ISLAMABAD (APP) - The federal government has provided Rs3.9 billion to Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa authorities to acquire land for construction of countrys most vital project- Diamer Bhasha dam. The process of acquisition of land is continuing and after its completion, work would start ...

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday held out assurance to the National Assembly that the government would provide security and legal assistance to Mukhtaran Mai for managing review of her case in the court. The Prime Minister has directed me to provide proper security and legal ...

LAHORE (APP) - Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Zulfiqar Ali Khosa has said that the provincial government will provide every possible facility to farmers and safeguard their interests. He expressed these views while presiding over a meeting of committee on wheat release policy held at ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europes economic recovery will gather speed this year, new EU forecasts said on Wednesday, but only if a debt bushfire in Greece is tamed before it becomes a forest fire. The European Commission raised its growth predictions for the core euro currency area to 0.9 percent this year, ...

The Intelligence Agencies had informed the Punjab Government about the entrance of a explosive-laden vehicle in the city some days ago. The provincial government has also been informed that suicide bombers could hit the vehicle to any key building. The Home Department of Punjab had directed the ...

LAHORE - Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue1122) has provided first aid to 8854 injured mourners and hospitalized 140 on 9th and 10th of Muharram, while providing Emergency Medical Cover to mourning processions in 24 cities of Punjab. Emergency Service Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer along with the ...

Doctors at the medical camps set up by Railway General Hospital (RGH) in Mardan examined and provided treatment to 6184 internally displace patients during past one month. The RGH doctors set up as many as 39 camps at different places during past one month to provide medical treatment to displaced ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Deputy, Chairman NADRA, Muhammad Tariq Malik Wednesday said that 30 mobile vans and 73 offices of the organisation are providing free of the cost ID cards to IDPs of the distressed areas of Malakand division on the war footings. Talking in a state-run TV programme, the NADRA Dy ...

The visiting Sri Lankan team will be provided with a fool-proof security cover and the series will be held in a befitting manner, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah announced here on Monday. Talking to media here at the National Stadium, the chief minister said, "It is good to hear that the Sri ...

The government of Pakistan has thus far not provided the fund for pleading the case of Dr. Aafia Sidiqui incarcerated in US, which appears putting the matter of her being brought to home in limbo. Sources said that despite repeated assurances from the government to Aafia Siddiqui family, they have ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday he had asked the king of Saudi Arabia to help engage the Taliban militia in peace talks, though the discussions have not yet started. The US-backed Karzai said Afghan envoys had made repeated trips to the Gulf kingdom and to neighbouring Pakistan to ...

Passco has provided 40,000 metric tons of wheat to Utility Stores Corporation (USC).Senior journalist Hanif Khalid reported that Passco would be providing to USC wheat quota of 1,50,000 tons per month. According to the decision of secretaries committee USC would commence from today selling flour at ...

LAHORE - India is giving huge subsidy on fertilizers and electricity to their farmers in order to achieve high food targets, food security and maximum agriculture output, said Indian agriculturist Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha here on Monday. He said that the DAP is available at Rs 470 per 50-kg in ...