Mardan —Acting President and Speaker National
Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza Wednesday made a
fervent appeal to the international community
and donor agencies to come forward and help out
the government in providing relief to the
millions of people displaced due to military
operations against the militants in parts of the
Frontier Province.
Peshawar— Dir Welfare Organisation has demanded
relaxation in curfew so that the stranded people
could retrieve from war zone areas, saying
innocent people are being directly affected from
the security forces launched operation against
militants. “The Swatis including people of Dir
are migrating from war zone areas, because they
know that they will also be killed,” said
convener of the organsation Sher Mohammad Khan
of Medaan Bandi while addressing a news
conference here at press club on Wednesday.
Mirpur— Under an attractive development package
for the population of Mirpur district in the
wake of ongoing Mangla dam raising project, the
initial construction work on Rs.450 million
greater water supply/sewerage and mega
Rathua-Harriyam (Mirpur-Islamgarh) bridge
projects have been launched in Mirpur district
of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Hyderabad— The management of Hyderabad Electric
Supply Company has spent millions of rupees for
completion of development schemes with the
objective to provide uninterrupted power supply
to consumers of Sindh province, except Karachi.
Lahore—A five-member delegation of Higher
Education Commission (HEC) Scholarship Programme
met with Punjab Univesity’s VC Prof Dr Mujahid
Kamran at New Campus on Wednesday.
