Month: June 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC) Group has made significant progress in bulk and liquid cargo segments and achieved Rs. 1, 235 million profit during fiscal year 2020-21 despite pandemic. According to official document available with reporter, the increase in revenues reflects the growth in operational activity of the PNSC Group. The turnover stood at […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab and Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Chapter central leader Sardar Tanveer Ilyas has said that PTI candidates will sweep the upcoming elections in AJK. Addressing party workers in Islamabad, he said that he held separate meetings with senior party workers and assured that their concerns […]

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Energy on Tuesday said that the foreign experts, who visited in 2021 to examine the Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) installed at the Engro’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, declared that the facility was ‘irreparable’ in Pakistan. In a news release, the ministry’s spokesman said the major loss in the energy […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Tuesday expressed his gratitude to the members of government and its allied parties in the National Assembly (NA) for ensuring smooth passage of the ‘people-friendly’ budget for the new fiscal year 2021-22 with a majority vote. In a tweet, he said the opposition’s threat to […]

ISLAMABAD: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday confirmed that the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021 will be staged in the UAE and Oman due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation in India. The BCCI will remain the hosts of the event, which will now be held across four venues – Dubai International Stadium, the Sheikh […]

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has issued 8, 086 fine tickets to road users over traffic signal violations during the ongoing year. A special campaign is also underway to check violations while various squads are performing duties at main roads of the city and taking action against the violators. The SSP (Traffic) Syed Karrar Hussain […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam Tuesday said that agriculture sector development was the top priority of the current government and it had allocated huge resources for the development of sector. Addressing the closing ceremony of Nutribiz challenge 2021, organized by the Teamup and Sun Business network, Imam said that […]

ISLAMABAD: Very hot and dry weather is likely to prevail over most central and southern parts of the country, however, rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan in next 24 hours. Continental air is prevailing over most parts of the country, Met office reported. In last 24 hours hot […]