Day: July 6, 2021

The meeting was briefed in detail about the progress of historic Balochistan Package under the government’s vision of special attention on the province. It was told that the federal and provincial institutions were jointly monitoring the work on the development package and ensuring the completion of projects on priority. The meeting was further informed that […]

ISLAMABAD: In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the posters have again appeared, paying tributes to the popular youth leader, Burhan Muzaffar Wani on his 5th martyrdom anniversary and other martyrs in Srinagar and several other parts of the valley. Burhan Wani along with two associates was martyred by Indian troops in a fake encounter […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Usman Dar Monday held a meeting with Chief Minister Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) Khurshid Khan and discussed the ongoing projects under the Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Program (KJP). The SAPM said under the scheme, the youth of GB was being provided with business loans and technical […]

ISLAMABAD: As many as 40, 000 sick new-borns received medical care and 1, 150 pre-term babies were managed using kangaroo care at 17 centres, via a strategic accountability framework for maternal and new-born healthcare, said a UNICEF Pakistan Annual report 2020. According to the report measures have been taken to improve the quality of care […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) was determined to continue improving the educational standards of medical and dental programs with the objective of educating and licensing competent and properly qualified doctors and dentists. According to PMC, steps are necessary to ensure that only the highest standards of healthcare are made available to all the citizens of […]

ISLAMABAD: The Wheat Review Committee of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research on Monday revised the local wheat production upward to 27.539 million tons for the season 2020-21 as against the first estimate of 27.33 million tons due to increase in total output of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The committee met here with Minister […]

ISLAMABAD: China on Monday launched a new meteorological satellite equipped with 11 remote sensing payloads into planned orbit The satellite, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E), was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at 7.28 am (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre. This is s the 377th flight mission of the Long March rocket series, according to […]

ISLAMABAD: Shakir Umar Gujjar, President Diary Forum and Cattle Forms Association (DCFA), Monday said that around 95% pure milk was being sold in Karachi, adding that only a few persons were involved in adulteration. Talking to private news channel, he said that DCFA wants to increase Rs20 per liter milk price in Karachi. He said […]