Day: July 17, 2021

ISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs 350 and was traded at Rs109,700 in the local market on Friday against its sale at Rs 109,350 the previous day, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat also increased by Rs300 to Rs94,050 from Rs […]

ISLAMABAD:The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet here on Friday approved the flagship ‘Kamyab Pakistan Program’ besides approving several other projects. The ECC meeting was chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, said a press statement of Finance Ministry here. The meeting was attended by Federal Minister for National Food Security […]

ISLAMABAD:Theatre Wallay would organize a movie night in honour of Bollywood legend film star Dilip Kumar (Yousaf Khan) on July 17 here at The Farm, Banigala. A film “Deedar” would be screened at the Farm, besides Karaoke night. Deedar was a 1951 musical film by Nitin Bose, starring Dilip Kumar, Ashok Kumar and Nargis. The […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill on Friday said that the country generated highest 130,223 Gigawatts (GWs) electricity during the financial year 2021. In a twitter message, he said, Alhamdulillah! during 2021 financial year, 130,223 GWs electricity was generated which is highest in the history of the country. This […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam here on Monday said that up-gradation of research system and technological advancement were prerequisite for meeting the emerging challenges of food safety and security across the glob. Addressing the Pre-Summit United Nations Food Security System Meeting on Pakistan Food Security System and Transformation, Imam said […]

ISLAMABAD:Speakers at a five day hands-on training workshop emphasized that Networks of Academic Campuses needs to be secured and Network Access Control (NAC) must be used in academic campuses and enterprises to control illegitimate users’ access over the organization network. The training and workshop was arranged for the faculty and Women Network Engineers of Women […]

ISLAMABAD:The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast more rain-wind thundershower in upper and central parts of the country from Sunday. Strong monsoon currents are likely to penetrate upper parts of the country from Sunday (evening/night) and may persist till Wednesday. Rain-wind-thundershower (with very heavy/torrential rain) in Kashmir, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Gujrat, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi on Friday said that Port Qasim Authority (PQA) has retained record earnings of Rs 43.9 billion from 2018-2021. In a tweet, the minister said that PQA breaking record as accumulated earnings from 1973 to 2018 (45 years) was Rs 67 billion includes land lease revenues. While from 2018-2021 […]