ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Most of the women getting financial
assistance form Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) hardly meet their daily expenditure with no money saved for difficult days.
BISP beneficiaries hardly save money: Impact Evaluation Report
Books reading creates self-confidence, builds character: Barrister Zafarullah
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Barrister Zafarullah Khan on Tuesday said book is the best friend and reading of good books creates self-confidence and builds character.
Quake-hit areas to receive more rains: MET
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Director MET office Muhammad Hanif has said
that earthquake effected areas would receive another spell of rain during next 24 hours.
7 special education centres on cards
LAHORE, Oct 27 (APP): The Punjab government has decided
to set- up seven special education centres in newly created
tehsils at a cost of Rs 52.500 million.
Measures in NAB help considerable improvement in quality of output: Chairman
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Chairman National Accountability
Bureau (NAB), Qamar Zaman Chaudhry has said Combined Investigation
Teams (CIT) and review of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
intitiatives have made the organisation relevant to current times
with considerable improvement in quality of output.
Hakeem Baloch grieved over loss of human lives in earthquake
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Minister of State for Communications Abdul Hakeem Baloch on Tuesday expressed deep sorrow over the loss of human lives and injuries to scores of people affected by the Monday’s earthquake.
Yasir achieves career-best ranking, chance for Pakistan to claim second position
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Pakistan’s wrist spinner Yasir Shah has
become the second highest-ranked bowler in the world in the latest
International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Player Rankings, released on
Tuesday following the conclusion of the Dubai Test.
Govt to announce compensation package for quake-affected areas
SHANGLA, Oct 27 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Tuesday said the government would announce a compensation package in
consultation with the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,
as soon as damage assessment of the quake affected areas was
completed.
Pakistan contingent unsatisfied for participation in South Asian Games
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Representatives of sports federations of
the country have expressed their unwillingness and reservations over
participation in the multi-sports South Asian Games in India early next year,due to Shiv Sena threats and India’s persistent refusal to play scheduled cricket series with Pakistan.
SAARC to send relief goods for earthquake victims
LAHORE, Oct 27 (APP): South Asian Association for Regional
Co-operation (SAARC) Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an apex
body in the region on Tuesday announced to despatch a number of
relief consignments to the earthquake-hit areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.