Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday stressed for early implementation of Pak-Japan joint projects of modernization and technical up gradation of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) and Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC). Talking to Ambassador of Japan Kuninori Matsuda, the minister said that both countries enjoyed a vibrant all round six decades […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) Malik Amin Aslam on Friday directed the forest departments of all federating units to enhance plantation targets for the next year so that one billion more trees were being planted or regenerated under Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Plantation (TBTTP) programme. He was chairing the 5th Meeting of the […]

ISLAMABAD:China has started building a monitoring station as part of a network to study space weather, according to China’s National Space Science Center (NSSC). The NSSC, which is affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the station is being built in Siziwang Banner, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Spread over 400 mu (about 26.67 […]

ISLAMABAD: Turkey on Friday started administering vaccines to people age 18 and older on Friday (June 25). On Wednesday (June 23) lowered the COVID-19 vaccination eligibility age to 18, with appointments to be scheduled as of today. Over 45.87 million doses of corona-virus vaccines have been administered since Turkey launched a mass vaccination campaign in […]

ISLAMABAD:Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Suh Sangpyo called on Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu on Friday at PAF Headquarter. The visiting dignitary lauded the professionalism of PAF personnel and the exceptional progress made by PAF over the years, especially through indigenization, said a Pakistan […]

ISLAMABAD:First Lady Begum Samina Alvi Friday said massive awareness and self-examination was vital to help early diagnosis of the breast cancer and save lives from the otherwise deadly disease. The First Lady, addressing an awareness session on the breast cancer held here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, said the disease was treatable if diagnosed timely, which was […]

ISLAMABAD:Inter Board Committee of Chairmen (IBCC) has prepared special guidelines for the students and teachers that will be adopted in SSC and HSSC examinations 2021 by all the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) across the country. The guidelines have been issued under the directives of Minister of Federal Education and Professional Training Shafqar […]

ISLAMABAD: Lawmakers from the opposition benches in National Assembly on Friday asked the government to incorporate the recommendations presented by Senate, the Upper House of the Parliament, in the federal budget 2021-22 aimed at achieving real growth and providing relief to the common man. Participating in the budget debate, Members National Assembly (MNAs) Rana Tanveer […]