Lahore: A spokesman of Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has rejected a statement “Power outages to continue till 2018”, attributed to WAPDA Chairman Mr. Shakil Durrani, appeared in a section of media and termed it as irresponsible and misleading. The spokesman expressed surprise that how a statement which was never uttered by WAPDA Chairman was ascribed to him. WAPDA Chairman briefed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power only on Neelum-Jhelum and other water and hydropower [...]

Islamabad: The Authority has learnt that various illegal / proscribed channels are being run by Cable TV operators in Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan, despite repeated warnings issued by the Authority. As per PEMRA laws / policies, relaying illegal satellite TV channels and excessive CD channels beyond the permitted limit, showing Indian movies on cable networks is an illegal activity and a peril to the society. Moreover, relaying illegal channel and movies on cable TV networks is [...]

Islamabad: The University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF) has redeveloped a wheat thresher by using the reverse engineering process, decreasing the cost of production at Rs. 50000 of the said machine and reducing 300 kilograms in its weight. It also saves 1.5 litre of fuel per hour and work with improved efficiency. The University also redeveloped a wheat chopper reducing the prices of the chopper Rs. 75000 and decreasing 500 kilograms of its weight. The thresher and chopper aim at making [...]

Islamabad: The Higher Education Commission (HEC), in collaboration with the National Testing Service (NTS) Pakistan, organized the first-ever Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop on “Effective Test Item Construction Techniques” at Commission secretariat for the faculty members belonging to higher education institutions (HEIs) of Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The main objective of the workshop was to provide an opportunity to the faculty members to design and construct test items for effective examination and evaluation system. HEC has selected 13 Social Sciences departments [...]

Islamabad: Islamabad Police on Tuesday arrested ten persons including five suspects and recovered 32 wine bottles, 400 gram heroin, 630 gram opium and two pistols from them, a police spokesman said. Station House Officer Aabpara police station Muhammad Hussain Lasi, ASIs Qaisar Niaz, Shafqat Ullah and others arrested five suspects during search operation in the area while four persons were nabbed for their alleged involvement in drug peddling and possessing illegal weapons. On a tip off, ASI Haider Ali from [...]

Islamabad: Islamabad Police detained 23 wanted offenders in drive against criminals lodged on the instruction of Inspector General of Police Islamabad Bani Amin Khan during last week. IGP Islamabad said that task had been assigned to heads of 15 police stations to arrest proclaimed offenders and their performance will be reviewed in this regard on weekly basis. He said that no one is above the law and directed to ensure arrest of those involved in crimes of heinous nature. According [...]

Lahore: Following the earlier announcement about PCB decision to hold its Home series against England in the U.A.E, PCB and ECB have agreed that the Tour will comprise of 3 Test Matches, 4 ODIs and 3 T20s to be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during January and February 2012. A detailed itinerary will be announced in due course. For more information, contact: Nadeem Sarwar Media Manager Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan Tel: +9242 571 7231 [...]