Malakand uplift project yet to be launched
MINGORA, March 24: The authorities of the Rs2.82 billion Malakand Rural Development Project (MRDP) is widely being criticized by the elected representatives and the people of the Malakand division for their...
Scholarships for class VI students
HYDERABAD, March 24: The Sindh education department has launched a scholarship scheme of Rs10 million on the basis of merit for the students of class VI....
Arrest of LPP leader slammed
HYDERABAD, March 24: The Labour Party of Pakistan (LPP) at a meeting held here on Saturday has condemned the arrest of the general secretary of the party, Farooq Tariq, and demanded...
Body to improve LBs’ role set up
MANSEHRA, March 24: Dr Nasim Ashraf, Chairman of the President’s Commission on Human Development, has said the government has established the commission to improve the capacity of the district government in...
Minor boy kidnapped
SUKKUR, March 24: A group of bandits in police uniform kidnapped an eight-year old boy belonging to a Hindu family from a village of UC Mubarikpur, some 30km away from here,...
Arrangements for PML-QA rally reviewed
LAKKI MARWAT, March 24: A meeting of PML (QA) was held here on Saturday, to review the preparations under way for the forthcoming visit of the party leaders. Mohammad Aslam Khan...
14 hurt as wall caves in
LARKANA, March 24: Fourteen people were injured, four of them seriously, when a wall of the Hussain Shah Imambargah on the outskirts of Larkana, near Mirokhan Chowk, caved in on Sunday....
Anti-women laws repeal demanded
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Pakistan National Commission on the Status of Women (PNCSW), a statutory body formed by the present government, has demanded that the Election Commission of Pakistan declare an election...
‘Kashmir issue’s settlement in China’s interest’
BEIJING, March 24: Easing of Pakistan-India tension and settlement of the Kashmir dispute conform to the strategic interests of China and Russia, Chinese scholars have said....
Plight of immigrants in US
WASHINGTON, March 24: How immigrants living in the United States can no longer take for granted that minor infarctions of law will be overlooked or that the possession even of a...
Comstech distributes $503,844 for research
ISLAMABAD, March 24: The Organization of Islamic Conference Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (Comstech) has provided $503,844 to 20 member countries for 51 research projects, including $35,750 to Pakistan....
Strict security on eve of Ashura
HYDERABAD, March 24: On the eve of Ashura, the Hyderabad police and paramilitary forces patrolled the areas of Qasimabad, Latifabad, and Hyderabad in 53 vehicles....
Yaum-i-Ashur being observed today
ISLAMABAD, March 24: Youm-i-Ashur will be observed throughout the country on Monday with great religious reverence and solemnity in commemoration of the supreme sacrifice rendered by Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) for...
Petrol smugglers clash with FC
DALBANDIN, March 24: Dozens of drums filled with petrol and a vehicle on which they were loaded caught fire and were destroyed in a clash between the frontier corps personnel and...