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Daily Archives: December 21, 2015

Issue of custody: Senators ask ministry to take over monument

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ISLAMABAD: A Senate panel has asked the Ministry of Information and National Heritage to take over the national monument located at the west viewpoint of the Shakarparian Hills. The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage in its report maintained that heritage activities were of immense importance and needed to be placed under […]


Mamnoon first president to deliver speech in Urdu abroad

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ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain made history by delivering his speech in Urdu on a foreign soil and in an international gathering when he addressed the 2nd World Internet Conference held at river town of Wuzhen in Zhejiang province of China. It was for the first time that a Pakistani president addressed an international event abroad […]


Senate may pass compulsory vaccination bill for capital on 28th

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ISLAMABAD: The ‘Islamabad Compulsory Vaccination and Protection of Health Workers Bill 2015’, which was passed by the committee concerned last month, may take another week or more to get through the Senate. The bill is not on the agenda of the Senate on Monday (today), which is the private members’ day. So the earliest possibility […]


No final words yet about OTT services fate

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ISLAMABAD – Officials said yesterday that it is too early to predict that certain OTT services (WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook) would have to obtain license from the regulator to operate in the country, under the new telecom policy. The policy has just been announced. There is a clause, which asks the PTA to regulate OTT services […]


27 RARE HOUBARA BUSTARDS RECOVERED FROM DERA BUGTI

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Police personnel on Saturday recovered as many as 27 rare houbara bustards from Dera Bugti. According to details, on a tipoff, the security men raided the Sui Road area and foiled an attempt of smuggling the birds to Punjab. According to police, there is no department of wildlife in the district while the Quetta office […]


7th NICH symposium: Call for replicating institute throughout province

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KARACHI: Health experts have stressed for coordinated efforts from the public and private sector to reduce infant mortality rates and urged the government to replicate the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in other parts of the city and province to reduce the patient load on the institute. These views were expressed at the closing […]


Pakistan’s IT sector more robust than before

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Ministry of IT&T deserves to be congratulated on two accounts. The first is the announcement of the new telecommunications policy, and the second is the ‘GEM-Tech Global Achievers Award’ won by Minister of IT Anusha Rehman. The award was conferred upon her recently at a ceremony held on the sidelines of World Summit […]


Lake project for dried-up Sutlej under study

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BAHAWALPUR: The federal government is actively examining a project to create a lake in the bed of Sutlej river near the city. The river has been dry for years with the implementation of Indus Waters Treaty under which India has discontinued water supply to it except during flood season. Resultantly, thousands of acres in Bahawalpur […]


Irsa to close canals for annual desilting from 25th

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ISLAMABAD: The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) has decided in consultation with the provinces to close canals from Dec 25 to Jan 31 for annual maintenance and de-silting. The plan will reduce the output of hydropower units by more than 2,500MW, resulting in loadshedding of two to four hours a day across the country. Hydropower […]


13 envoys visit Moenjodaro

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LARKANA: Ambassadors of 13 countries and high commissioners (HCs) along with their families visited Moenjodaro on Sunday in a delegation. Officials of India, Japan, Russia, Germany, Austria, Sri Lanka, Australia, Argentina, Portugal, Afghanistan and other countries accompanied Sharmila Farooqi, adviser to the chief minister on culture, at the site. They went round the giant archaeological […]


AAJ NEWS REPORTER MANHANDLED BY POLICE

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Police subjected an Aaj News reporter to torture for covering the purportedly unlawful closure of a sugar mills in Tando Muhammad Khan, Aaj News reported. Quoting unnamed sources, the channel said that two years ago an influential personality of Sindh had tried to take over the mills, but its owners refused to sell it. After […]


Shelter for abandoned animals opens in Karachi

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KARACHI: A three-legged dog greets you at the bright red gate of the newly-opened ACF Animal Shelter in Mujahid Colony, Dalmia, and hops alongside you as if it wants to show you around the facility. There is a donkey inside the fenced lawn, munching away at marigolds. Just like a toddler, a puppy inside his […]