Pakistan should join digital development process for speedy growth: President

KARACHI: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Monday said Pakistan should join the light-pace journey of digital development for its speedy progress as Information Technology (IT) was the optimum growing sector in the world. He was addressing the signing ceremony of a contract between Universal Service Fund (USF) and Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) for installation […]

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Parliamentarians for undertaking climate actions to counter emerging challenges

ISLAMABAD: The parliamentarians hailing from all leading political parties have agreed for undertaking climate actions based on long-term sustainable approach to counter emerging challenges of climate change including in the areas of food, water and energy security. Speaking at a consultation gathering on ‘Impacts of Climate change across different sector of Pakistan’ they stated that […]

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WI-bound intra-squad practice session suspended due to heavy rain

KARACHI: The practice session was suspended at the National Stadium Karachi owing to heavy rain here on Monday. West Indies-bound scenario-based intra-squad practice match, which was scheduled to restart on July 12 (Monday) after a day rest at the National Stadium Karachi, was suspended due to heavy rain. The session was established for the West […]

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Asad expresses satisfaction on progress of CPEC JWG

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar expressed his satisfaction over the progress and works done by Joint Working Groups (JWG) of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for increasing bilateral economic cooperation between two sides. He said that the pace of implementation of CPEC project would be further accelerated in the weeks […]

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Commissioner orders removal of all unsafe billboards

KARACHI: Commissioner Karachi Naveed Ahmed Sheikh on Monday ordered to remove all unsafe billboards at the earliest which could lead to any untoward incident during the rainy weather. The Commissioner visited different areas of the megalopolis after first rain of monsoon season and inspected measures taken, according to a news release. Naveed Sheikh directed the […]

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