ISLAMABAD:Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology in a meeting held here on Friday deliberated over the public petition regarding amendment in the Pakistan Engineering Council Act 1976 referred to the Committee by the Chairman Senate of Pakistan. The committee recommended that both fields of engineering and technology must fall under the same umbrella. The […]
Read MoreBEIJING:Pakistan’s Ambassador to China Moin ul Haq said on Friday the present government had offered special incentives to the Chinese businessmen for the relocation of industries to Pakistan. He was addressing a seminar on the theme of “Industrial Cooperation and Development of Industrial Parks under CPEC”. The event organized to deepen industrial cooperation between Pakistan […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri Friday said that Indian claims alleging a drone flying over Indian High Commission in Islamabad had no basis in facts and no proof has yet been shared with Pakistan in this regard. In response to queries from media regarding the Indian propaganda, the spokesperson said they had seen the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Friday released 267,600 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 286,600 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1432.05 feet, which was 48.05 feet higher than its dead level 1386 feet. Water inflow and outflow in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chief Minister Gilgit Baltistan Khalid Khurshid called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Friday and briefed him about the matters relating Gilgit Baltistan including budget. Besides, the Prime Minister was also briefed about the measures being taken for turning Gilgit Baltistan into a tourist destination of international standard, health and education facilities and the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Friday notified quarterly tariff adjustments of power distribution companies (DISCOs) for 4th quarter of fiscal year 2019-20 and 1st and 2nd quarters of financial year 2020-21. The DISCOs had submitted petitions with the regulator for quarterly adjustments in the tariff. The Authority determined quarterly adjustments of XWDISCOs […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said Pakistan highly valued its close brotherly ties with Azerbaijan, and hoped that bilateral relations would be further strengthened, including through regular high-level exchanges. The prime minister expressed these views as he received Ambassador of Azerbaijan Ali Alizada for his farewell call. The Azeri ambassador conveyed warm greetings from […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the extra-judicial killing of a 17-year-old innocent Kashmiri Zakir Bashir by the occupation forces in Kulgam district of the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Reportedly, the teenage cricketer was brutally tortured by the Indian occupation forces before being shot dead. The extra-judicial killings, torture in custody, enforced disappearances […]
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