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CM directs officials to resolve matters of Uber, Careem

  • LAHORE, Feb 1 (APP): Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday directed the officials concerned to resolve all matters of private cab service, Uber and Careem as per legal requirements. Presiding over a meeting held here to review matters of the private cab services here, the chief minister said, if the people were getting good […]

  • CM Punjab orders PC1 for another metro bus in Rawalpindi

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (APP): Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday directed preparation of PC-1 for start of metro bus service from Saddar in Rawalpindi city to Motorway Chowk. The Chief Minister issued the order on the request of Member National Assembly of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Malik Ibrar Ahmed during a one-to-one meeting […]

  • Pakistan’s middle class soars as stability returns

    WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (APP): Pakistan has developed something in recent years: a burgeoning middle class that is fueling economic growth and bolstering a fragile democracy. The transformation is evident in Jamil Abbas, a tailor of women’s clothing whose 15 years of work has paid off with two children in a private school and small luxuries […]

  • Marriyum rebuts news about sending horse as gift to Qatari Amir on C-130

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (APP): Minister of State for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that the news about sending a horse to Qatar on C-130 aircraft was baseless. In a statement, the minister termed it a concocted story and strongly denied the news item. She said that no horse has been […]

  • NA session starts

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (APP): The session of National Assembly (NA) started here on Thursday at the Parliament House with recitation of the Holy Quran and Naat at 10:30 am. Deputy Speaker National Assembly Murtaza Javed Abbasi was in the chair. The House would take up agenda items including Question Hour, Calling Attention Notices, Legislative Business, […]

  • 6500 MW electricity will be added to National grid by October this year: Dhaga .

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (APP): Secretary Water and Power Dr Muhammad Younis Dhaga on Thursday said that 6500 megawatts electricity will be added to the National grid by October this year. In an interview with Radio Pakistan, he said that the government will focus on generation of Thar coal and hydle electricity as the electricity generated […]