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Karachi expected to produce 16000 tons garbage daily by 2020

  • KARACHI, APP): Karachi in view of constant population influx is expected to generate 16000 tons of garbage daily by 2020, said Roshan A Shaikh, Managing Director, Sindh Solid Waste Management Board here Monday. Talking to a delegation of investors, comprising both foreign and local, interested in the series of schemes chalked-out by the board,he said […]

  • Two more LNG terminals to help overcome energy shortages: Ministry

    ISLAMABAD, (APP): The government plans to set up two more LNG terminals in its concerted bid to use this fuel being imported from Qatar to overcome gas shortages and significantly increase power generation. These two planned termininals of Liquified Natural Gas would be established at the coasts of Sindh and Makran (Gwadar), sources in the […]

  • PPP-PML-N in tense standoff over Kotli clash in AJK

    MIRPUR:(APP): Tensions between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and Pakistan People’s Party simmering in Azad Jammu and Kashmir after killing of a PPP worker in a clash between the workers of two parties in Kotli. Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed has given call of black day on Monday (today) to protest against the federal ministers’ […]

  • Bacha Khan University reopened after 26 days

    CHARSADDA:(APP): The tragedy-struck Bacha Khan University was reopened on Monday after twenty-six days, following heavy security arrangements, According to details, the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda was re-opened today after 26 days of closure. Stringent security measures were undertaken, as a watch tower was constructed every 100 meters apart. More CCTV cameras were also installed […]

  • Mufti Muneeb terms action against seminaries ‘a biased approach’

    KARACHI: (APP):Prominent religious scholar Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman has expressed his reservation to government ‘for specifically targeting religious seminaries (madaris) in the ongoing operation’, Addressing a press conference here, Muneeb said government doesn’t do what it is supposed to do. “The country is already facing chaos and it is in no position to brave further crisis,” he […]

  • ATC declares Rehman Malik’s testimony in BB murder case ‘unnecessary’

    ISLAMABAD: (APP):An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Monday declared former interior minister Rehman Malik’s testimony in Benazir Bhutto murder case as ‘unnecessary’, During the proceedings today, the ATC issued summons to assistant director Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Shoaib Ahmed. The hearing was adjourned till February 22. Read here: Benazir murder case: Rehman Malik failed to […]