ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl until January 27 after the counsel for main accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.
UAE visa extension: Residents can spend more time with visiting relatives
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Tourist visas will be extended for one additional month without any government fees.
UAE residents have expressed delight over being able to spend more time with their visiting loved ones. This has been made possible by a visit visa extension announced by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, late on Monday.
Dubai resident Asif Mehmood said his parents arrived in the UAE on a visit visa in October. They were due to return to Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on January 2.
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KOHAT: Adviser to the chief minister on information technology Zaiaullah Bangash announced on Wednesday that 80 mosques and imambargahs in Kohatwould be put on solar power at a cost of Rs30.2 million.
Speaking at a function to distribute solar plates and batteries among 12 mosques in Urban- 1 and city mosques, he said subsequent to the solarisation of 35 mosques in Urban-5 and Jungle Khel localities, solar plates had been distributed among 12 mosques in PK-82. He said worship places would now get uninterrupted power supply.
SHOPS SEALED: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority on Wednesday sealed two shops for selling expired cold drinks and banned China salt.
PHA to award prizes to staff of best park
Islamabad
December 20, 2020
Rawalpindi : Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) Rawalpindi Vice Chairman Malik Abid Hussain announced cash prizes for the staff of that park which will stand first out of city’s total 58 parks in natural green and clean competition. The outstanding performance of the staff shall also be encouraged and recognised by giving them excellence awards too and funds for this purpose shall be received from philanthropists, says a press release.
He said this while talking to PHA staff during his surprise visit of Allama Iqbal Park Murree Road Rawalpindi on Saturday.