Day: June 26, 2021

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday reiterated Pakistan’s principled stance that it would not allow the United States to use its bases against Afghanistan. He said Pakistan was making serious efforts to promote peace and stability in Afghanistan as it would be the major beneficiary of a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. The president made these […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Dr. Sania Nishtar Friday announced Ehsaas primary school graduation bonus of Rs 3000 for girls to ensure their enrollment in secondary education level. Dr. Nishtar said this during an unannounced visit to Talagang Tehsil of Chakwal together with Ehsaas team. Talking to […]

ISLAMABAD:The Met department Friday forecast rain wind-thunderstorm at the scattered places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, upper and central Punjab, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and Islamabad during the next 24 hours. Hot weather is expected in other parts of the country, however, very hot in plain areas. A shallow westerly wave is affecting upper parts of the country. […]

Taking part in the NA Budget session, the Finance Minister said that the agriculture sector is the backbone of the rural economy ,where 63 percent of Pakistanis are living and there is a huge need to provide relief measures for the agriculture sector to create more employment opportunities and growth in the rural economy. He […]

ISLAMABAD:Capital Development Authority (CDA) has given approval to over 5500 building plans of residential and commercial to boost construction activities in the federal capital. The authority has responded the applications timely in line with the policy of incumbent government to boost construction sector in the country, its spokesman told reporter on Friday. “It was the […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday said as Kashmiris wanted a full-fledged restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, the claim of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to fulfill such demand “at some opportune time” was entirely “vague and against the interest of Kashmiris”. He termed the meeting between Indian prime minister Narendra Modi […]

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday urged the international community to take serious note of the recent incidents of illegal selling of uranium in black market in India as such radioactive material could fall into wrong hands endangering human lives and security of the nations. He deplored that such an important incident had been ignored […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Friday, losing 359.18 points, with a negative change of 0.75 percent, closing at 47,603.36 points against 47,962.54 points on the last working day. A total of 761,422,367 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 638,843,404 shares the previous […]