JHANG, May 21 (APP): At least ten persons including women
and children were killed while 18 others sustained injuries when their passenger bus collided with a truck near Nasirabad, early on Saturday morning.
Rescue sources said the ill fated Jhang bound bus from
Khushab was dashed against a mini truck coming from opposite direction.
Rescue teams rushed to the mishap site as soos as the
report was received and shifted dead and injured to hospitals with precarious condition.
PESHAWAR, May 21 (APP): People from cross section of society in Swat widely welcomed the development package announced by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif during his visit to the scenic valley, famous for attracting millions of tourists from down country and abroad.
“It is just the beginning of the new era,” as was saying by the Prime Minister during his big public meeting after inaugurating the first of its kind, international standard kidney hospital named after him with the aim to address the most common diseases people of Swat suffering from.
A lecturer in Physical Education and Sports in Jehanzaib College Swat, Muhammad Arif, whose mother was died due to kidney related diseases, lauded Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for giving an unmatched gift in the shape of Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital to citizenry of Swat.
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): A figurative and conceptual drawing workshop in full swing here at National Art Gallery (NAG), Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).
Students of various educational institutions is participating
in the workshop. An eminent visual artist Aleem Dad Khan is conducting the workshop.
Talking to APP, he said that conceptual art, sometimes simply called conceptualism, is art in which the concepts or ideas involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns.
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): Observing the Day of Vesak, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon has said that the teachings of Buddhism can help the international community tackle pressing challenges, including mass population movements, violent conflicts, atrocious human rights abuses and hateful rhetoric aimed at dividing communities.
“The fundamental equality of all people, the imperative to seek justice, and the interdependence of life and the environment are more than abstract concepts for scholars to debate; they are living guidelines for Buddhists and others navigating the path to a better future,” he said.
“Vesak,” the Day of the Full Moon in the month of May, is the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. It was on the Day of Vesak two and a half millennia ago, in the year 623 B.C., that the Buddha was born. It was also on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha attained enlightenment, and it was on the Day of Vesak that the Buddha in his eightieth year passed away.
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): Global temperature records were broken yet again in April for the 12th consecutive month, the longest such streak since global record taking began in 1880, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported Saturday.
Overall, 13 out of the 15 highest monthly temperature departures in the record have all occurred since February 2015, with the combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for April 2016 measured at 1.10 degrees Celsius above the 20th century average of 13.7 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature departure since in the 137 year record of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, WMO said in a press release.
UNITED NATIONS, May 21 (APP): An Afghan father and his son came to United Nations Headquarters in New York Friday on the final leg their round the world trip to promote peace that included cycling 7,000 miles from Istanbul.
Calling their mission, which crossed three continents, a
journey of peace and solidarity, Nader Shah Nangarhari and his son Firoz Khan began their journey in July 2015.
They met with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, presenting him with a traditional Afghan ‘Chapa’ coat.
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain and
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif have expressed confidencethat Pakistan and China would continue their efforts to enhance and reinforce friendship between their two peoples.
The President and Prime Minister expressed this
confidence in their separate messages on the occasion of 65th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China falling on Saturday (May 21).
President Mamnoon Hussain in his message said, “Pakistan
and China enjoy time tested and all weather friendship. It is a unique friendship. We are good neighbours, close friends, trusted partners, and iron brothers. We have elevated our relationship to all weather strategic cooperative partnership.”
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (APP): Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid has said that Pakistan and China enjoy exemplary relations and scope of these ties had a wide scope.
Mutual cooperation in the realm of the media
and broadcasting is gaining momentum, he said in his message on the 65th anniversary of diplomatic Pak China ties.
KARACHI, May 20 (APP): Pakistan’s origin, British Boxer
Amir Khan is organizing exhibition matches here on May 02 for generating charity funds to install filter plants to provide safe drinking water to drought hit people in Thar.
President Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF), Dodo Khan Bhutto told APP on Friday.
“Amir Khan has sent a request to PBF for issuance of
No Objection Certificate (NOC) and we have issued it”, he said.
MINGORA, May 20 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said the Pakistan Muslim League was a beacon of hope for the disillusioned people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who were promised of a change, but which was never delivered.
Addressing a large gathering after inaugurating the Nawaz
Sharif Kidney Hospital, the Prime Minister said the PML N was
striving hard to serve the masses and bring about a real revolution in their lives.
