ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): The Senate’s Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue on Saturday recommended 20 per cent increase in government employees’ salaries and pensions. The meeting of the committee was presided over by Senator Saleem H. Mandviwala and was attended by Senators Mohsin Khan Leghari, Osman Saifullah Khan and Usman Khan Kakar, Secretary Finance […]
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Senate panel recommends 20% increase in salaries, pensions
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Clermont have learned from Saracens loss – Lopez
PARIS, June 3 (APP/AFP): Clermont have learned from their heartbreaking European Cup defeat to Saracens and are ready to make amends in Sunday’s Top 14 final against Toulon, France international Camille Lopez warned. The side from the Massif Central lost 28-17 in Edinburgh last month, missing the European title at the final hurdle for the […]
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Beheaded Tunisian shepherd’s brother killed: reports
TUNIS, June 3, (APP/AFP) – The brother of a shepherd whose beheading by jihadists outraged Tunisia has himself been found dead after being abducted, media reports and the defence minister’s spokesman said on Saturday. Khalifa Soltani was kidnapped on Friday in the Mount Mghilla area, and a security sweep recovered his body after a “terrorist […]
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Kamran concerned over Irfan Masih’s death due to doctors’ ‘criminal negligence’
ISLAMABAD, June 3 (APP): Minister for Human Rights Senator Kamran Michael Saturday expressed concern over the tragic incident of death of sewer cleaner Irfan Masih in Civil Hospital Umerkot on Friday due to doctors’ criminal negligence. He condemned the irresponsible behaviour of the doctors and said that criminal negligence would not be tolerated at any […]
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Sahiwal power plant to generate 9 billion KWH of electricity per year: Chinese official
BEIJING, June 4 (APP): With the formal commissioning of its second unit later this month, the Sahiwal power plant will become one of Pakistan’s clean coal power plants with the largest installed capacity, generating 9 billion KWH of electricity per year, which will meet the energy needs of nearly 10 million local people. The first […]
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Four confirmed dead in small plane crash in Japan
TOKYO, June 4, (APP/AFP): Four people were killed when a Cessna aircraft crashed into a snow-covered mountain in central Japan, local police said on Sunday. The single-propeller plane with four people on board plunged into Japan’s Northern Alps in Tateyama on Saturday, police said. Police received an emergency call from a man believed to be […]