by various union councils’ Nazims that they took bribes in the...
Chinese team inspects site for $200m power plant
THATTA, Jan 31: A six-member team of experts and consultants of a Chinese company, headed by M/s Ching Wong and Cheeliwok, visited the proposed site for installation of a $200million power...
HRCP trying to get volunteers released
PESHAWAR, Jan 31: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has stepped up efforts for the release of Pakistani volunteers, living in detention in various private prisons in northern Afghanistan....
Jirga offers help in hunt for Al Qaeda men
WANA, Jan 31: Mahsud tribesmen of Shawal and adjacent areas decided at a Jirga on Thursday that they will hand over any suspected members of Taliban and Al Qaeda who might cross over to the...
Govt to buy 400,000 tons of wheat
KHAIRPUR, Jan 31: The government has announced agriculture policy, according to which four hundred thousand ton wheat will be purchased in Sindh through the procurement centres....
Schools remain closed in protest against teacher’s killing
SHIKARPUR, Jan 31: The primary, middle, high schools and madaris remained closed in Shikarpur District on Thursday to protest against the killing of primary teacher, Nazeer Ahmed Buriro....