Problems to be solved with consensus: Shah Mehmood

Khanewal—Foreign minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that on-going efforts of the government were directed at solving all the problems confronting the nation with consensus of the coalition partners while keeping in view the national interests.

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Plan kicks for AJK tourism, socio-economic sector uplift

Mirpur —An integrated broad-based plan has been kicked off for the uplift of socio-economic and tourism sectors in Azad Jammu Kashmir. The plan primarily involves the promotion of adventure tourism in Azad Jammu Kashmir through launching various projects under private-public partnership, official sources said.

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Govt committed to protect rights of employees: Ameer

Hyderabad—The present government is fully committed to protect the rights of employees and employers and ensure the working relations between the stakeholders so that the country could be made prosperous and strong like other developed countries of the world. Sindh Minister for Labour and Manpower Ameer Nawab has maintained this while addressing the members of Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on Saturday evening.

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Monitoring arrangements tightened to stop illegal wheat movement

Lahore—Food Minister Punjab Malik Nadeem Kamran has said that monitoring arrangements at 23 check posts have been further enhanced in order to stop illegal movement of wheat and these check posts would remain functional during whole year.

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Debris of collapsed schools leave tears in mother’s eyes

Balakot—Tears roll down the cheeks of Ruksuma Bibi as she narrates the panic that gripped her when she rushed out of her home in search of her ten- year- old daughter Seema buried under the debris of what was once a school building in this remote village of Patlang in Balakot during the October 8, 2005 earthquake. “I could hear her shouts for help, my motherhood was shredding to save her; I even tried to turn the heavy stones up but I could not,” Ruksuma said in mourning voice.

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