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Govt takes steps to enhance growth rate in agri sector: Bosan

  • ISLAMABAD, Sep 6 (APP): Federal Minister for Food Securityand Agriculture Sikandar Hayat Bosan Wednesday said the present government had taken steps to enhance growth rate in agriculture sector. Talking to PTV, he said the government had reduced thetax on pesticides and machinery and above all small farmers had given incentives in order to yield maximum […]

  • Speaker NA sends party defection case against Gulalali to ECP

    ISLAMABAD, Sep 1 (APP): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) served notice on MNA Ayesha Gulalai and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in party defection case referred by Speaker National Assembly. According to ECP, the commission has asked them to appear before the ECP on September 7. Earlier, Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq had sent the case […]

  • Troops kill two youth in Pulwama police lines area

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (APP): Indian troops have killed two youth during their siege and search operation in Pulwama district in occupied Kashmir. Inspector General of Police, Munir Khan, told media persons in Srinagar that two burnt bodies of youth were retrieved from the Police Lines area in Pulwama district, KMS reported. Earlier, four Indian soldiers […]

  • CM forms committee to investigate leakage of medical entry test paper

    LAHORE, Aug 23(APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the paper leakage issue of medical entry test. The additional chief secretary will be the convener of the six-member inquiry committee while Additional IG (Special Branch), Prof Dr Eice Muhammad, Director FIA, DG Punjab Forensic Science Agency and […]

  • PAK- CM takes notice of youth’s death due to police torture

    LAHORE, Aug 19 (APP): Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Saturday took notice of death of a youth due to police torture at Garden Town police station here and sought a report. The CM has constituted an inquiry committee for investigation of the incident which includes Secretary Prosecution and DIG Abu Bakar Khuda Bakhsh. The […]

  • Police finalizes security plan for medical entry test

    MULTAN, Aug 19 (APP): Multan police has finalized security plan for medical entry test at Bahauddin Zakariya University to be held on Sunday. The security plan was finalized in a meeting held here on Saturday. City Police Officer (CPO) Muhammad Saleem presided over the meeting. It was decided in the meeting that one SP, seven […]