Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Wednesday urged Pakistan’s envoys in European countries to strive for cultivating and broadening mutually beneficial trade and economic partnerships with Europe. The foreign minister, chairing a virtual meeting on Economic Diplomacy as part of government’s relevant efforts, said the envoys should focus on trade promotion, financial inflows, investments, remittances, tourism […]

ABU DHABI:Three-fers from Abrar Ahmed and Wahab Riaz and belligerent batting from Hazratullah Zazai guided Peshawar Zalmi to a comfortable six-wicket win over Karachi Kings in the 24th match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium on late Tuesday. Chasing 109 to win, despite losing Kamran Akmal in the […]

Land degradation from climate change and the expansion of agriculture, cities and infrastructure “undermines the well-being of 3.2 billion people”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday in his message for World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. “Humanity is waging a relentless, self-destructive war on nature. Biodiversity is declining, greenhouse gas concentrations are rising, and […]

ISLAMABAD:Members of the Parliament (MPs) called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Wednesday and discussed matters relating to their constituencies as well as the progress of ongoing development projects. Those, who called on the prime minister, included Special Assistant to the PM on Political Affairs Malik Amir Dogar, Senator Mohsin Aziz, Members of the […]

ISLAMABAD:The Establishment Division on Wednesday issued the notification of transfers and postings of various officers. According to a notification, Asim Iqbal, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Director, Civil Services Academy, Lahore, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary, Power Division, with immediate effect and until further orders. Likewise Muhammad Riazuddin […]

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Police have held 12 criminals including four members of a bike-lifting gang and recovered seven stolen motorcycles worth hundreds of thousands of rupees, fake document, huge cache of narcotic as well as weapons from their possession, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. SSP (Operations) Dr Syed Mustafa Tanveer had assigned a task to Zonal […]

ISLAMABAD:Quetta Gladiators received a major blow on Wednesday as South Africa’s star batsman Faf du Plessis would not be available to them in the ongoing Pakistan Super League tournament. “Quetta Gladiators batsman Faf du Plessis will not be able to take further part in the PSL after a nasty collision earlier in the tournament”. “Faf […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi will leave for Turkey Thursday on four-day (June 17-20) official visit to participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu. He will also be participating in a panel discussion on ‘Regional Cooperation in Asia’ along with other foreign ministers from the region, […]