UPPER CHITRAL, Aug 31 :A monsoon tree-planting campaign, under the Green and Clean Pakistan Program was launched in the Upper Chitral district. Deputy Commissioner, Muhammad Ali inaugurated the drive by planting a sapling at the office of the Rural Development Department (RDD). Trade union president Muhammad Shafi, village council secretaries, and area elders were present who also planted saplings to the campaign successful. On the occasion, Assistant Director Local Government Misbah-ud-Din distributed free masks among traders, tourists, and the general public in Bonni Bazaar and urged the people to takeRead More

ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 :The Federal government on Tuesday notified the transfer and posting of high ranking officers. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Suhail Ahmed, a BS-19 officer of the Secretariat Group, presently posted at the disposal of National Insurance Company Limited, on deputation basis is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary, Industries and Production Division with immediate effect and until further orders. Fahad Mumtaz, a BS-18 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently awaiting posting in Establishment Division, is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary, Establishment Division,Read More

PESHAWAR, Aug 31 :Parliamentary Secretary for Interior, Haji Shaukat Ali on Tuesday visited Khyber Teaching ( KTH) Hospital to view health facilities. He appreciated the Board of Governors and the management of the hospital for its hygienic arrangements, provision of best medical treatment to the patients and other development works. He also reviewed the arrangements of health department for the treatment of Corona patients in the hospitals and  visited various  sections of the hospital including  High Dependency Unit (HDU), Casualty and other wards of the hospital. Parliamentary Secretary for InteriorRead More

WASHINGTON, Aug 31 :An American senator has thanked Pakistan and other countries that supported evacuations of US, Afghan other nationals from Afghanistan during a conversation with Pakistani Ambassador Asad Majeed Khan on Monday. “Even as the last US troops leave Afghanistan, I’ll continue to do everything in my power to bring home all Americans & provide asylum to our Afghan partners endangered by their support to the US,” Senator Chris van Hollen, who was born in Karachi,  said in a tweet. “Also thankful to Qatar, UAE, Pakistan, Kuwait & manyRead More