The huge crowd waved the green PML N flags and continued to raise slogans throughout the event. Prime Minister also waved to the crowd who responded with cheers.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan on Friday offered
condolences to government and the people of Sri Lanka over the loss of lives and property due to recent flash floods in the various parts of the country.
Loss of more than 200 lives and displacement of over 400,000 people was reported due to devastating floods and the record rainfall in Sri Lanka.
“Pakistan expresses solidarity with all those who have suffered due to these rains.
SWAT May 20, (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif here Friday formally inaugurated the state-of-the-art ‘Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital’ (NSKH) to provide best possible medical treatment to patients of nephrology, kidney and other diseases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at their doorsteps.
The prime minister inaugurated the 110-bed hospital, located on the main Kalam-Swat Road at Minglawar Town near Mingora, by unveiling a plaque.
He was accompanied by Advisor to the Prime Minister Engr Amir Muqam, former Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK)
Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan, KPK PML-N President Pir Sabir Shah, senior PML-N leader Siranjum Khan, Focal Personal Punjab Hospital Trust Javed Akram and other government officials of Punjab and KP besides elite of the city.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday confirmed that the visa application of pacer Mohammad Amir has been submitted to the United Kingdom (UK) Embassy.
According to the UK visa laws, a foreign individual’s visa application will be denied for up to 10 years if he or she has served a jail sentence of one year to four years within the UK. Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were banned after the unfortunate spot-fixing incident that took place in Pakistan’s tour of England in 2010.
He spent six-months in juvenile prison and was banned for five-years from all form of cricket by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday asked all Ministries, Divisions and government organisations for immediate measures for the use of Urdu as official language, as it was a Constitutional requirement.
Talking to Advisor on National History and Literary
Heritage Irfan Siddiqui, who called on him here at the PM
House, the Prime Minister said all government departments need to focus on the ten points already given in this regard.
He also asked that a report be submitted to him to show
progress made for use of Urdu as the official language.
By Mudassar Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): As one can see and purchase different kinds of birds from different markets and even on roads, the agricultural scientists have warned that the illegal poaching of some certain species of birds was spoiling the eco system.
The poaching and sale of different birds, even rare and endangered species, is on the rise as the seller can be seen on the roads but the concerned wild life department has turned a blind eye to curtail the practice and apprehend the responsible.
The women sellers of black partridges, from far flung Punjab and Sindh area, can be seen on Lehtrar Road selling the endangered species offering from Rs 3000 to 7000.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Pakistan Meterological Department (PMD) Friday forecast hot dry weather for next two days in the country.
According to PMD, Mainly very hot and dry weather was expected over most parts of the country.
Very hot weather conditions will continue over plain areas of Punjab, KP, Sindh (Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad divisions), Sibbi & Makran divisions.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): The death anniversary of well-known composer Sheikh Abdul Hameed widely known as A. Hameed is being observed on Friday.
According to Radio Pakistan , Abdul Hameed was born in Amritsar (India).
He started his career from Bombay’s film world and later moved to Lahore, where his name became famous as a leading music composer for Pakistani movies.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Having already seen a marked decline in dreaded loadshedding over the last almost three years, the country is apparently on the course to eliminate this power curse in a year or two.
This vast improvement in power generation, as compared to four-five years back, is partly reflected in the success to achieve Zero Loadshedding for the industrial sector.
The efforts to reinvigorate the once-lethargic power sector are augmented by the plans to lay international transmission lines and import electricity from Central Asia as well as from Iran.
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (APP): Former Captain Rashid Latif has urged head coach Mickey Arthur to slow down with his statements about Pakistan Cricket saying he must first come and see the challenges he faces with the national team.
Earlier this month, Mickey Arthur had said that he will not tolerate indiscipline and selfish players in the team.
He also said he will not let external forces dictate how he goes about doing his business.
PESHAWAR, May 20 (APP): Senior defence analyst and former Secretary Security FATA, Brigadier ® Mehmood Shah Friday said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would further cement the ever growing and time tested relationship between the two friendly countries besides promoting peace and prosperity in the region.
Commenting on 65th anniversary celebrations of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China, Brigadier ® Mehmood Shah told APP that Pakistan and China enjoyed long cordial and friendly diplomatic relationship established on May 21, 1951 that was higher than Himalaya, deeper than oceans and sweeter than honey and it would touch new heights of glory in days to come.
He described the CPEC as game changer project for Pakistan and expressed the hope that it would take diplomatic relationship between two countries to the new heights of friendship besides bringing people of Pakistan and China further closer to each other.
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