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FIA Inspector arrested from courtroom

  • ISLAMABAD, Mar 25 (APP): Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Inspector Nadeem Chaudhry on Friday was arrested inside a courtroom of the Islamabad High Court on making a false statement before the bench. Justice Noorul Haq N Qureshi ordered to arrest FIA’s officer who remained handcuffed for a few hours before he tendered an unconditional apology before […]

  • CM visits Shahdara Hospital, school in Karbath

    LAHORE, Mar 25 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif continued the process of surprise visits to hospitals and schools on the second day without any information and protocol for reviewing the provision of educational and medical facilities. The visits of the Chief Minister are aimed at further improving facilities for the promotion of quality […]

  • Huge amount being spent on provision of free medicines: CM

    LAHORE, Mar 25 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that Punjab government had given the biggest budget in the history of the province for public health and billions of rupees were being spent on provision of free medicines to the patients every year. He expressed these views while addressing a meeting […]

  • Pakistan embassy holds awards ceremony for young writers

    ISLAMABAD, Mar 25 (APP): The Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara held a ceremony to confer awards on the winners of the “Jinnah Young Writers Award” essay competition. Turkish Minister for National Education Nabi Avci was the chief guest at the ceremony held Turkish capital, said a press release received here Friday. The Award, named after […]

  • Wedding ceremony of Governor’s son held in Multan

    MULTAN, Mar 25 (APP): Wedding of Dr. Yasir Rajwana, the son of Punjab Governor Malik Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana, was held here Friday night with Dr. Sara Ijaz, the daughter of former member Zila Council Ijaz Hussain Bappi. A number of relatives from both families attended the ceremony at MGM. Walima ceremony would be held at […]

  • Govt reducing gender discrimination: Baliqh-ur-Rehman

    MULTAN, March 25 (APP): State Minister for Education, Trainings and Standards in Higher Education, Engineer Muhammad Baligh-ur-Rehman on Friday said that the government was working on different projects to minimize gender discrimination including building of women universities in the country. He said that educating a boy meant educating a person while imparting education to a […]