Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Tuesday directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to ensure effective tracking progress of installed point of sales (PoS) machines and provide post deployment support to the retailers. Chairing a meeting at the FBR, the minister directed the board to determine the total volume of sales […]

ISLAMABAD: Female Pakistani taekwondo athlete Najia Rasool has grabbed two medals in the Asian Taekwondo Poomsae held in the Lebanese capital of Beirut. Najia won the bronze medal in the over-17 Women Individual Freestyle category, with Korea’s Sangyoop Kim and Philippine’s Juvenile Crisostomo securing gold and silver medals. Najia also grabbed the silver medal in […]

ISLAMABAD: The Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) will commence the final examinations of MS/M.Phil and PhD programs offered in semester Spring 2021 by the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies from June 24. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the examinations of BS Computer Science face to […]

ISLAMABAD: The country on Tuesday recorded the lowest number of positive cases reported in a day for the past two weeks of June; the national tally of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 40, 929 with 838 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 1, 576 people recovered from the disease during the […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed on Tuesday visited Safe City Headquarters and reviewed the arrangements being made regarding the expected visit of the Prime Minister there. The minister directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad and other senior police officials to ensure elaborated arrangements. The Prime Minister would inaugurate the newly established […]

ISLAMABAD: Thailand’s COVID-19 caseload topped 200, 000 with 3, 000 new cases reported Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a new surge of infections. The new cases, with five imported and 2, 995 locally transmitted, brought the total tally to 202, 264, according to the Centre for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Thailand also […]

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Tuesday concluded an inquiry in the dairy sector which has found the prima facie involvement of three leading dairy associations in cartelization and price-fixing of milk in the country’s largest metropolitan, Karachi. The CCP initiated the inquiry after taking notice of the media reports and concerns raised in […]

ISLAMABAD: A total of 69, 130 Ehsaas scholarships worth Rs6.53 billion are being awarded including 51 percent scholarships to girls and four percent to minorities in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-22. The need cum merit based Ehsaas scholarship covers 100 percent tuition fee and a living stipend. According to the Special Assistant to the Prime […]