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Farmers advised to cultivate high yielding varieties of chilli

  • FAISALABAD, Oct 26 (APP): The agriculture expert has advised farmers to cultivate only high yielding chilli varieties with tolerance to pests and diseases. Director Vegetables Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) Muhammad Najeebullah said that Gola Peshawari and Tatapuri are high yielding varieties. He said most suitable time of cultivating chilli in central parts of Punjab […]

  • Capital punishment awarded in murder case

    SARGODHA, Oct 26 (APP): Additional District and Sessions Judge Javed Iqbal Ranjha on Wednesday awarded capital punishment to an accused involved in a murder case of Jhaverian police station. According to prosecution, two brothers Sohail and Waqar along with their friend Mehboob had gunned down sub-engineer local government Amir Taimoor over litigation on September 30, […]

  • Holy Quran, Bukhari Shareef published in Braille to facilitate blind persons

    MULTAN, Oct 26 (APP): Chairman United Relief Foundation for Blinds, Qazi Naveed on Wednesday said the organization had published “Quran Kareem” and “Bukhari Shareef” in Braille writing in order to facilitate blind persons. Speaking at a press conference here, Qazi Naveed informed that the Organization was working for welfare of the blinds. It had distributed […]

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    Masses elected PML-N for five years: Shahid Khaqan Abbasi

    HYDERABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Federal Minister Shahid Khakan Abbassi said people of the country had elected Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, with a mandate of five years in May 2013 and only people had the right to decide and elect their government. Talking to media here Wednesday, he said democracy could provide an enabling environment for the […]

  • PPPP awards ticket to Hakeem Baloch for by-polls in NA-258

    KARACHI, Oct 26 (APP): Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians(PPPP) has issued the party ticket to Abdul Hakeem Baloch to contest by-elections here in NA-258 Malir. Abdul Hakeem Baloch was elected from Constituency NA-258 districtCentral – Malir in the General Election-2013, but he had changed his party,said a statement on Wednesday. It may be noted here that […]

  • MoU discussed between PTDC and Turkish Airlines on cooperation

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (APP): Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Wednesday discussed issues related to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation with Turkish Airelines. Abdul Ghafoor Khan, Managing Director PTDC met Yunus Mert,General Manager of Turkish Airlines in Pakistan and discussed themutually agreed terms and articles. He said that present government under dynamic leadership […]