Day: July 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday snubbed the Indian media, saying the Indian RSS ideology was the main hurdle in normalisation of ties with Pakistan. The prime minister, who was in Tashkent to participate in a conference on ‘Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity, challenges and opportunities’, responded to the question by an Indian journalist, who […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairman China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Lt. Gen. (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa Friday said numerous Chinese mobile phone manufacturing companies would set up their plants in Pakistan that would boost the country’s exports besides generating more jobs. Hailing the agreement signed between Samsung with Lucky Group to produce Samsung Mobile Phones in Pakistan, the […]

ISLAMABAD:The Federal Flood Commission (FFC) has said that at present, there is no riverine flood situation and all the main rivers of the Indus River System (IRS) are flowing normal. According to daily FFC report on Friday, the present combined live storage of Tarbela, Chashma & Mangla reservoirs is 4.040 MAF (28.89% of Maximum Combined […]

ISLAMABAD:Ambassador of Republic of Kazakhstan, Yerzhan Kistafin called on President International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) Dr. Hathal Homoud Alotaibi here at his office on Friday. During the meeting, enhancement of educational cooperation was discussed. The meeting was also attended by Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zia Ul Haq, Director General, Islamic Research Institute (IRI), IIUI. The ambassador […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE100-index of Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Friday, gaining 206.07 points, with a positive change of 0.43 percent, closing at 47,834.33 points against 47,628.26 points on the last working day. A total of 348,576,046 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 506,296,200 shares the previous day […]

ISLAMABAD:National Transmission and Desptach Company Limited (NTDC) has promoted and upgraded 53 officials of different cadres. The promotion board meeting was held under the supervision of Managing Director NTDC Engr. Muhammad Ayub, said a press release issued on Friday. The promotion board recommended the promotion of 28 officials of Upper Technical Staff (Electrical Diploma Holder, […]

TASHKENT (Uzbekistan): Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad met Friday and discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of foreign troops. In a meeting held on the sidelines of Central and South Asia Coordination Conference in Tashkent, the foreign minister said Pakistan considered […]

ISLAMABAD:Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Friday warned of stern and legal action against the elements that would be found involved in selling the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at exorbitant price. “Anyone who sells the LPG at higher than the notified price will be dealt according to the law,” OGRA spokesman Imran Ghaznavi said […]