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Lok Virsa to screen int’l film ‘Little Miss Sunshine’

  • ISLAMABAD, Mar 6 (APP): Lok Virsa Mandwa Film Club would screen international classic film “Little Miss Sunshine” on March 11 at its media centre. Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film and the directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer […]

  • Three reports presented in Senate

    ISLAMABAD, Mar 6 (APP): Three separate reports of the standing committees of the Senate have been presented in the Upper House of the parliament on Monday. Chairman, Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Osman Saifullah Khan presented report of the Committee on the Bill to provide for establishment of the Pakistan National Accreditation Council [The […]

  • LHC dismisses Sharjeel Memon’s plea for protective bail

    LAHORE, Mar 6 (APP): A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Monday dismissed a plea for protective bail of former Sindh information minister Sharjeel Memon – a leader of Pakistan People’s Party – in cases registered by the National Accountability Bureau. The bench observed that the petitioner should approach the Sindh High Court (SHC) […]

  • Anti-Polio campaign starts to immunize 330848 children

    HYDERABAD, Mar 6 (APP): Like other parts of the province the district health department Hyderabad launched a three-day anti polio drive throughout the district on Monday. Under special attention of the government, all resources were being utilized to make the campaign success, the District focal person on polio Dr. Masood Jaffary informed APP. He informed […]

  • Elaborate arrangements afoot to conduct population, housing census in peaceful manner

    DI KHAN, Mar 6 (APP): Comprehensive arrangements have been made to conduct new Population and Housing Census from March 15 in a peaceful and transparent manner, across the district. Commissioner of DI Khan circle Dr Akhtar Nazir Warriach convened a meeting here to review arrangements with regard to peaceful conduct of the new population census […]

  • Rural cycling race held

    KARACHI, Mar 6 (APP): Muhammad Asher Baloch of District Malir has won the All Karachi Shaheed Abdullah Murad Baloch cycle race. According to a statement here, the event was organized by Karachi Rural Area Cycling Club. Muhammad Ashar Baloch won the race with the difference of 40 minutes and 20 seconds, while Shahjehan of Ibrahim […]