Pakistan Railways develops IT-based train accident reducing systems
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has developed two indigenous IT-based solutions, which are expected to reduce train accidents and help improve its safety record...
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PakistanPakistan, India urged to learn from each other’s LG systems
ISLAMABAD: Legislators from Pakistan and India have underscored the need for regular dialogue among citizens from both sides, especially in areas that can help improve the lives of citizens in both countries...
The legislators and public officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday to share lessons from each other’s local government systems and anti-corruption mechanisms to address common problems...
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PakistanTime may not allow biometric, CCTV systems for by-poll: Qaim
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the Sindh Rangers director-general in a recent meeting with him had brought proposal for the introduction of biometric system and installation of CCTV cameras at polling stations in the NA-246 Karachi bypoll...
Subsequently, the DG might have made an indirect request to the Election Commission of Pakistan on his proposals, he said...
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PakistanNescom’s role in developing missile systems praised
RAWALPINDI: Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, visited the National Engineering and Scientific Commission (Nescom) on Sunday and highlighted its significant contributions to developing an array of state-of-the-art strategic missile systems that have made the country’s defence formidable...
Gen Hayat reiterated that Pakistan was a peace-loving country but would not remain oblivious to its...
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WorldTurkey signs deal to buy Russian S-400 missile systems
Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, Turkish newspapers on Tuesday quoted President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as saying...
The purchase of the missile systems from a non-Nato supplier will raise concerns in the West over their compatibility with the alliance's equipment...
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WorldSaudi Arabia to buy Russian S-400 defence systems, other arms
Saudi Arabia signed on Thursday preliminary agreements to buy S-400 air defence systems and receive “cutting edge technologies” from Russia during King Salman's landmark visit to Moscow, the Saudi military industries firm said...
Under the agreements, Saudi Arabia is set to buy S-400 air defence systems, Kornet anti-tank guided missile systems and multiple rocket launchers...
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PakistanLIVING COLOURS: ‘We are trying to work with first responders so Mohafiz alerts appear on their systems’
We are trying to work with first response and national disaster management authorities so that our alerts show up on their systems...
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PakistanPresident for end to ‘experiments’ with systems of governance
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain has called for halting experiments with the systems of governance in Pakistan and urged the nation to get united under the Constitution to ensure its supremacy which is vital for the country’s development...
“Since creation of Pakistan, we have done different experiments with systems of government...
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PakistanSerious flaws in KE’s distribution and generation systems detected by Nepra
KARACHI: A team of the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has found serious flaws in the “distribution and generation” systems of the K-Electric which led to prolonged outages in the city that has been witnessing one of the worst power crises in the recent history from the first day of Ramazan, sources and officials said on Sunday...
The team, which held meetings with the power utility officials and visited its...
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WorldAl-Jazeera under cyberattack 'on all systems'
Qatar-based broadcaster Al-Jazeera said Thursday that it was under a widescale cyber attack which had targeted “all systems”, according to a statement released on social media by the broadcaster...
“Al Jazeera Media Network under cyber attack on all systems, websites & social media platforms,” it said on Twitter...
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PakistanRains expose deficiencies in city’s municipal, power supply systems
KARACHI: The 54mm of rainfall in Karachi over the past two days exposed serious deficiencies in the city’s physical readiness to handle major weather events, as electrocution and flooding left nearly eight citizens dead and brought life in many areas to a complete standstill...
Experts warned on Friday that the fast depleting departmental capacity of the municipal bodies, growing encroachments and non-disposal of solid waste could worsen... -
ArchivePower crisis: focus shifts to reforming transmission systems as govt changes tack
The federal government, struggling to fulfil election promises to end daily power cuts, is shifting from big generation projects to less splashy reforms including new transmission systems, privatisation and better management...
Pakistan produces about 16,000 MW and faces a shortfall of around 6,000 MW, although supply and demand fluctuate, the planning ministry said...
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PakistanSocial protection systems equally important for rural, urban populations, says Marvi
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State and Chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Marvi Memon has said that social protection systems are as important for people living in urban areas as for rural populations...
Ms Memon was speaking at the ministerial session at 2015 South-South Learning Forum on ‘Emerging Social Protection Systems in an Urbanising World’ in Beijing on Friday...
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BusinessCisco Systems to lay off about 14,000 employees: CRN
Cisco Systems is laying off about 14,000 employees, representing nearly 20 per cent of the network equipment maker's global workforce, technology news site CRN reported, citing sources close to the company...
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PakistanMinorities’ worship places in KP to get solar panels, sound systems
KOHAT: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to equip all the temples, gurdawaras and churches with solar panels and sound systems so that the religious minorities could perform their rituals without any hindrance...
Mr Singh said that the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led government had raised the job quota for minorities by 100 per cent which was unprecedented...
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