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Minister approves Rs 2 million for bridges in Kohat

  • PESHAWAR, (APP): Khyber Pakhthunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Imtiaz Shahid Qureshi Tuesday approved two million rupees for four pillars of bridge and a girls school in village Barh of Nusrat Khel. The Minister said that provincial government is taking measures to facilitate the people at their doorsteps. Talking to various delegations hailing from […]

  • Negotiations underway with Bahrain to set up liver transplant hospital: Senate told

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Tuesday apprised the Senate that negotiations were underway with Bahrain to set up a hospital that would cater for the patients for liver transplant. Responding to a question on behalf of Minister for National Health Services during Question Hour, he said currently there was […]

  • Four arrested, stolen motorbikes recovered

    JHANG, (APP): Police claimed to have arrested four members of an inter-district gang including its ringleader allegedly involved in motorcycle theft activities. Waryamwala Police conducted raid and apprehended ringleader Ramzan, Tahir, Nasir and Qaiser who used to lift motorbikes from Jhang, Toba Tek Singh, Sahiwal and other districts. Police also recovered 10 stolen motorcycles, one […]

  • Shopkeeper shot dead

    SARGODHA, (APP)-A man was gunned down in a firing incident in Miani police limits on Tuesday. Police sources said that Rasheed Ahmad,a shopkeeper,resident of village Rasoolpur Tehsil Bhalwal,was at his general store this morning when three unknown armed persons shot him dead and fled. The body was shifted to a local hospital for medical examination.Police […]

  • Pakistan, Japan sign agreements for support in energy,education sectors

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): Pakistan and Japan here on Tuesday signed bilateral agreements for two projects to support energy and education sectors in Pakistan. Charge d’ Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Japan, Junya Matsuura and Tariq Bajwa, Secretary, Economic Affairs Division (EAD) signed the agreements at a ceremony held at the Economic Affairs Division today. […]

  • Truck driver dies in accident

    MUZAFFARABAD, (APP): A truck driver was killed on the spot when his truck turned turtle and fell in a deep ravine at Nausairi in Neelum Valley on Tuesday morning some 50 kilometers. According to police sources, Muhammad Amjad was driving the truck, when he reached near Nausairi, truck fell into deep ravine due to over […]