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The Man Who Stayed

By Syed Munawar AliBetween 2005 and 2010, as Pakistan lost much of its trained health talent to hospitals abroad, one clinical research professional made the opposite choice. Syed Munawar Ali stayed.He stayed to work in a sector that barely existed. The Ministry of Health had […]

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Rs163bn spent to develop CPEC road infrastructure in Balochistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 07 (ABC): The government has allocated more than Rs310 billion for nine under-construction China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) road projects in Balochistan’s western zone since the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2022-23, with releases and expenditures reaching over Rs163 billion so far. According to […]

Pakistan

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Rs47bn set aside for development of KP’s merged districts

ISLAMABAD, Aug 07 (ABC): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government would launch a Rs 47.25 billion (US$175 million) World Bank funded development programme for the merged districts to upgrade infrastructure and improve public services through investments in water supply, sanitation, roads, agriculture and administrative facilities, according to […]

Pakistan

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Textile sector set for a boost as Pakistan develops 14 advanced cotton varieties

ISLAMABAD, Aug 05 (ABC):Pakistan approved 14 cotton varieties during 2021-2025 featuring improved fibre quality, higher ginning outturn, heat tolerance, drought tolerance and bollworm resistance, strengthening the country’s cotton seed portfolio and supporting the textile value chain. According to official documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the […]

Pakistan

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Punjab takes major step to safeguard Taxila with new preservation master plan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 04 (ABC):The Punjab government has developed the first comprehensive long-term conservation strategy for the UNESCO World Heritage Property of Taxila, replacing decades of fragmented restoration with an integrated management programme designed to safeguard one of South Asia’s most important archaeological landscapes. According to […]

Pakistan

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75% of federal civil servants’ service records digitized

ISLAMABAD, Aug 04 (ABC):The federal government has digitized around 75 percent of service records of federal civil servants belonging to four occupational groups as part of a broader reform aimed at modernizing human resource management and reducing reliance on paper-based records. Official documents presented to […]

Pakistan