Day: July 4, 2021

The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the coronavirus pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta — first detected in India — which is continuing to evolve and mutate, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned. “In countries with low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing […]

ISLAMABAD:Peoples Democratic Party President, Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday demanded accountability from Indian forces whenever legitimate questions are raised over so called encounters in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). According to reporter, Mehbooba Mufti said encounters occur on a daily basis in Jannu and Kashmir. But when legitimate questions are raised the Indian […]

ISLAMABAD: With around two weeks left in the religious festival of Eid-ul-Azha, majority of the people have started preparations for celebrating this important festival thronging city markets for shopping and looking for the sacrificial animal. Buying sacrificial animal for the people is an uphill task this time too as majority of the people are cautious […]

ISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Saturday released 260,900 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 300,000 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1434.06 feet, which was 50.06 feet higher than its dead level 1386 feet. Water inflow and outflow in […]

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has urged the government to focus on gender inclusive policies and take strong measures to bring more women at workplaces in order to realize the actual economic potential of the country. The women were half of our total population and bringing them into the mainstream of the economy […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar Saturday said that 80 percent RLNG flows have been restored to power sector. In a twee, the minister said “ Zero forced/unannounced load shedding in most areas since 5 pm yesterday i.e. 3rd day of dry docking”.

ISLAMABAD:In another significant development, the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved amendments to the National Clearing Company Pakistan Limited (NCCPL) Regulations 2015 to introduce reforms in Margin Financing (MF) product which allows securities brokers to provide financing to their customers in a regulated manner. These reforms will facilitate investors who wish to […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MNA Kanwal Shauzab on Saturday said that incumbent government will complete its democratic tenure and there is no concept in the party manifesto to provide National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to corrupt elements. Talking to a private news channel, she said that opposition was not serious about the legislation for the interests of […]