ISLAMABAD:Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Lt. Gen. ® Muzammil Hussain called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Tuesday. During the meeting, the Chairman WAPDA apprised the Prime Minister of the progress of ten ongoing mega projects under WAPDA. The Prime Minister expressed his satisfaction over the pace of projects.
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Tuesday commended that China Pakistan Economic Corridor’s Joint Corporation Committee (JCC) had been activated to focus on development of various socio-economic areas. During a meeting with Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China Nong Rong, who called him here, the minister said working groups had been formed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Assembly on Tuesday witnessed introduction of 11 private members’ bills and deferred 13 other legislative proposals due to absence of relevant movers or ministers. The House witnessed introduction of 11 private members’ bills which were referred to the relevant committees for consideration. These bills were the Central Law Officers (Amendment) Bill, 2021; the […]
Read MoreBEIJING:The China-South Asian Countries Poverty Alleviation and Cooperative Development Centre was officially set up at the South-West University of Chongqing, China to pool resources and exchange ideas for supporting socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation programmes in the South Asian countries. The launching ceremony was attended by Wu Jianghao, Assistant Foreign Minister of China; Mr Cai […]
Read MoreBEIJING:A special plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has airlifted another batch of two million doses of Sinovac vaccines from Beijing Capital International Airport to Pakistan to help health authorities prevent and control Covid-19 pandemic in the country. So far, 16.5 million doses of Sinovac and six million doses of Sinopharm have been transported from […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Law and Justice to submit two-page proposals regarding judicial reforms and asked the procedure to appoint judges in superior judiciary could be improved with in two days. The NA body, which met here under the Chairmanship of Riaz Fatyana, discussed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Tuesday said Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) would bring reforms in education, health and police sectors in Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) after winning the upcoming general elections. Responding to a Point of Order in the National Assembly, he said, “We have a comprehensive development programm for AJK to […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari on Tuesday said that the operationalization of National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) and National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) was priority of the government. Answering a question during questions hours in Senate, she said that three names for each post of NCHR had been forwarded […]
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