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A young vendor displaying colorful dolls to attract the customers at his roadside setup near Gulbahar GT Road.
PESHAWAR: May 08 –
A view of open main hole may cause any mishap and needs the attention of concerned authorities outside Yakatoot area.
PESHAWAR: May 08 –
Students visiting book stalls during two-day Mega Library Book Festival at MNS Agriculture University.
MULTAN: May 08 –
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MULTAN: May 08 – Students taking keen interest in books at stalls during two-day Mega Library Book Festival at MNS Agriculture University.
Students viewing paintings from different universities of South Punjab in the first South Punjab art exhibition competition organized by Women’s University Multan.
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MULTAN: May 08 – Students taking selfie in front of paintings from different universities of South Punjab in the first South Punjab art exhibition competition organized by Women’s University Multan.
Labourers busy in packing chaff (husk from wheat) to supply to the market.
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People from different organizations with children patients of Thalassemia are participating in a walk on the eve of World Thalassemia Day organized by Fatimid Foundation at Press Club Road.
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HYDERABAD: May 08 – People from different organizations with children patients of Thalassemia are participating in a walk on the eve of World Thalassemia Day organized by Fatimid Foundation at Press Club Road. APP/FHN/MAF/TZD
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif chairs a sectoral briefing regarding NAVTTC and Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development.
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PU to provide skilled graduates to insurance industry
LAHORE, May 08 (APP):Punjab University (PU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood has said there are a lot of opportunities available in the insurance sector in Pakistan and the PU Hailey College of Banking and Finance (HCBF) is committed to providing skilled graduates according to demand of the industry.
He was addressing a seminar on ‘Insurance and Takaful’, organised by the HCBF here on Wednesday. Principal Dr Ahmed Muneeb Mehta, Chairman of Insurance Association of Pakistan North Region Muhammad Hisham, well-known senior officials from insurance industry, faculty members and students were present. The event was coupled with the inauguration of career fair and Takaful week being marked at the college.
Prof Khalid Mahmood said the insurance industry contacts itself to provide employment to our graduates. He said that due to the growing demand of graduates in the field, new academic programmes had been started in the college. He said that even some doctors and engineers had also joined the field of insurance. He congratulated the college administration for organising a successful career fair in the insurance field. Muhammad Hisham said that there are excellent employment opportunities in the insurance industry. He said that as soon as the students get the required skills, they start getting higher offers in the market. He said that new opportunities have been created in life insurance and health insurance sectors. He said that Islamic insurance in the name of Takaful is also being promoted worldwide.
Dr Ahmed Muneeb said that Hailey College of Banking and Finance had established strong linkages with the insurance industry. He said that the college organised a career fair to provide employment opportunities to the students. He said that the curriculum is designed according to the requirements of the market. He said that the graduates of HCBF are working on important positions in all insurance companies.
Later, the VC and others visited various stalls at the career fair in which the country’s major insurance companies have set up their stalls which were interviewing students for hiring.
Haideri submits resolution in NA to condemn Khuzdar Press Club President’s murder
ISLAMABAD, May 8 (APP):Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Secretary General Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri on Wednesday submitted a resolution with the National Assembly Secretariat calling for denouncing the tragic killing of Khuzdar Press Club President Maulana Siddique Mengal.
The JUI-F leader, while drawing the House’s attention towards the heinous crime, underscored that the CCTV footage depicted the assailants’ daredevil attack and their subsequent escape.
The federal and provincial authorities have been urged to promptly apprehend those responsible for the murder.
Haideri, in the resolution, mentioned that Maulana Siddique, the provincial Vice Ameer of JUI-F, was killed on May 3 while en route to attend Friday prayers. Moreover, the killing occurred on the World Press Freedom Day, while two innocent bystanders also lost their lives in the incident.
PASSCO to purchase 2 lac bags wheat in Mian Channu
KHANEWAL, May 08 (APP):Pakistan Agriculture Storage & Services Corporation Limited (PASSCO) gets approval of procuring 200,000 bags wheat from farmers at Tehsil Mian Channu of the district on Wednesday.
In this regard, Additional Deputy Commissioner Revenue (ADCR) Azooba Azeem hold a meeting a meeting with Tehsil administration and PASSCO officials at her office to discuss arrangements for facilitation of farmers.
Speaking on the occasion, she said that 17 centres have been made operation to offer gunny bags (Bardana) to farmers.
She said that a special committee has been formed for procurement monitoring while a help desk has also been established at Municipal Committee office for public facilitation.
The ADCR maintained that the registered farmers of 12.5 acre land would be given eight bags per acre and only a single member from each family would be given bardana in order to facilitate as maximum as possible farmers.