PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Museums and Archeology Sameen Jan Babar has said that the KPK is very rich in archeological sites and heritage. He said that protecting these national assets was not only our prime responsibility rather it was need of the hour. He was ...

Iran claimed on Monday it has pictures of highly protected sites in Israel, taken from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched by the Lebanese Hezbollah group on October 6, the head of Iran's parliamentary defense commission Esmaeel Kossari told Arab-language channel Al-Alyam.Iran is in ...

ISLAMABAD - Representatives of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday in a meeting with Petroleum Minister informed that three sites have been identified in the southern districts for the proposed establishment of refineries in the province.According to resources, Minister for Petroleum and Natural ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government and search engine giant Google have signed an MoU to promote archaeological sites of the province using Google Maps. Secretary Tourism Dr. Allah Bakhsh and William Fitzgerald of Google  signed the document at the Arfa Information Technology Park.Chief Minister ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) - The Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) is planning to pull down the citys 120-year-old Odean Cinema and construct a big plaza there with another commercial plaza at the site of Rex Cinema in Westrage area. Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) is planning to construct big plazas at ...

ISLAMABAD - Flood Commissions members started visiting the flood-affected areas of Pakistan as they visited Kashmor on Monday where Tori Bund is situated. According to the details, the commission will visit flood-affected areas of Balochistan including Jaffarabad today (Tuesday). The commission ...

LAHORE The Punjab Coal Mining Company (PCMC) has identified various locations for 400-600 MW coal-based power projects. A Small Resource Strategic Unit has also been constituted for the fast track implementation of mineral strategies while evaluation of coal and iron ore reserves have been ...

LAHORE - Keeping in view the biggest challenge of the countrys energy crisis, the China Mobile has been focusing on the development of solar-powered cell sites to overcome this dilemma. Hence the company has so far installed more than 150 solar-powered cell sites out of total 5,600 at different ...

LAHORE - Officials of the Lahore Waste Management Company (LWMC) are converting various private as well as government's under-construction housing colonies into landfill sites unlawfully by throwing waste of the City in undeveloped plots and without the consent of the owners, insiders informed ...

LAHORE (PPI) - The Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore on Thursday agreed to provide access to the cellular operators to the cell sites installed in its limits and submitted unconditional apology to the LHC in a contempt of court petition hearing. The court accepted the apology and passed ...

TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it is considering plans to build two new uranium enrichment plants concealed inside mountains to avert air strikes, drawing condemnation from the United States. The announcement from Irans atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi came soon after top US General David ...

UNITED NATIONS - Asserting that its nuclear programme was for peaceful purposes, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Thursday that his country has declared all its atomic sites to the U.N. nuclear agency as he countered western claims that it may have undeclared facilities. "Whatever ...

ABUNDANT tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong evidence for Earth's impact with a rare swarm of carbon-and-water-rich comets or carbonaceous chondrites, reports a nine-member scientific team. These nanodiamonds, which ...

LAHORE - Amid controversy, Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) has auctioned 17 sites of billboards at the cost of Rs254 million in specific areas of the city. The PHA planned to auctioned out 44 billboards through open auction instead of following the previous policy of awarding the ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation signed deals on Tuesday with six local companies tasking them to hunt for potential sites for new nuclear power plants, the official news agency IRNA reported. "These six domestic companies have been given 13 months to find appropriate locations ...

LAHORE- The Irrigation and Power Department (I&P), has identified 317 sites suitable for setting up plants for generating additional 600mw of electricity for the needs of the province. This has been said by secretary Irrigation and Power Punjab, Babar Hassan Bharwana while briefing to Senior ...