Agri dept seizes over Rs 58m fake pesticides in first quarter

MULTAN, Apr 02 (APP):Pest Warning and Quality control department has raided against fake pesticides and seized fake and substandard pesticides worth Rs 58.5 million during the end of first quarter of current fiscal year 2023. Director Pest Warning and Quality Control of pesticides cotton zone […]

KP weather forecast & temperature in districts

PESHAWAR, Apr 02 (APP):There is chance of partly cloudy weather in most districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the official of the Department of Meteorology KP said here Sunday.   Giving details about the weather in KP, the official said that Chitral, Dir, Swat, Bunir, Abbottabad, […]

Scattered rain-thunderstorm predicted for KP

PESHAWAR, Apr 01 (APP):The Regional Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast scattered rain-thunderstorm and cloudy weather for most parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for next 24 hours. Scattered rain-thunderstorm with gusty winds and isolated heavy falls is likely to occur over Chitral, Lower and Upper Dir, Malakand, […]

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash accuser asks for $3.3mn

Los Angeles, March 31 (AFP/APP): Lawyers for the man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over an accident on a swanky US ski slope said Thursday the actress should give him almost $3.3 million for his suffering. Terry Sanderson, a 76-year-old retired optometrist, claims the 2016 collision in […]

Stampede: FIR lodged, seven arrested, says minister

KARACHI, Mar 31 (APP): Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon on Friday said that an FIR has been registered against the factory owners, and seven people have been arrested in the incident of a stampede during the distribution of Zakat money and ration near Nurus […]

Pirates kidnap six crew from Danish ship off West Africa

Copenhagen, March 31 (AFP/APP):Pirates who seized a Danish oil tanker off Congo last week have kidnapped six crew and abandoned ship, the French navy said Friday. The Monjasa Reformer had 16 sailors when it was boarded by pirates on March 25. The remaining crew were […]

DGI&P reduces passport backlog to 0.3 million

ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (APP): The Directorate General of Immigration & Passports (DGI&P) on Friday announced that it has successfully reduced a backlog of 0.6 million pending issuance of passports to 0.3 million. The backlog was cleared by expanding production capacity and increasing staff duty hours, […]

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