National Electric Power Regulatory Authority has constituted four-member committee on the issue of excessive load shedding in Karachi. This was decided during a public hearing on the issue via video link in Islamabad on Friday. Public representatives, technical experts, representatives of different entities, business community and other consumers of Karachi participated in the meeting. The

Minister for Religious Affairs, Pir Noor-ul-Haq Qadri says efforts are being made to construct Quran complex in the Federal Capital. Talking to media during his visit to exhibition of historical manuscripts of Holy Quran in Islamabad on Friday, he said the government is encouraging such activities.The Minister said publishing of Holy Quran on papers used

Former speedster Shoaib Akhtar believes Pakistan has the ability to surprise England and give them a tough time in the upcoming series. Pakistan is scheduled to take on England in three Tests and three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), which will be played from August 5 to September 1. He emphasized the importance of the England tour

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has directed food department to keep price of wheat stable in the province. Presiding over a meeting at chief minister house in Karachi, the chief minister directed food department to design a new wheat policy and to present it in the next cabinet meeting. He said price of

There has been improvement in the number of recoveries from Covid-19 in the country with figure now reaching 149, 092. 2751 new cases surfaced during the last twenty four hours taking the tally to 243,599. These include 85261 in Punjab, 100,900 in Sindh, 29406 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 11099 in Balochistan, 13829 in Islamabad, 1619 in

Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid says number of coronavirus cases has significantly decreased after smart lockdown policy in the province. Talking to a private news channel, she said figure showed that number of people with COVID-19 in hospital has fallen at a slower rate than number of people were dying in previous. The minister

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar says decision of smart lockdown taken by Prime Minister Imran Khan has yielded positive results in fight against the COVID-19. In a statement in Lahore on Thursday, he said government is striving hard for provision of relief to the people. The Governor appealed people to adopt preventive and precautionary measures

The 53rd death anniversary of Madr-e-Millat Fatima Jinnah was observed with reverence and respect across the country on Thursday. She was younger sister of founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. She died in Karachi on this day in 1967.   Source: Radio Pakistan

Cash assistance of over 152 billion rupees has been distributed among more than 12.5 million working class people across Pakistan, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. This was stated by Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar in a tweet today (Thursday).   Source: Radio Pakistan