Day: July 8, 2021

ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Wednesday adjourned hearing till September 8, on rental power references against former prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and others. AC-III Judge Syed Asghar Ali heard the case filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) pertaining to Samundari and Ratu Dero rental power projects against former prime ministers. At the outset of […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday said that Opposition was neither sincere nor trusting on each others, but both major political parties working for their vested interests. Talking to private news channel, the minister said, PML-N wanted midnight deal but at this time, it was impossible. PML-N members were not […]

BEIJING:A Pakistani student studying at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing has become part of volunteers team for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic. In May, Harood Nishat, a second-year master’s student, participated in the Foreign Language Signage Improvement Month campaign, which was designed to correct the errors in the signs in the […]

ISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Wednesday released 261,800 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 258,200 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, the water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1436.70 feet, which was 52.70 feet higher than its dead level 1386 feet. The water inflow and outflow […]

Pakistan told the UN General Assembly Tuesday that the revised Global Counter Terrorism Strategy (GCTS) it adopted by consensus last week “quite rightly” calls for addressing new and emerging terrorist threats on the basis of xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. “One of most important purposes of the GCTS review is to keep the strategy relevant and […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Parliamentary Secretary Interior Haji Shaukat Ali called on Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed here on Wednesday. The meeting agreed to modernize the ongoing development projects at Peshawar-Islamabad Motorway (accommodation and food) in the style of Islamabad-Lahore Motorway, said a press release issued here. In view of the public difficulties in Peshawar, […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Usman Dar Wednesday stressed the need of international organization’s cooperation for development of young Afghan refugees living in Pakistan. The SAPM in a meeting with the UN Refugee Agency representative to Pakistan Noriko Yoshida said his government was providing ample opportunities to empower country’s youth […]

ISLAMABAD:The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Wednesday licensed three new Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. SECP believed that a revitalized HFC sector will contribute in catering the huge demand of affordable housing finance in the country. The newly licensed HFCs included Pakistan Housing Finance Company Limited, […]