After several reports of large scale corruption and embezzlement in various district accounts offices in the head of pension, the Finance Division has devised some new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to bring transparency and ease in the pension payment process. The State Bank Director, Asif Mehmood, in his letter conveyed the amendments in previous SOPs […]
The Punjab Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Affairs Ijaz Alam Augustine has said the provincial government is set to introduce an interfaith harmony policy, which is aimed to promote peaceful coexistence between diverse citizenry of Punjab. He was speaking at multi-stakeholder dialogue: “Towards Improved Human Rights Protection in Punjab”, jointly organised by the Democracy […]
Two women in Pakistan have been murdered in a so-called “honor killing” after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online. The cousins, aged 22 and 24, were shot and buried on May 14 in a remote village in Pakistan’s North Waziristan province, according to police officer Muhammad Nawaz Khan. Khan said the father […]