Day: July 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Shibli Faraz Friday said that his ministry will make all possible efforts to remove the hurdles in manufacturing of the components of the solar system. He made these remarks while chairing a webinar on ‘Developing Export Economy’ with the help of diaspora through the use of Science and […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Education and Professional Training, Senator Irfan Siddiqui Friday expressed his concern over opening of educational institutions in Islamabad from July 01, ignoring the clear and unanimous instructions of the committee. Earlier, the Standing Committee in its last meeting had directed the officials of the ministry to keep the educational institutions […]

ISLAMABAD:The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in an initiative by Pakistan to recognize Islamophobia as an emerging threat, has unanimously adopted the revised Global Counter Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) calling upon the international community to take measures to address new terrorist threats on the basis of “xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia”. “The initiative for the recognition of […]

ISLAMABAD:Theater Wallay has announced to resume its cultural programs from July 10 at it’s new Farm, venue inaugurated here on Friday. According to a statement issued, the art world has been extremely hard hit by the covid-19 pandemic over the last year. Performers and artists have found themselves without work and cultural activity of all […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the government was committed to providing facilities and incentives to overseas Pakistanis and their families, for their immense contribution to the development of Pakistan. Terming the overseas Pakistanis an invaluable asset, he said the remittances were playing a key role in stabilizing the country’s economy. Chairing a meeting […]

ISLAMABAD:Allottees of B & E type apartments of Pakistan Housing Authority (PHA) in the sector I-16 of the Federal Capital have expressed serious concern over inordinate delay in completion of the project, which was scheduled for the year 2019. They claimed that they had made full payment of their apartments against the determined price in […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood on Friday said Pakistan was pursuing a consistent ‘Vision East Asia’ policy to strengthen its partnership with Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in all spheres. The Foreign Secretary expressed these views in a keynote address at the Experts Dialogue on ‘Pakistan-ASEAN: Shared Future and the Way Forward, co-organized by the […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairperson Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&WB), Sarah Ahmed Friday stressed upon the need for engaging all the stakeholders in the anti-begging drive terming it as the collective responsibility of all the concerned departments. Talking to reporter, the chairperson said that all the concerned institutions should play effective role against child begging for betterment of […]