Business community asked to take maximum benefit of vaccination centres for normalization of business activities

ISLAMABAD: Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Monday said that ICCI in collaboration with NCOC and DHO Islamabad had intensified the vaccination drive in the federal capital for the business community. As more vaccination centres were working in Kahuta Industrial Triangle, I-9 Industrial Area and PWD Islamabad while in […]

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USF board approves Rs18 bln for un-served, under-served areas’ connectivity of country

ISLAMABAD: The Universal Service Fund (USF) Board has approved about Rs18 billion for Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 for various projects to provide connectivity to un-served and under-served areas of the country. The board had also approved four projects worth approximately Rs2.14 billion to provide high speed internet to approximately 2.2 million people in un-served and […]

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Engr. Ruhul Amin defends Ph.D thesis

PESHAWAR: Engr. Ruhul Amin, Lecturer Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar successfully defended his Ph.D thesis here Monday. Prof. Dr. Mohammad Inayatullah Khan Babar, Professor Department of Electrical Engineering and Vice Chancellor of UET Taxila was his Ph.D Supervisor. The topic of his Ph.D thesis was “Location awareness in internet of […]

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UNHCR’s assistance strengthens public health facilities in KP

PESHAWAR: In an effort to improve public health services, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency rehabilitated and enhanced 11 Basic Health Units and Rural Health Centers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Strategic investments have been made in the largest refugee-hosting districts under the Refugee Affected and Hosting Areas (RAHA) programme. In Kohat district, this project worth 70 Million […]

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4 FC soldiers embrace martyrdom in IED attack

RAWALPINDI: Terrorists on Monday killed four Frontier Corps (FC) troops, employed for security of Marget Mines on Marget-Quetta road by using improvised explosive device (IED). “Resultantly four brave soldiers including a Junior Commissioned Officer of FC Balochistan embraced Shahadat (martyrdom)”, said an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) news release. It added that the Shuhada (martyrs) […]

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Non-bailable arrest warrants of ex-CDA chief issued

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Monday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against two accused including former chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Farkhand Iqbal in a reference pertaining to illegal allotment of plots. AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan, hearing the case, expressed annoyance over the continuous absence of Farkhand Iqbal and rejected his request for one-day […]

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