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Farida, 50, a housemaid, insists on taking a 15-day break in Ramazan even if it means sacrificing half of her monthly salary. Ignoring pandemic warnings, she is all set to scout across the city to capitalise on the generosity of her past employers and check distribution points of charities.
“It takes stamina to run around and patience to wait in long queues. For the persistent ones, the end justifies the trouble. I collect edibles, clothes and cash collectively worth more than my two-month salary enough to afford some festivity at Eid,” she told Dawn.
Farida, a widow is a mother of seven and grandmother of 12. Her husband, a construction worker, fell from a multi-storey and died a long time back. Only one of her three sons works as a kabari (trash dealer). One son died in a road accident and the eldest is mentally unstable. Three of her daughters are married. She supports the widow and two kids of her son, her firstborn and an unmarried daughter.
Govt releases Rs 1.68 billion for petroleum projects in 9 months Government had initially earmarked an amount of Rs 1.66 billion in PSDP for five ongoing projects in petroleum sector
April 11, 2021
The government has released Rs 1,686.644 million during first nine months of the current fiscal year to execute around petroleum sector projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2020-21).
According to the official data as of April 2 that showed a slight readjustment in funds allocation and releases, an amount of Rs 1686.644 million had been provided against total allocation of Rs 1,821.520 million for the timely and smooth execution of the projects. As per the initial PSDP allocation details, the government had earmarked an amount of Rs 1,662.684 million for five ongoing projects, out of which Rs 100 million were meant for expansion and up-gradation of Pakistan Petroleum Corehouse (PETCORE), Rs 6.524 million for exploration and evaluation of coal in Nosham and Bahl
China offers full support to Pakistani business community
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The Chinese Ambassador shared his views with the house regarding the upcoming online business
KARACHI (Dunya News) – Ambassador of China in Pakistan Nong Rong along with Chinese Consul General in Karachi Li Bijian and his team visited the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday.
The meeting took note of various subjects pertaining to economic relationship between Pakistan and China particularly in reference to China Pakistan Economic Corridor and China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement, said a statement.
The Chinese Ambassador shared his views with the house regarding the upcoming online business portal of Chinese Government which will be a good opportunity for Pakistani business community to get easily connected with their Chinese counterparts.
Four car lifters arrested
Heavy downpour in Lahore and other parts of the province caused devastating damage as two cars among other property were struck by thunder in Faisalabad. PHOTOS: EXPRESS/PPI
RAWAT:
Officials at the Sihala police station checkpoint arrested a gang of motorcycle and car thieves and recovered a snatched car and three bikes from their possession, a spokesperson shared on Sunday.
Chowki In-Charge Sub-Inspector Ashfaq Bhandar and Head Constable Anjum Nisar conducted a successful operation and recovered a car stolen from a villager at gunpoint and arrested the escaped robbers identified as Danish, Muhammad Ali, Shahbaz and Anmol.