Project launched for evaluation of placer gold deposits in Indus River

ATTOCK Staff RepoRt

The Punjab Mines and Minerals Department, in collaboration with the Geological Survey of Pakistan, on Tuesday launched a project for possible evaluation of placer gold deposits in the Indus River in District Attock .

Additional Secretary Mines and Minerals department Punjab Captain (Retd) Waqas Rasheed along with officials of the Geological Survey of Pakistan and Punjab Mines and Minerals department visited the site of the project in River Indus at Attock Kurd.

Pakistani singers celebrate Chinese New Year

ISLAMABAD Staff RepoRt

Pakistani singers enthralled the audience of twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad here late Tuesday to celebrate Chinese New Year 2023 at Pak China Friendship Centre. The show Happy Chinese New Year 2023 – Year of Rabbit and the Spring Festival Musical evening was organized by China Media Group. Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Zafruddin Mehmood was the chief guest on the occasion, who termed the event a token of celebration between Pakistan and China and said that such events are the opportunity to boost people to people contacts and strengthen cultural ties between two brotherly countries. Singers including Syed Asim Raza, Adil Khan, Waqas Ali, Seher Gul Khan, Alizeh Khan and Naseer Khawaja mesmerized the audience including Chinese community with popular melodies who joined them in singing and dancing. Meanwhile, China Cultural Center in Pakistan has launched series of activities to grandly celebrate the 2023 Happy Chinese New Year, the celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 5, 2023.Chinese New Year is also known as Spring Festival.