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PES provides emergency service to 454 victims

  • LAHORE, (APP): The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) provided emergency services to 454 victims of 583 accidents in the province during the last 24 hours. As many as 138 accidents were reported in Lahore with 136 victims, 68 in Faisalabad with 75 injured and 40 in Gujranwala with 42 victims. According to the data, 476 […]

  • Solar eclipse on March 9

    KARACHI, (APP): There will be total eclipse of sun on March 9 and the magnitude will be 1.0450. It will not be visible in Pakistan. According to the Met Office here Thursday, the solar eclipse will be visible in Asia, Australia, Sumatra, Borneo and Sulawesi. The eclipse will begin at 04-19 Pakistan Standard Time (PST), […]

  • Rain forecast for Quetta

    QUETTA, (APP): The local Met Office said, here on Thursday that scattered to widespread thunderstorm/rain accompanied by gusty winds along with isolated heavy falls may occur over parts of Balochistan including the provincial capital Quetta during next 24 hours. It said that rain may lash on Gawdar, Turbat, Washuk, Awaran, Khuzdar, Quetta, Pishin, Qilla Abdullah […]

  • Man shot dead

    KASUR, (APP): A man was shot at and killed by an unidentified person, in the jurisdiction of Phoolnagar police station on Thursday morning. According to police, Sarfraz of Bhagyana Kalan was sleeping at his makeshift home (tent) alongwith his other family members when an unknown person called him outside and shot him dead. On the […]

  • Zardari condoles death of PPP activist Malik Said

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Former President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday expressed profound grief over the passing away of Malik Said Azam, brother of PPP central executive member and former Nazim Peshawar Azam Afridi, in Peshawar. In a condolence message to his brother Azam Afridi, the former President paid tributes to late Malik Said Azam as “a committed […]

  • Women Protection Right Bill, a good initiative : Romina

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Member National Assembly Romina Khursheed Alam on Thursday said Women Protection Right Bill is a positive initiative by the Punjab Assembly and hoped the Parliament will also approve it after due process. “The bill aims to protect women against violence including the domestic one,” she said while talking to APP. She said it […]