Day: July 29, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Counsellor Dr. James Shera, former Mayor of Rugby, Wednesday expressed his deep concerns over the human rights exploitation in India and its impact on the religious minorities, reported by Open the Doors. In a statement, Dr Shera said, “This is shocking to know that the country formed on democratic principles is dominating by autocrat […]

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) under this refinancing scheme for hospitals to combat COVID-19, approved financing of Rs17.79 billion for 50 hospitals so far. As many as 52 hospitals had requested for the financing amounting to Rs21.9 billion. Meanwhile the Central Bank under its refinance scheme for setting up new projects or expansion, […]

ISLAMABAD: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) in collaboration with Pak-Everbright Development Organisation (PEDO) held Technology for Inclusion Summit 2021, a first for the country, at the university’s main campus here. The objective of the summit was to bring together and connect users, manufacturers, researchers and other relevant stakeholders in the domain of assistive […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday left here for Bahrain on a two-day official visit, where he will lead Pakistan’s delegation at the second session of Pakistan-Bahrain Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC). During the JMC, both sides will hold expert level talks, particularly focusing on commerce, investment, energy, overseas employment, agriculture, information and broadcasting, […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday said that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had failed to submit any financial record of its party funding to Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) despite passage of four years. Talking to the media persons outside the ECP, he said that the foreign funding […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Post will organize an online ‘Khuli Katchery’ (open court) for resolving the complaints of its clients on July 29 from 11: 00 a.m. to 1: 00 p.m. According to an announcement by the Director General Pakistan Post, they would listen to the complaints through an online zoom meetings of the postal clients and […]

ISLAMABAD: USAID in collaboration with the Higher Education Commission (HEC), has announced Merit and Need-based Scholarships for Pakistani females students only in top 30 public and private higher educational institutions of the country. According to the official sources from HEC, more than 5, 300 USAID-funded scholarships with ratio of 53 percent have been awarded to […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision was to link the region with Central Asia and European Union through a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. For improving economic conditions of the poor segments of the region, political stability of Afghanistan was of paramount importance for […]