Day: June 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD: A total number of 23 matches were played on the first day of the 2nd PTF Development Series Junior National Ranking Tennis tournament-2021 here at the PTF Complex. The players seemed excited to compete with each other in different categories after a long time due to the COVID-19 situation. It is pertinent to mention […]

BEIJING: Two officers of Pakistan Embassy Beijing were conferred upon Tamgha-e-Imtiaz at a special investiture ceremony held at Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing on Tuesday. Pakistan Ambassador to China Moin ul Haque, on behalf of the President of Pakistan, conferred the civil award upon Second Secretary Muhammad Junaid and Education Attache, Muhammad Suleman Mahsud in […]

ISLAMABAD: An overseas Pakistani on Tuesday sent a defamation notice worth Rs 20 millions to former interior minister of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal for giving derogatory remarks against Pakistani community abroad. The notice, which was served by an oversea citizen Muhammad Arif Tarar living in Spain, stated that PML-N’s Secretary General Ahsan […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Tuesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure effective tracking progress of installed point of sales (PoS) machines and provide post deployment support to the retailers. Chairing a meeting at the FBR, the minister directed the board to determine the total volume of sales […]

ISLAMABAD: Female Pakistani taekwondo athlete Najia Rasool has grabbed two medals in the Asian Taekwondo Poomsae held in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Najia won the bronze medal in the over-17 Women Individual Freestyle category, with Korea’s Sangyoop Kim and Philippine’s Juvenile Crisostomo securing gold and silver medals. Najia also grabbed the silver medal in […]

ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will commence the final examinations of MS/M.Phil and PhD programs offered in semester Spring 2021 by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies from June 24. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the examinations of BS Computer Science face to […]

ISLAMABAD: The country on Tuesday recorded the lowest number of positive cases reported in a day for the past two weeks of June; the national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 40, 929 with 838 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 1, 576 people recovered from the disease during the […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Tuesday visited Safe City Headquarters and reviewed the arrangements being made regarding the expected visit of the Prime Minister there. The minister directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad and other senior police officials to ensure elaborated arrangements. The Prime Minister would inaugurate the newly established […]