Day: July 6, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) Chairman Major Gen. (R) Amir Azeem Bajwa on Monday highlighted accomplishments of Pakistan’s telecom sector and initiatives taken for realization of ‘Digital Pakistan’ vision at the GSMA Mobile World Congress “MWC Barcelona 2021” recently held in Spain. Besides, he apprised the audience about Pakistan’s advancement in the field of Information […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) Monday constituted a sub-committee to probe the matter of accident by a Pakistani citizen Tariq Aziz in Saudi Arabia. The three-member sub-committee headed by Mahreen Razzaq Bhutto, would comprise Javed Hassnain and Zulfiqar Ali Khan Dullah. The NA body, which met […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) on Monday withdrew its non bail able arrest warrants against former chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Farkhand Iqbal on his appearance in a reference pertaining to illegal allotment of plot. Farkhand Iqbal was accused of causing a loss worth Rs 71 millions to the national exchequer through the illegal allotment. […]

ISLAMABAD: The national tally on Monday of total active COVID-19 cases was recorded 33, 299 with 1, 347 more people testing positive for the deadly virus and 650 people recovering from the disease during the last 24 hours. Some nineteen corona patients have died during past 24 hours, 18 of whom were under treatment in […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was the only solution to conduct free, fair and transparent elections in the country. The incumbent government always invited the Opposition parties to sit on electoral reforms with recommendations and suggestions to ensure transparency in election process, he […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy Ship ZULFIQUAR (with embarked helicopter) visited Tunis (Tunisia), as part of Pakistan Navy overseas deployment. Upon arrival, ship was received by Tunisian Navy Ship and patrol boats of Tunisian Coast Guard, Defence Attaché of Pakistan and officials of Tunisian navy, said a Pakistan Navy news release here received. During stay at port, […]

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has detected 2, 170 suspicious electricity connections during anti-power theft drive across five circles of the company during June. This was stated by Director (Operations) IESCO Muhammad Zubair Khan here Monday. He said that besides ensuring continuity of power supply prompt action against power theft was also our top […]

ISLAMABAD: Seven regional countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Kenya and Qatar on Monday expressed their commitment for cooperation on the development of Gwadar. With their respective ambassadors present at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Imran Khan, the regional countries showed their support for the development of Pakistan’s port city. […]