ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday has predicted monsoon rains in the country from June 30. According to the Meteorological Department, moist currents from Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are likely to enter in upper parts of the country from 29th June (Wednesday) which may intensify and expand to southern parts of the country by …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): Federal cabinet on Tuesday approved the country s first-ever National Hazardous Waste Management Policy. This was announced by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb while briefing the media persons in Islamabad on Tuesday along with other cabinet members including Minister for Climate Change Sherry Rehman and Qamar Zaman Kaira. Giving details of the policy, the Minister …

ISLAMABAD, June 28(ABC): The opposition leader of the National Assembly Raja Riaz Ahmad on Tuesday said that he will fully support the treasury benches in the budget 2022-2033 approval process. Sources privy to the development said that Raja Riaz called on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and discussed the political situation including appointment of the new NAB chairman while Shehbaz Sharif …

LAHORE, June 28(ABC): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday barred Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif from inauguration of dam in Kahuta ahead of by-election in PP-7 Rawalpindi. The Prime Minister was stopped by the ECP from violating the code of conduct. He was scheduled to inaugurate the dam in Kahuta on June 29. The area falls within the constituency of …

PESHAWAR, June 28(ABC): Three people, including two policemen, were killed and one person was left injured on Tuesday in an attack on a polio team in North Waziristan, police officials confirmed. In the surrounding area of Tang Kalli tehsil Dattakhel, unidentified assailants opened fire and killed two policemen and one polio worker, while one civilian was injured. The deceased were …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): PIA will start direct weekly passenger flights between Islamabad and Chengdu, China from July 6, Gwadar Pro reported on Tuesday quoting a statement of the national flag carrier. Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan, China, is the third destination other than Beijing for which PIA recently got operating licences from the Civil Aviation Administration of China …

Directs establishment of a pension desk in all major ministries and corporations ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Federal Ombudsman Ejaz Ahmad Qureshi took notice of the alarming situation of pensioners and directed the establishment of a pension desk in all major ministries and corporations.  He has been receiving a large number of complaints regarding delays in their pension and other post-retirement …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): On the directions of Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Abdul Qadir Patel (NHSR&C), NCOC team arranged the meetings with Health Department Sindh to formulate strategy at provincial level amid slight rise in COVID-19 cases in Karachi. It was decided to increase testing, contact tracing and implementation of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), especially mask wearing …

ISLAMABAD, June 28 (ABC): Health experts have shown concerns over the deceptively dangerous marketing tactics of tobacco industry to attract the youth. In a press release shared by Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC), the experts warned that a global “talent hunt” competition organized by the biggest tobacco company in the world will further spread …

RAWALPINDI, Jun 28 (ABC): Rawalpindi District Administration would not allow anyone to collect hides of sacrificial animals without permission and a No-objection Certificate (NoC) from the authorities concerned as per the directive of the Punjab government. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Office Rawalpindi had announced that the applications for collecting hides of sacrificial animals would be received till June 30 and after …