Day: July 15, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Science and Technology Syed Shibli Faraz Wednesday said his ministry will extend all out support to facilitate the vaccine development process in Pakistan. The minister was chairing a meeting on vaccine development in Pakistan. The success of Standards Operating Procedures (SOPs) implementation in the country against COVID-19 and the government’s strategy to […]

ISLAMABAD:Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday issued its annual report ‘State of the Regulated Petroleum Industry 2019-20,’ posting 10 per cent decline in indigenous gas production during the year. “The indigenous gas production has declined by 10 percent during the year to 2,138 MMCFD [Million Cubic Feet per Day) from 2,379 MMCFD of […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 10.97 points, with a positive change of 0.02 percent, closing at 47,491.47 points against 47,480.50 points on the last working day. A total of 508,283,755 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 496,822,688 shares the previous day whereas […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz Wednesday said , the horse-trading and rigging incidents could be diminished or wiped out from the election with the help of technology to make it transparent. It was foremost priority of the government to conduct the forthcoming elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) in free, fair and […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection, Senator Dr. Sania Nishtar Wednesday spoke as a sole headline presenter at the international policy dialogue hosted by Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo. This was a one-year follow-up event, “From Emergency to Recovery: Social Safety Nets beyond the COVID-19 Crisis.” The high-level […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan on Wednesday urged citizens to take a pledge for making themselves and society aware of the problems arising from the increasing population. Addressing a seminar on Population, Dr Faisal Sultan said that it is high time to raise the awareness level of […]

ISLAMABAD:In India, in continued shocking incident, another Dalit youth was beaten up by upper caste Hindus in BJP-RSS governed Uttar Pradesh state. According to Media, the Dalit youth was brutally injured in the attack by the Hindu upper caste when he tried to stop them from rashly driving a tractor in an inebriated condition in […]

ISLAMABAD:National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on Wednesday gave an in-camera briefing to the members of Senate’s Standing Committee on Defence about the matters related to the National Defence and Security Policy. He apprised the committee, which met here with Mushahid Hussain Sayed on the chair, that Pakistan would continue serious efforts for political […]