Govt dolls out Rs600m for uplift of Islamabad’s rural areas
- 20-Jan-2020
Total 47 small projects have been identified
Human rights ministry plans to expand women police stations to rural areas
- 27-Nov-2019
The official said ministry was taking number of reforms for women empowerment.
Aleem Khan approves waste management projects for Punjab’s rural areas
- 19-Jan-2019
'Scope of the projects would later be extended to other villages as well'
Thrill seeking runners take sport and spending to rural China
- 31-Aug-2018
LONGYANGXIA, CHINA: At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers across sand dunes, rivers and ravines. The crowd of sporty, middle-class urbanites had spent thousands of yuan to travel to Longyangxia Reservoir in northwestern Qinghai province for an “ultramarathon” – […]
Rs5 bn solar village electrification afoot in rural areas, says Sindh CM
- 05-Aug-2017
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Saturday said that solar electrification of villages is afoot in rural areas at the cost of Rs5 billion. “Rural Development Department (RDD) has also been assigned to install solar lights in rural areas for Rs3 billion. It has also been given Rs2 billion for electrification of […]
Over 90% of world breathing bad air: WHO
- 27-Sep-2016
GENEVA: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year.