Islamabad: The Central Development Company (CDWP) —E Important planning and project approval organ-has approved five development projects worth RS555,164 billion for sustainable economic development in the country. A CDWP meeting held on Friday under the Presidency of Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal Green these projects. Out of the five, three projects in total RS47,439 […]
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Islamabad: Snowfall in Asia’s Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain ranges has reached a 23-year-old low and threatened nearly two billion people who depend on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report. The Hindu Kush-Himalayan series, extending from Afghanistan to Myanmar, has the largest reserves of ice and snow outside the Arctic and Antarctic and is an
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Rawalpindi: The special court against terrorism has once again postponed hearings in the May 9 riots, including the high-profile general headquarters (GHQ) attacking case, which is now being re-planned for June 26. No procedures were held on Saturday when Judge Amjad Ali Shah was on leave. GHQ Attack Case Case has been pending for over
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Karimabad: In a sawmust-filled workshop located in the Karakoram Mountains, Mejs a team of female carpenters away by creating and threw an unlikely career for themselves in Pakistan. Women make up just a fraction of Pakistan’s formal workforce. But in a collection of villages that sprinkled along the old Silk Road between China and Afghanistan,
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Islamabad: The health authorities have made progress in monitoring of poliovirus and collection of wastewater samples from nine districts. Of these, seven districts have tested positively for poliovirus type 1, including Gwadar, Quetta, South Waziristan, Rawalpindi, Larkana and Mirpurkhas. However, samples from Pishin and Lahore were declared poliofri. A total of 45 million children had
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PM Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday, the Ministry of Religious Affairs directed to formulate a detailed action plan with the timeline of the next year’s Hajj without delay. PM, chairman of a review meeting on preparations for next year’s Hajj, ordered the ministry to start the preparations from now on. He said the action plan should
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Islamabad: After an almost weekly visit to the United States, Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir arrived on Saturday to Istanbul in what seems part of Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts to seek an end to the ongoing Iran-Israel war. His meeting in the White House with US President Donald Trump discussed the Middle East -crisis detailed,
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Listen to article The Sindh government has announced that it will produce a feature film about Life and Work of Abdul Sattar Edhi, the late philanthropist and founder of the Edhi Foundation. The message was made by Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon during a film festival held in Karachi. He emphasized the importance of
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Listen to article In the wake of serious administrative lapses that prevented more than 67,000 potential pilgrims from performing Hajj this year, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has imposed on the Ministry of Religious Affairs to immediately begin planning and logistical preparations for Hajj 2026. Chairman of a high-level review meeting in Islamabad on Saturday, the
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Listen to article Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned Indian domestic minister AMIT Shah’s remarks that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan “will never be restored”, and is called a “brave ignoring the holiness of international agreements.” Answer to media requests regarding Shah’s interview with The Times of IndiaWhere he said that India would divert
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