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Country Director World Bank, Najy Benhassine called on Minister for Planning Development Ahsan Iqbal in Islamabad and discussed the progress and current status of the ongoing projects supported by the World Bank. During the meeting, the Minister unde...

Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, who is on the official visit to Turkmenistan, called on Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov today. On behalf of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, he handed over an invitation to him to vi...

The AJK budget with a total outlay of over two hundred sixty four billion rupees was presented at Legislative Assembly in Muzaffarabad on Tuesday. AJK Minister for Finance Abdul Majid Khan unveiling budgetary proposals said total revenue has been est...

Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti has said government is committed to eliminate polio from the province. Talking to President of Global Development Division of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Christopher Elias in Quetta today, he said al...

Punjab Government has declared Saturday as a weekly holiday for schools to reduce workload and facilitate teachers. The announcement to this effect was made by provincial Education Minister Rana Sikandar Hayat in Lahore today. He said daily teaching...

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has directed the authorities concerned to continue indiscriminate action to prevent smuggling in the country. In a statement, he said a zero tolerance policy against smuggling should be implemented as smuggling is destr...

Punjab Cabinet has accorded approval of 'Apni Chhat Apna Ghar program', which will be launched on August 14. Chairing a meeting of Provincial Cabinet in Lahore today, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif said government housing allocations will ...