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PM takes note of stranded Pakistanis in Moscow

  • ISLAMABAD, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Thursday took note of the issue of stranded Pakistanis in Moscow and directed all possible assistance to help them return home at the earliest. “On the directions of the Prime Minister, efforts are on to provide all possible assistance to the Pakistanis stranded at Moscow’s Airport,” a statement […]

  • NADRA starts issuing ID cards on emergency basis

    MUZAFFARABAD, (APP): The preparation for upcoming general elections in Azad Kashmir is in full-swing and the National Registration and Database Authority (NADRA), has sent 13 mobile vans to different rural areas to issue Identity cards to new voters on emergency basis. According to a spokesperson of CEC office, all the teams will work under the […]

  • PES provides emergency service to 552 victims

    LAHORE, (APP): The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) provided emergency services to 552 victims of 632 accidents in the province during the last 24 hours. As many as 129 accidents were reported in Lahore with 140 victims, 53 in Faisalabad with 67 injured and 42 in Gujranwala with 46 victims.

  • France to strengthen Pak Police

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): France would assist Pakistan in strengthening capabilities of Police in the area of counter-terrorism. The strengthening Police Force in Pakistan will be implemented through a three-year program aimed at developing specific police skills such as scientific and technical assistance, expertise in identifying forged documents, cyber crime and civil defence. Bilateral agreement to this […]

  • Pakistanis on 8th position to send remittances to home

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan on the eight place among the top 10 recipients of remittances this year at $20.1 billion, according to a report. According to Khaleej Times, World Bank estimates more than 247 million people, or 3.4 per cent of the world population, live outside their countries of birth among which more than six million […]

  • Laghari urges foreign mission to handle stuck Pakistanis at Moscow airport

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Awais Laghari Thursday said Pakistan embassy officials in Russia should promptly tackle the issue of stuck up Pakistani businessmen at Moscow airport. Talking to newsmen outside the Parliament House, he said the stuck up Pakistanis at Moscow airport didn’t have any connection with terrorists attacks […]