ISLAMABAD: Health expert Dr. Mobashir Ahmed Bhatti on Wednesday said that State-of-the-art health facilities, healthcare professionals and proper research with adequate infrastructure was needed to become more viable country in health sector. He said this while addressing COMSTECH webinar on “South Asia’s Health Care Challenges” held online. Dr. Bhatti said that South Asia spent only […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s speech in National Assembly was a true reflection of public sentiments. In a tweet, he said, PM Imran Khan’s speech covered all aspects including economic growth, issues related to the overseas Pakistanis, effective accountability, electoral reforms, national […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Punjab government to submit a detailed report on Sahiwal incident. On January 19, 2019, a couple, their teenage daughter and their neighbour were killed in an alleged encounter by the Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) at GT road near Sahiwal while in October 2019, a special bench of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz Wednesday said Pakistan Halal Authority (PHA) can make Pakistan an active player in the trillion dollar halal food market through its effective implementation regime. He highlighted that Pakistan has a nominal share in this emerging market which is mostly dominated by non-Muslim countries. He was speaking […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Wednesday approved 174 supplementary grants for last three fiscal years including 2020-21, 2019-20 and 2018-19. The House passed 49 supplementary worth Rs 487.152 billion for fiscal year 2020-21, 44 supplementary grants worth Rs 590.270 billion for fiscal year 2019-20 and 81 supplementary grants worth Rs 169.163 billion for fiscal year […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Meteorological Department of Pakistan predicted on Wednesday hot and dry weather to prevail in most parts of the country during next 24 hours. While very hot in plain areas of the country however, rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit Baltistan, a MET office reported. Continental air is […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) Wednesday adjourned the hearing of Nooriabad power plant reference against Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and others till July 28. Nisar Ahmed Sheikh, a co-accused in the case could not appear before the court due to being infected with coronavirus. AC Judge Bashir Ahmed directed the NAB officials […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The top officials of Islamabad police and local administration on Wednesday held an e-kutchery on FM radio to address public grievances. During a two hour long session over 100 residents put their issues before SSP (Operations) Dr. Syed Mustafa Tanweer and ADC(G) Rana Waqas via phone call or SMS. Most of the complaints were […]
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