Day: July 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Prices of various food items go down considerably during the week ending on July 15 as compared to the previous week, the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Friday revealed. According to the data, the prices of bananas witnessed decrease of Rs 7.15 percent whereas chicken prices witnessed decline […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s Haniya Minhas has won the 14&U Sobir Cup Asian Tennis Federation tournament in Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Friday. The 10-year old Haniya outplayed 2nd seed Sumaya Tukhtaeva of Tajikistan 6-1,6-0 in straight sets, according to information made available here by Pakistan Tennis Federation. The top seeded Haniya was in great form throughout the tournament, and […]

ISLAMABAD:Senate was informed on Friday that total foreign exchange received in the country through Roshan Digital Account (RDA) was $ 1,700 billion as of July 12, 2021. Replying a question in Senate session, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammmad Khan said that currently, there was no proposal under consideration of the federal government […]

ISLAMABAD: Hot and humid weather would prevail in most parts of the country during next 24 hours. According to Met office Islamabad, more rain-wind/thundershower is expected at isolated places in southeast Balochistan, lower Sindh, Kashmir and its adjoining areas. Weak monsoon currents are still penetrating southern parts of the country and likely to continue during […]

ISLAMABAD:Thar Foundation – a non-profit organization, and a subsidiary of Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Human Development Foundation (HDF), a social-development organization to improve quality of life in Thar. Thar Foundation and HDF would launch a series of resourceful initiatives to ensure better quality of […]

ISLAMABAD:Kashmir Committee Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi Friday appreciated the efforts of Kuwaiti Ambassador Nasr Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi for restoring visas for Pakistanis. “Kuwait and Pakistan, along with other Islamic countries, would continue to play an active role in fighting Islamophobia and other issues facing the Islamic Ummah,” said Afridi in a meeting with Kuwaiti Ambassador. […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday informed the National Assembly that Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) had taken action against some TV channels for violating its code of conduct. Reply to a Calling Attention Notice in the House, raised by Maulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali, Muhammad Anwar, Shahida Akhtar Ali, […]

ISLAMABAD:The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is committed to continue endeavoring for effective Parliamentary Oversight through best utilization of the available resources, simplifying results through recoveries, ensuring accountability of all the concerned through time bound initiatives. The 15th PAC, headed by Rana Tanveer Hussain, MNA and with a backlog of 10 years Audit Reports from 2010-11 […]