DERA GHAZI KHAN Weather supported polling activities started timely at most of the polling stations of district but later on it were interrupted and suspended over the rigging charges and mismanagement issues. On the other hand, thin strength of the polling staff could not handle the heavy rush in ...

LAHORE  - Acting US Consul Jeffrey N. Bakken reiterated the US Government’s continued support for Pakistan rural and dairy economy while speaking at the International Conference on Institutions, Growth and Development in Lahore. The conference is collaboration between the US Agency for ...

PESHAWAR  - Arbab Kamal, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader, has said that in recent past no one has diverted attentions towards the long standing problems being faced by the people of rural area of Peshawar.“The Awami National Party is responsible for the backwardness of this areas as ...

ISLAMABAD  – A training workshop for rural craftpersons with expertise in various craft fields concluded here on Thursday at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa.The training was a part of a series of master artisan training workshops for providing capacity ...

ISLAMABAD – A craft exhibition and workshop by rural craftspersons concluded here Thursday at National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa, to provide earning opportunities for the artisans of marginalised communities.Over 25 rural craftspersons were trained and given ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad Development Working Party (IDWP) here on Monday approved 16 development projects for ICT including provision of video conferencing facilities for the district courts and in this regard the local administration would move a summary to the Secretary Planning and Development ...

ISLAMABAD - As the intensity of summer increases, the students of rural areas of Islamabad are facing severe troubles, as they do not have adequate transport facilities to reach their schools and colleges located in Islamabad.Most of the colleges and schools of the capital have its own buses but ...

LAHORE - Despite the strikes, agitations and suffering of traders, students, industries, labourers, agriculture farmers and ordinary people, the worst load shedding continued on Monday, with more than 50 per cent shortfall in the national grid. Major cities in the country are experiencing over 12 ...

 A superintendent of police killed while four others sustained serious injuries in a suicide attack on a police van at Peshawar, officials said on Thursday."Police Superintendent Rural Kalam Khan died in the blast and his driver and a guard was injured," police officer Tahir Ayub told the ...

LAHORE – Govt MAO College in collaboration with Al-khwarzami Society arranged a lecture on ‘Mapping of Rural Areas of Pakistan’ by Prof Dr Sohaib Khan, Chairperson of Computer Science Department of Lahore University of Management Sciences on Saturday. Dr Khan shared his research ...

NOORPUR THAL - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) District Khushab President Malik Masood Anwar Kandan has said the rulers have looted the country, which is confronted with multifarious problems due to their ‘wrong’ policies. Addressing the PTI workers convention here the other day, he said ...

SIALKOT - There is a great need for setting up mini industrial estates in deprived and far-off areas for edging out the rapid rural migration towards the city. Sialkot is a hub of cottage industry and totally export-oriented city of Pakistan that earning over $ One billion dollars through its ...

LAHORE (PPI) - With the passion to best serve the communication needs of mobile phone users in Pakistan, especially in the rural areas, Warid expands the industry verticals by creating a balance of its services for both rural and urban mobile phone users in Pakistan. Aiming to enhance life through ...

ABBOTTABAD (AFP) - Three women, 12 children, cows, rabbits and chickens all hid behind the high wall where Osama bin Laden carved out a family life, set to the gentle rhythm of changing seasonal crops outside his gate. Mobile phone video footage taken Tuesday by a Pakistani soldier offered a final ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has revised/ improved the Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) for Small and Rural Enterprises. The scheme has been revised in the light of the recommendations of the Technical Committee on Credit Guarantee represented by Sate Bank of Pakistan, UKs Department for ...

LAHORE (PR) - Samsung Electronics Company Limited is engaging rural populations in a fun-filled Activity across Sindh and Punjab. This Float activity is supported by the Samsung-Guru cell-phones series. The idea is to provide recreation in the entertainment starved rural areas. The theme of this ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Samsung Electronics Company Limited, a global leader in mobile phones and electronic products, is conducting a Rural Marketing Campaign (Float Activity) in Sindh and Punjab for the Samsung-Guru cell-phone series. The idea is to provide recreation in the entertainment starved rural ...

LAHORE- The cottage industry including sericulture silk has potential to provide employment opportunities to 25 per cent rural population across the province but the farmers have not yet got the governments support to boost this industry which can bring huge foreign exchange to the country. ...

LAHORE - The unique Punjab IT Lab Project, which has been completed in a record period of 110 days with an estimated cost of Rs 5 billion, has become talk of the town as the school children and their parents are acknowledging this extraordinary initiative, terming it as a milestone for the ...

KARACHI - The rural labour force participation has increased due to significant growth in the agriculture sector in the country. A data recently issued by the State Bank of Pakistan has revealed that urban labour force participation rate has declined while ratio of participation from rural side in ...

KABUL (Reuters) - There is no doubt who the strongmen are backing in Afghanistans presidential election on Thursday. One by one, the ethnic chieftains whose militia armies dominated the country during decades of war, have lined up to pledge their support for the incumbent, President Hamid Karzai. ...

ISLAMABAD-Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) has completed some 25 development projects to the tune of Rs153.093 million under the Islamabad Development Package. The schemes are related to construction of roads, improvement and rehabilitation of old and pavement of streets in the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA) has invited research papers on a number of subjects to have a deep and wide understanding of the multi-dimensional lives of rural women. The organization is planning to prepare a special publication to provide information ...

KARACHI - Sindh government's negotiations with Asian Development Bank for another loan under Sindh Growth and Rural Revitalization Programme (SGRRP) have been successfully completed, The Nation learnt on Thursday. Under the SGRRP, the Asian Development Bank will provide $400 million dollars loan ...

ISLAMABAD: On the special directive of Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan, District Health Office of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration had launched special anti-gastroenteritis drive in the rural areas. Chief Commissioner Hamid Ali Khan had directed the district health authorities ...