PTA blocks 175,000 stolen IMEI devices

ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (APP): Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) blocked 175,000 International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) devices to prevent the use of stolen mobile phones under the Device Identification Registration & Blocking System (DIRBS) during the last fiscal year. Besides, the DIRBS identified and suspended around […]

KASUR: Dacoit gang busted

KASUR, Jan 12 (APP): Police arrested four members of a dacoit gang and recovered cash and motorcycles from their possession. Police said here on Thursday that the team conducted raid and arrested four outlaws of Akhtar gang,besides recovering cash Rs 400,000 and six motorcycles from […]

Fate of Ukraine’s Soledar uncertain as Wagner claims control

Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said fighting is still raging in a key eastern frontline city that a Russian mercenary group earlier said it controlled, as Moscow announced a new military commander in Ukraine. The fate of Soledar in eastern Ukraine […]

Rains to have good effect on Potohar region crops

RAWALPINDI, Jan 12 (APP): The ongoing spell of rains will have a good effect on standing wheat while the gram crop was expected to be a major beneficiary. This was stated by the former Director of the Punjab Agriculture Department, Rawalpindi Dr Shahid Sajjad here […]

Awareness session on Islamic Principles of Business tomorrow

SIALKOT, Jan 11 (APP): An awareness session titled “Islamic Principles of Business” will be held here on January 12, Thursday, under the auspices of Sialkot Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI). According to SCCI sources, renowned Islamic scholar Alhaj Abu-Al-Bayan Muhammad Azhar Attari will deliver […]

LPG shop sealed for illegal decanting gas into Coach’s cylinder

D.I.KHAN, Jan 11 (APP): The district administration in its ongoing drive against the illegal decanting of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) sealed a shop here on Diyal road. Assistant Commissioner Dera Farhan Ahmed, following the instructions of Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Qaiser Khan, inspected various LPG shops […]

Aussie state takes measure to reduce bushfire risk

SYDNEY,Jan 11 (Xinhua/APP): Authorities of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) will take measure to reduce bushfire risks as the country enters hot summer. Julieanne Doyle, team leader of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), said on Wednesday that the […]