RAWALPINDI, Oct 29 (APP): Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) in
collaboration with Literary Society Sukhanwar arranged an evening
with international fame UK based Pakistani intellectual and short
story writer Dr Maqsood Elahi Sheikh here Thursday.
RAC holds evening with intellectual Dr Maqsood Elahi Sheikh
Acting Speaker expresses displeasure over delay in handing over of plots
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): Acting Speaker National Assembly Murtaza
Javed Abbasi has expressed his displeasure over delaying tactics in handing over the possession of plots to the National Assembly Secretariat employees by the Federal Employees Cooperative Housing Society (FECHS).
President briefed over relief activities for earthquake victims
KHAR Oct 29 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain here Thursday visited
earthquake hit Bajaur Agency and was briefed over ongoing
relief and rehabilitation efforts by the government for the
assistance of affected people.
Solid measures afoot to promote education in FATA
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): The PML(N)-led government is taking concrete
measures to bring youth of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas(FATA) into mainstream development process through provision of education.
PM announces grant of Rs 40 mln for loan payback; compensation for Dasu quake victims
DASU, Oct 29 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Thursday announced a grant of Rs 40 million to help earthquake
affected people pay back their agriculture loans.
Pakistani coal, environment friendly and cheapest:Minister
LAHORE,Oct 29 (APP)-Provincial Minister for Mines and
Minerals Chaudhry Sher Ali Khan has said that Pakistan’s coal
is environment friedly and cheapest option for power production.
Hajj-2015:Ministry asks heirs of deceased pilgrims to submit compensation claims
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): The Ministry of Religious Affairs and
Interfaith Harmony has asked the heirs of the deceased pilgrims to submit applications for getting compensation of their siblings, who died in Saudi Arabia during Hajj-2015.
Haroon discards all speculations of Younis’s inclusion in ODIs
ISLAMABAD, Oct 29 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief
Selector Haroon Rasheed has discarded all speculations of Younis Khan’s
inclusion in the national One Day squad for series against England starting
next month in Abu Dhabi.
President approves transfer of SHC Judge to FSC
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Wednesday
approved the appointment of Justice Mrs. Ashraf Jahan as Judge of the Federal Shariat Court.
Commercial use of residential units has skyrocketed housing rent in capital By Taimoor Iqbal Jadoon
ISLAMABAD, Oct 28 (APP): Islamabad is fast becoming a city of
elite contrary to the repeated claims by respective governments to develop
the federal city on the pattern of making it affordable for the middle
and lower middle class particularly for the residential purposes.