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PM appeals to nation to follow COVID-19 SoPs on Eid
ISLAMABAD; Prime Minister, Imran Khan, has appealed to the nation to celebrate Eidul Azha with standard operating procedures (SoPs) put in place by the government to curtail spread of this deadly virus. In his message to the nation on Eidul…
Petroleum products get costlier
ISLAMABAD; The government revised upward petroleum products prices for August. The price of petrol has been fixed at Rs 103.97 (increase of Rs 3.86) per litre , diesel Rs 106.46 (increase of Rs 5) per litre, kerosene oil Rs 65.29…
IK government faces new crisis as two SAPM resign over citizenship status
ISLAMABAD: After Tania Aidrus, prime minister’s special assistance on Health, Dr Zafar Mirza, has also resigned from his official position.
Dr Zafar Mirza and Tania Adrus cited criticism from the public over induction of advisors and…
Wheat flour wastage: IHC CJ takes suo moto notice summons PSQCA, others
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice has taken suo moto notice of wheat flour wastage of billions of rupee per annum and summoned National Food Security and Research secretary. Pakistan Standard Quality Control…
PPP leaders may face axe as judge seeks final arguments in Synthia case
ISALAMABAD A district and session judge in Islamabad has sought final arguments from accused PPP top leaders including former prime minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, former Interior minister Rahman Malik and former Health minister…
Supreme Court raises questions over PSM sell-off Plan
A Supreme Court bench headed by chief justice Gulzar Ahmed raised many serious questions over Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) divestment plan and retrenchment of workers and warned the government of its serious repercussions.
The bench in the…
Baluchistan: Senior bureaucracy swindles millions as ‘award money’
ISLAMABAD: Baluchistan’s top bureaucracy has used an organized financial crime to make millions of rupee under ‘award money’ cover for ‘preparing’ budget for the funds- starved province, sources said.
Baluchistan chief secretary Capt (R)…
PTI government patronising mafia to buy PSM
Islamabad: Not learning any lesson from 2006 shady deal, the Pakistan Tehrik Insaf (PTI) government is doing everything possible to help a hand-picked group rather a mafia to buy Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) for peanuts, sources said.
By…
Banned Kraft cement paper use causing cancer, lungs diseases
Islamabad: A National Institute of Health Islamabad (NIH) study makes stunning disclosure, saying recycled kraft paper use for food items is causing serious diseases like restrictive lung diseases and cancer in Pakistan, besides…
Wastage of Rs 38 billion wheat flour goes unnoticed
ISLAMABAD: None practicing of food grade polypropylene sacks for packing of wheat flour is costing Rs 38 billion per annum and even after incurring accumulative loss of hundreds of billions none of the government departments is coming…
