Morocco ambassador calls on COAS Bajwa

Rawalpindi January 24 (Online): Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Ambassador of Morocco to Pakistan Mohamed Karmoune discussed matter of mutual interest and evolving situation in Afghanistan. During the meeting, bilateral defence, security cooperation & regional security situation, including Afghanistan, were […]

CDA yet to recover Rs58b from ‘defaulter’ govt depts

ISLAMABAD – January 24 (ONLINE): The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is due to recover amount worth over Rs58 billion from different government department, private news channel revealed Monday. Media report, quoting the interior ministry said that number of federal institutions were defaulters of the Capital […]

Over 3.4 million children to be vaccinated against polio

Peshawar January 24 (Online): Chief Secretary Shahzad Khan Bangash on Monday launched anti-polio drive in 19 districts of KP by administering polio drops to children at Sifat Ghayyur Children Hospital on Monday. As many as 3,456,000 children under the age of five will be vaccinated […]

Two killed in Haiti quake

PortauPrince, Jan 24 (AFP/APP): Two men were killed in a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that shook southwestern Haiti early Monday, officials told AFP, with the tremor followed by several aftershocks. In Anse-a-Veau, a small coastal town 130 kilometers (80 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, a man […]

Anti-Polio drive begins in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI, Jan 24 (APP):Deputy Commissioner (DC) Muhammad Ali Monday inaugurated the five-day anti-polio drive by administering drops to children under five years of age here at the District Health Authority office, Khayban-e-Sirsyed. Speaking on the occasion, the DC directed officials concerned to cover refusal and […]

EU urges ‘immediate’ liberation of Burkina president

Brussels, Jan 24 (AFP/APP):The EU called Monday for the “immediate” release of Burkina Faso’s president and other officials believed to be detained by soldiers in what is being described by African authorities as an attempted coup. The European Union urges “that the liberty of President […]

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