Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD: The third edition of the Tour de Khunjerab International Cycling Race has been postponed once again for an indefinite period due to the recent rising trend of Covid-19 in Gilgit-Baltistan. The event was scheduled to be held from July 12-16. “The Sports and Tourism Department of Gilgit-Baltistan has postponed all the sports events, which […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has successfully conducted two seminars for public and private medical and dental colleges across the country on the commission’s Medical and Dental Undergraduate Education (Admission, Curriculum and Conduct) Regulations 2021. Representatives of 46 most prestigious public colleges of the country attended the proceedings of public colleges’ seminar while representatives of […]

ISLAMABAD: Members of the National Assembly (MNAs) belonging to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Tuesday. Parliamentary Secretary Ministry of Defence Malik Anwar Taj, MNAs Imran Khattak, Junaid Akbar, Shaukat Ali, Saleem Rehman, Arbab Amir and Khial Zaman were present in the meeting. Matters relating to the problems of relevant constituencies […]

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) would charge only the ‘actual cost of construction’ from the allottees of Kashmir Avenue G-13, after the government decided to pass on relief given to the construction sector under the PM package. The tentative schedule of payment was issued to apartment allottees with the note that “relief […]

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu who is on a four-day official visit to Turkey, met with the senior Military leadership of Turkey on Tuesday. The Air Chief separately called on Minister for National Defence of Turkey Hulusi AKAR and Chief of the Turkish General […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shared information with the relevant departments for an “appropriate action” on the theft of Schengen visa stickers from Italian embassy in Islamabad, the Foreign Office Spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. In response to questions by journalists, Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the theft of visa stickers was reported to […]

BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, conferred the July 1 Medal, for the first time, on outstanding Party members at a ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People Tuesday morning as the CPC marks its 100th founding anniversary this year. Xi, also Chinese president and […]

ISLAMABAD: Turkey in its revised policy has reduced the period of mandatory quarantine from 14 to 10 days for the visitors arriving in from Pakistan and Afghanistan, from July 1 onwards. However, the passengers from India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Nepal, South Africa, and Sri Lanka will continue to observe the mandatory 14-day quarantine period. Ever since […]