ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police have started connecting closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras of private housing societies and shopping malls with the Safe City Project to improve law and order in the federal capital. In view of rapid growth in population, the capital police has decided to extend the scope of the Safe City Project to reduce crime […]
Read MoreKARACHI: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday inaugurated the ship-lift and transfer system at Karachi shipyard, which will help improve the efficiency of the shipping sector. The prime minister performed the inauguration by touching an electronic panel. On the occasion, Federal Minister for Maritime Affairs Ali Haider Zaidi, Minister for Defence Production Zubaida Jalal, parliamentarians […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Sub-committee on Exit Control List (ECL) on Tuesday recommended to place all suspects – including the parents of prime accused Zahir Jaffer, linked to the murder of Noor Mukaddam – on the no-fly list to bar them from leaving Pakistan. Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem chaired […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Tuesday that the government was working on ‘Blue Bond’ to attract investment through mangroves in Balochistan, storing enormous amount of blue carbon. In a news statement, he said mangroves in Balochistan were growing at a rapid pace and had stored enough blue carbon […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has asked companies to submit information of their ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs) through filing of Form 45, required under Section 123A of the Companies Act, 2017. The SECP will not impose any penalty on filing of overdue UBO Forms 45, if filed before August 13, 2021. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Embassy of Sweden in Pakistan on Tuesday launched a digital reading campaign in Urdu “Pippi ki Kahani” featuring Pakistani artists. In collaboration with a local organization, Olomopolo media the project was launched on Embassy’s Facebook page by the Ambassador H.E Henrik Persson. “Pippi Longstocking” is a world-known children’s book character, created by the Swedish […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan has become the only country with a thriving population of mangrove trees with successful rise of 300% in its number in the coastal areas increasing its resilience against natural calamities. Ministry of Climate Change took to Twitter to the country’s whooping green cover of mangroves. It wrote, “Pakistan has successfully increased its mangrove […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary for Interior Haji Shaukat Ali on Tuesday said that foolproof measures have been adopted to ensure peace during Muharram-ul-Haram. He said during visit to various places of Peshawar city to monitor security arrangements for Muharram-ul-Haram. In a briefing CCPO Peshawar Abbas Ahsan informed that command post has been set up at Command […]
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