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Traders demand indiscriminate action against encroachments

  • LAHORE, Aug 11 (APP): Traders have demanded indiscriminate action to remove encroachments in markets and commercial areas across the province. President All Pakistan Anjuman Tajran Ashraf Bhatti demanded this in a statement here Friday. He said that the buyers who come to the markets often complaint about the difficulties related to encroachments. Ashraf Bhatti said […]

  • Independence Day to be celebrated in FATA with national zeal

    I ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (APP): Like other parts of the country, Independence Day would be celebrated in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with national zeal and spirit. An official source of FATA Secretariat here on Friday said bazars, markets, streets and houses had been decorated with national flags in connection with independence day celebrations. Shops […]

  • Long wait for beds adds to patients woes at capital’s hospitals

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (APP): Citizens of federal capital Friday said several patients face routine delays for hospitals bed after emergency admission in major hospitals of federal capital on daily basis. According to them, hospitals use emergency corridors and side rooms to cope with the growing number of incoming patients at emergency and other departments of […]

  • Overall below normal rainfall registered in July

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (APP): Major parts of the country received below normal rainfall during the month of July while Sialkot Cantt registered highest level of rainfall 396.82 mm followed by 332.05 mm in Kamra. Almost 13 cities received below normal rainfall in Punjab while the graph of only four cities including Sialkot, Kamra, Jhelum and […]

  • Thailand offers halal food to attract UAE tourists

    DUBIA, Aug 11 (APP/IINA): More than 50 media personalities, social media influencers, and bloggers from all over the UAE attended the first-ever “Gastronomic Journey to Thailand” halal food event at the Dusit Thani Dubai. The event was aimed to highlight Thailand’s culinary and halal-friendly offerings to families and young travellers to further position Thailand as […]

  • Libya navy bars foreign ships from migrant ‘search and rescue’ zone

    TRIPOLI, Aug 10, (APP/AFP) – The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal “search and rescue zone” for migrants headed for Europe, a measure it said targeted NGOs. “We want to send out a clear message to all those who infringe Libyan sovereignty and lack respect for the coastguard […]