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Road repairs to be completed before Ashura: minister

LAHORE: The patchwork of roads will be completed and hanging electricity cables would be removed before Ashura-e-Muharram, Punjab Cooperatives Minister Muhammad Iqbal Channer said...

Govt striving to base society on social, economic justice: minister

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Special Education, Khawaja Muhammad Shafique, has said that the provincial government is striving to build a society based on the principles...

Rs1.4b released for counter-terrorism authority: minister

  The government has released an amount of Rs 1.4 billion for National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA), State Minister for Interior Balighur Rehman told a...

KP govt to establish 500 IT labs, says minister

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Minister for Elementary and Secondary Education, Muhammad Atif Khan said on Saturday that Information Technology was playing vital role for the development...

Sindh E&T minister urges to prevent sale of illicit liquor

  Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation and Narcotics Control, Mukesh Kumar Chawala, taking notice of sale of illicit liquor in Karachi, has directed E&T...

Minister orders steps as Congo threat looms large

  Dozens of small, non-formal and makeshift cattle markets in different parts of the city have become a serious threat of spread of Congo virus. Cattles...

Indian finance minister not to attend SAARC ministers meeting in Pakistan

India will not send its Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to attend a meeting of SAARC ministers in Islamabad next week, Indian media reported on...

CPEC agreement is confidential, minister tells Senate

Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Thursday said agreement of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is confidential and cannot be made public. “Agreement...

‘Institutions should work hard to make Pakistan one of top 25...

    Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Prof Ahsan Iqbal has said that all institutions of the country should work hard for making Pakistan...

Minister reveals 18 CCI meetings without NFC award

Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Riaz Hussain Pirzada said that the NFC award was never discussed in the 18 meetings of the Council of Common...

Turkey detains around 6,000 over coup plot: minister

Turkey has detained over 6,000 people over the coup plot aimed at ousting the govermment and the number will rise, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag...

Minister terms provincial budget development-oriented

Provincial Minister for Women Development Hameeda Waheed ud Din has said that provincial budget for the year 2016-17 is development-oriented while no sector of...

Quran recitation will be made part of national curriculum: minister

  The federal government has decided to make recitation of the holy Quran compulsory in the national educational curriculum, Minister of State for Education and...

Minister, DCO visit Ramzan Bazaars

Punjab Minister for Excise and Taxation, Mian Mujtaba Shuja ur Rehman, along with District Coordination Officer (DCO) Capt. (r) Muhammad Usman visited Ramzan Bazars...

Turkey’s transport minister elected as head of ruling AK Party

Turkish Transport Minister Binali Yildirim was unanimously elected on Sunday as the new leader of the ruling AK Party and therefore the prime minister,...

Minister expresses satisfaction over wheat procurement drive

Provincial Minister for Food Bilal Yasin has said that the government is encouraging the private sector for wheat procurement and due to the environment...

Country witnessing marked improvement in health, energy: minister

Significant improvement can be witnessed in law and order, health, energy and economy due to sincere efforts and solid initiatives taken by the PML-N...