Day: June 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Thailand’s COVID-19 caseload topped 200, 000 with 3, 000 new cases reported Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a new surge of infections. The new cases, with five imported and 2, 995 locally transmitted, brought the total tally to 202, 264, according to the Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Thailand also […]

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday concluded an inquiry in the dairy sector which has found the prima facie involvement of three leading dairy associations in cartelization and price-fixing of milk in the country’s largest metropolitan, Karachi. The CCP initiated the inquiry after taking notice of the media reports and concerns raised in […]

ISLAMABAD: A total of 69, 130 Ehsaas scholarships worth Rs6.53 billion are being awarded including 51 percent scholarships to girls and four percent to minorities in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-22. The need cum merit based Ehsaas scholarship covers 100 percent tuition fee and a living stipend. According to the Special Assistant to the Prime […]

ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) Tuesday lost 93.52 points, with a negative change of 0.19 percent, closing at 48, 632.56 points against 48, 726.08 points on the last working day. A total of 1, 224, 569, 852 shares valuing Rs 28.170 billion were traded during the day as compared to […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Tuesday said these were PPP and PML-N, which during their tenures in government, introduced the culture of ruthless exploitation of poor and put the country under dominance of foreign financial institutions. Reacting to statements of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Zardari and Pakistan Muslim […]

ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH will provide 500 scholarships for Palestinian students and scholars in partnership with Association of Private Sector Universities of Pakistan (APSUP) and member institutions of COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence. This was announced by the Coordinator General, COMSTECH Prof. Dr. M. Iqbal Choudhary while addressing a press conference at COMSTECH office here Tuesday. He stated […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to submit its response on new legislation regarding stone crushing. The court also sought a report on the matter from environmental experts. A three-member SC bench comprising Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Amin-Ud-Din Khan heard the provincial […]

ISLAMABAD: The sale and production of cars witnessed an increase of 56.63 and 49.67 percent respectively during the first eleven months of financial year 2020-21 as compared to corresponding period of last year. During the period under review, as many as 139, 613 cars were sold against the sale of 89, 130 units while the […]