Thousands rendered jobless in NWFP
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: The closure of hundreds of industrial units has rendered thousands of people jobless, indicating an alarming rise in the level of unemployment in the NWFP....
Growers hold rallies against water shortage
DADU, Feb 22: The growers of Johi Taluka held a demonstration in front of the Johi Press Club on Friday to protest against the artificial shortage of irrigation water in all...
Work on motorway may begin in April
MARDAN, Feb 22: Work on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) may well start in April if an accord between the National Highway Authority (NHA) and the SKB, a private construction company, is reached....
Snowfall in Abbottabad
ABBOTTABAD, Feb 22: Thandiyani, Nathiagali, Ayubia, Mira Jani and surrounding hilly areas of Abbottabad have received another chunk of snowfall resulting in chilly weather here....
Foreign investment welcomed
THATTA, Feb 22: The Thatta district government will cooperate with investors for the exploration of minerals and industrialization in the district....
Water resources decreasing fast
PESHAWAR, Feb 22: By the next 15 years the per capita water availability in the country would go down to less than subsistence level in view of the decreasing sub-soil water...
19 injured in two accidents
NAWABSHAH, Feb 22: Nineteen people were injured, two of them seriously, in two different accidents on the National Highway, near Qazi Ahmed, on Friday....
Telephone subscribers complain of inflated bills
HARIPUR, Feb 22: A number of telephone subscribers of Haripur have complained against the apathetic attitude of the PTCL authorities for sending them inflated bills with bogus entries of calls and...
Councillors flay HIE for exploiting labourers
HARIPUR, Feb 22: Two women members of the Haripur Tehsil council have accused the owners of Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) of violating labour laws by paying the factory workers less than...
Nurseries occupy state land
ABBOTTABAD, Feb 22: Private flower and plant nurseries have occupied the Jinnah Bagh and started using the place to plant saplings as the sale of plants is expected to rise in...