ISLAMABAD:The British Council, under Scotland-Pak Scholarship scheme, has awarded scholarship to 19 female students of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) pursuing degrees at master’s and M Phil levels. The scholarship certificate distribution ceremony held here at the main campus of the other day. The ceremony was presided over by Vice Chancellor, AIOU, Prof Dr Zia […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) legislators on Saturday congratulated federal government economic team for presenting poor-friendly budget for the fiscal year 2021-22. They said that the economic team had made great efforts to provide maximum relief to the poor people and all sectors were accommodated in this regard. Talking to reporter at Parliament Lobby, Member of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Foreign Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah Saturday discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and stressed the need for enhanced collaboration on issues of mutual interest at regional and international fora. Foreign Minister Qureshi welcomed the ease of visa restrictions for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan has categorically said that Pakistan would “absolutely not” allow any bases and use of its territory for any sort of action inside Afghanistan. “Absolutely Not. There is no way we are going to allow any bases, any sort of action from Pakistani territory into Afghanistan. Absolutely not,” the prime minister told […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Islamabad Karachi Company Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested two Afghan nationals involved in theft cases and recovered mobile phone, laptop and cash from their possession. According to police spokesman, a team constituted by SP (Saddar) Farooq Amjad Butter under the supervision of DSP Malik Basheer including SHO Karachi Company Sub-Inspector Asif Khan and […]
Read MoreUNITED NATIONS:Sexual violence in conflict “reverberates down generations” and threatens both human and international security, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in his message on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Already a “cruel tactic of war, torture, terror and repression”, he pointed to the turmoil caused by the coronavirus […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:A new study released in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) has raised an alarm as 94.2% of its respondents were found to be suffering from anxiety. Titled ‘Severity of depression, anxiety, and stress among the people of Kashmir, India during COVID-19: An observation from telepsychiatric services’, the 2021 study has been published in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Spokesman of Tourism Department of Khyber Pukhtunkaw Latifur Rehman on Saturday said that so far 500 people have been trained from public and private sector for the promotion and safe tourism in the province. Talking to a private news channel, he said that the main purpose of these trainings was true implementation the Standard Operating […]
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