Day: June 25, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat per tola gold decreased by Rs 800 and was sold at Rs109, 300 on Thursday against its sale at Rs110, 100 the previous day, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat also decreased by Rs 686 and was sold at Rs 93, 707 […]

OTTAWA: Canada’s retail sales fell 5.7 percent to 54.8 billion Canadian dollars in April 2021, Statistics Canada said Wednesday. The fall coincided with the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and was the largest decline in retail sales since April 2020 amid the first wave. The largest declines were seen in clothing and clothing accessories […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday adjourned hearing till July 8, on reference against former interior secretary Shahid Khan pertaining to illegal plot allotment. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding illegal plot allotment of National Police Foundation (NPF). NAB Prosecutor Usman Masood appeared before the […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Inter-Provincial Coordination Dr Fehmida Mirza Thursday appreciated Prime Minister Imran Khan for announcing a special package for the less developed areas and said that the initiative would bring a new era of progress, prosperity and development there. Participating in the budget debate, she said “I appreciate Prime Minister Imran Khan, Finance Minister […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday testifies one more prosecution witness against former president Asif Ali Zardari and ex-prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in Toshakhana corruption reference. AC-III Judge Syed Asghar Ali heard the graft reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) regarding above matter while Farook H. Naek and Arshad Tabraiz appeared before […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday dismissed two appeals of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif against his imprisonment sentences in Al-Azizia Steel Mills and Avenfiled Property references. The court also upheld the decisions of accountability court Islamabad, for handing 11 year and seven year jail in Avenfiled property and Al-Azizia Steel Mills references, […]

ISLAMABAD: World Bank will extend the support of $9 million to the Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training to give hygiene kits and Covid related equipments to the schools across the country. It was agreed during a meeting held here between the Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training & Culture Shafqat Mehmood and the […]

ISLAMABAD: The participants of a two-day training workshop discussed ‘Nuclear and Biological Weapons and their Delivery Systems Act-2004 (SECA-2004)’ and its implementation relating to export control on goods, technologies, material and equipment. According to the Foreign Office, a team of Strategic Export Control Division (SECDIV) on June 23-23 conducted the capacity-building training at the Customs […]