By: Bakhtawar Mian ISLAMABAD: The National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has employed 2,000 female employees to promote women empowerment. This is 13 per cent of the total strength of employees working in Nadra, said a statement issued by Nadra. It is three per cent more than the government quota reserved for women in jobs […]
By: Asif Noorani HAJRA Masroor was among the last of the surviving creative writers who made their literary debut before independence. She was much in demand at literary gatherings even after she had stopped writing short stories, at least a couple of decades before she passed away in Karachi on Saturday. She was a friend […]
By: Kalbe Ali ISLAMABAD: Amid the controversy revolving around the secret fund of the information ministry, the government has decided to change the name of the head ‘Secret Service Expenditure’ in the next budget. “We are seriously considering changing this head’s name to something like ‘discretionary fund” in the budget for 2013-14,” Information Minister Qamar […]
QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Secretary Babar Yaqoob Fateh Mohammad has said that floods triggered by torrential rains have marooned almost 600,000 people in Naseerabad and Jaffarabad districts. The floods have caused at least 22 deaths, destroyed crops on 24,866 acres and swept away about 4,000 houses. Naseerabad, Jaffarabad, Sibi, Jhal Magsi and Kachi are the worst […]
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