Day: August 11, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has issued Mobile Device Manufacturing (MDM) authorization to Lucky Motor Corporation Limited for manufacturing of Samsung brand mobile devices. The company had applied for authorization to setup mobile device manufacturing plant in Karachi, where it will manufacture Samsung brand mobile devices, said a news release. The authorization to manufacture Samsung […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday criticised Afghanistan government’s officials for running a dedicated propaganda against Pakistan instead of coordinating with rest of stakeholders to reach a political settlement for ensuring lasting peace in the landlocked country. “This is either inexcusable negligence or wilful dereliction of their duty to […]

ISLAMABAD: Continuing with the alarming rise, the federal capital had reported 557 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which was the highest single-day spike in almost the last two months, National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Tuesday. According to an official of NCOC, as many as 157 cases were reported on […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri on Tuesday said Pakistan was ready to hold talks with India, provided it ensured an enabling environment that “primarily” focused on the resolution of the Kashmir dispute. The FO Spokesperson dismissed the impression that making the Kashmir dispute conditional for resumption of talks with India would lead to […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Representative to the Prime Minister on Religious Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Tuesday said that no case of blasphemy was registered against the eight year old (Hindu) boy in Rahim Yar Khan. Strongly denying British newspaper ‘The Guardian’s’ report titled “eight-year-old becomes youngest person charged with blasphemy in Pakistan, […]

BEIJING: A shipment of nearly 980, 000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by domestic drug maker China National Biotech Group through COVAX was transported to Pakistan as part of China’s effort to help the rest of the world tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, the company said. The doses, the first sent in a 170 million dose […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said Pakistan remains committed to ensure the protection of religious, social, political and economic rights of its minorities. He assured all minority groups that the government would make every effort to safeguard their rights and work for their well-being. “Minorities have played commendable role in the social and economic […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday instructed the Islamabad Wildlife Management Board (IWMB) to take action against encroachments in Margalla Hills National Park. Chief Justice Athar Minallah, hearing the case, expressed annoyance with chairman IWMB and asked that what action the department had taken against the encroachment. What were the consequences of encroachment […]