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Dar says 50% beneficiaries of PPAF poor people

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) programme launched by the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) in its previous government...

Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets today for sighting Ramazan moon

KARACHI: Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee meets in Karachi on Tuesday (July 9) to decide about the sighting or otherwise of Ramazan moon. Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti...

Saudi Arabia, UNHCR to build 325 houses for displaced returnees in South Waziristan

ISLAMABAD: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and the UN Refugee Agency on Monday launched a project to construct 325 two-room houses for the...

Lion dies in Lahore Safari Park

LAHORE: A three-year-old lion has died in Safari Park of Lahore on Monday after blood came out of its mouth. The actual cause of the...

7 pilgrims of Sehwan Sharif die of suffocation, severe heat

SEHWAN: Seven pilgrims died of suffocation and severe heat on way from Sehwan Sharif to Lahut on Sunday. They were returning after attending the annual...

Government to launch wind farm projects

ISLAMABAD: The Government is keen to launch wind farm projects to meet national energy requirement through renewable energy technologies. A spokesman of Alternative Energy Development...

President Zardari calls for coordination among intelligence agencies

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for coordination among intelligence agencies to protect life and property of the people. Chairing a high-level meeting held...

14 killed as rickshaw collides with train in Sheikhpura

SHEIKHUPURA: At least 14 persons including women and children were killed and four others injured after a motorcycle rickshaw collided with a train near...

No power load shedding during Sehr, Iftar and Taraweeh: Pervaiz Rasheed

LAHORE: There will be no power load shedding during 'Sehr‚' 'Iftar' and 'Taraweeh' in the month of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Pervaiz...

WB ready to help Pakistan in energy sector

ISLAMABAD: A two-member delegation of World Bank led by Country Director Rachid Benmessaoud called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad. Talking to the delegation‚...

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