Month: June 2021

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 […]

BEIJING:China’s central and state authorities have urged efforts to improve the quality of academic periodicals, strengthen their communication capabilities and make them more influential. Academic periodicals act as important platforms for academic research and exchange, and are conducive to spreading culture and promoting sci-tech progress, according to a guideline jointly issued by the Publicity Department […]

ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Friday rejected the request of National Accountability Court (NAB) who sought physical remand of two CDA officers arrested in Park Lane reference against former president Asif Ali Zardari. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir heard the case regarding new investigation into the Park Lane reference connected with fake accounts scam. NAB officials […]