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India shrinking diplomatic space for Pakistani High Commission’s staffers: FO Spokesman

  • ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (APP): Pakistan Thursday rejected India’s allegations resulting in declaring a staffer of Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi as persona non grata, saying the act clearly reflected India shrinking diplomatic space for Pakistani officials. Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s spokesman Nafees Zakaria mentioned that Pakistan’s High Commissioner in New Delhi was called in […]

  • Irrigation dept recovers over Rs 31m abiana

    MULTAN, Oct 27 (APP): Irrigation department has recovered near Rs 31 million (approx) water cess (abiana) from growers during first three months of Rabbi season 2015-16 across the Irrigation Multan zone. According to Irrigation sources, the teams recovered water rates Abiana over Rs 2.9 million from Multan district, Rs 71229 from Lodhran,over Rs 12.5 million […]

  • Ghazi Ilm Din Urs on Oct 31

    LAHORE, Oct 27 (APP): The 87th Urs of great warrior of sub-continent Ghazi Ilm Din Shaheed will be held at Miani Sahib graveyard on October 31 (Monday). A mehfil-e-milad will be held as part of Urs festivities and prominent religious scholars will address the gathering.

  • Farmers should start wheat cultivation immediately

    FAISALABAD, Oct 27 (APP): The agriculture scientists have advised the farmers to start wheat cultivation in arid areas immediately to get better production. A spokesman of Agriculture department said here Thursday that farmers should cultivate approved varieties like Chakwal-50, NARC-2009, PARC-2009 and Dharabi-2011 in arid areas. In irrigated areas,wheat varieties like Sehar-2006, Lasani-2008, Faisalabad-2008,AARI-2011,Punjab-2011,Millat-2011,NARC-2011, Shafaq-2006,Fareed-2006, […]

  • ANP to resist against dissolution of KP Assembly: Babak

    PESHAWAR, Oct 27 (APP): Parliamentary Leader of Awami National Party (ANP) and Spokesman, Sardar Hussain Babak here Thursday said his party would strongly oppose dissolution of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly and destabilization of democratic system in the country. In an exclusive interview with APP here, he said the politics of PTI Chief was moving around agitation […]

  • ‘Precision agriculture imperative to meet demand of increasing population’

    FAISALABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Experts at a workshop called for adopting precision agriculture to make the sector profitable and meet the demand of increasing population. They addressed the concluding session of workshop titled precision agriculture arranged by US Pakistan Center for Advanced Studies in Agriculture and Food Security, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, here on Wednesday. […]