ISLAMABAD: The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) collaborated with the United Kingdom International Search and Rescue and the Punjab Emergency Service to organize a certification course for its Search and Rescue Teams (SARTs) in Lahore. The training, which was attended by 26 SART members aimed at developing skills for urban search and rescue, water
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CHITRAL: A forest department official here claimed to have arrested two persons on the charge of trying to smuggle a truckload of timber (deodar) worth Rs1.5 million out of the district. Divisional Forest Officer Umair Nawaz said on a tip-off his staff raided a filling station at Denin where the arrested persons had parked the
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CHITRAL: The World Snow Leopard day is celebrated on Oct 23 ever year to highlight the significance of conservation of this iconic species and raise awareness about the myriad of threats faced by the ghost of mountain. The Snow Leopard Foundation (SLF) is working with communities for the conservation of this magnificent cat, aiming to
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister\’s Special Assistant for Political Affairs Naeemul Haq on Tuesday announced that the government has agreed to all demands put forth by employees of the Utility Stores Corporation (USC). USC employees have been protesting on the streets of various cities while claiming that Abdul Razzaq Dawood, adviser to the prime minister on industries,
SWAT: Army on Monday formally handed over administrative control of Swat to the civil government after restoring peace and the government’s writ in the militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region. In 2007, after the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had taken over Swat, armed forced were called in to prise the valley out of their possession — a process that
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