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No diversion of health fund to any other project’

  • LAHORE, Jan 26 (APP): The total health sector development budget for Specialized Healthcare & Medical Education and Primary & Secondary Health is Rs.44 billion for the fiscal year 2016-17 as compared to last year’s development budget of Rs.24 billion. This was stated by a spokesman of the Punjab Health Department, adding the government had enhanced […]

  • NA passes two bills, reports on four laws presented to House

    ISLAMABAD Jan 26 (APP): National Assembly on Thursday passed two bills as two other bills were moved to the House for adoption. Minister for Law and Justice, Zahid Hamid moved both the bills to the House that were passed unanimously. The first bill `the central law Officers (Amendment) Bill 2016′ was passed by the House […]

  • Sharif family has provided money trail of businesses: Zubair

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): Privatization Minister Muhammad Zubair Thursday said members of Sharif family had provided Supreme Court the money trail of its business transactions going back to 40 years. He was addressing a press conference along with Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N)’s Member National Assembly Daniyal Aziz here. He said three generations of […]

  • Shehbaz invites political antagonists to take part in 2018 polls, accept peoples’ decision

    LAHORE, Jan 26 (APP): Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday urged the politicians leveling allegations not to create hindrance in the journey of development and let the government to change fate of the masses as they were already facing numerous problems. He stated this while speaking at the signing ceremony for setting up […]

  • Supreme Court adjourns hearing of Panama case till Friday

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 26 (APP): A five-member larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa adjourned the hearing of Panama case till Friday (tomorrow). During the course of proceedings, a second letter signed by Qatari Prince Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al-Thani was submitted to the Supreme Court for clarifying the […]

  • Debate on allotment of land to army personnel is detrimental to cohesion: ISPR

    RAWALPINDI, Jan 26 (APP): Issue of allotment of agricultural land to Army officers and soldiers is being debated and conjectured for last few days. In this regard it may be known that such allotments are through constitutional provision, an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release issued here Thursday said. Allotment to former Chief of […]