Day: August 12, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Committee on State Owned Enterprises (CCOSOEs) Wednesday noted that the government’s broad-based reform process significantly improved the performance of SOEs, resulting in reduction of aggregate losses from Rs 286 billion in 2017-18 to Rs 143 billion in 2018-19. The reforms included completion of SOEs Board of Directors and appointments at managerial positions […]

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank on Wednesday granted worth US$ 129.99 million for the uplift of primary education system under the “Sindh Early Learning Enhancement through Classroom Transformation Project” in the province. Minister for Economic Affairs, Omar Ayub Khan, witnessed the signing ceremony of financing agreement of “Sindh Early Learning Enhancement through Classroom Transformation Project” worth […]

Prime Minister Imran Khan said that as farmers were the country’s precious asset, today’s Kissan Convention would send a clear message that the country would move forward by helping the farmers. He said that with a mere 26, 000 growers having the agricultural lands of over 125 acres each, the country had around 8.4 million […]

ISLAMABAD: Iraqi Foreign Minister Dr Fuad Hussein on Wednesday assured Pakistan of introducing a new visa policy for Pakistani pilgrims aimed at facilitating their visits to the holy sites in Iraq. In a joint press stakeout here along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the visiting Iraqi foreign minister said every possible facilitation would be […]

ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa in collaboration with Institute of Architect Pakistan (IAP) organized a week- long workshop on “Lari Zero Carbon Structures for the Marginalized”, which would continue till August 16. Talking to reporter, Executive Director Lok Virsa Talha Ali said , after the successful webinar series and the competition regarding zero carbon structures, the next […]

ISLAMABAD: COMSTECH organized a coordination meeting with Research and Development (R&D) institutions affiliated with the Ministry of Science and Technology at the COMSTECH secretariat on Wednesday. Secretary for the Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr. Akhtar Nazir, chaired the meeting. He assured full support of the Ministry to the R&D institutions and said we need […]

ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Wednesday, gaining 241.90 points, with a positive change of 0.51 per cent, closing at 47, 377.38 points against 47, 135.48 points on the last working day. A total of 382, 644, 494 shares were traded during the day compared to […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan Affairs Ali Amin Khan Gandapur Wednesday said Barrister Sultan Mehmood had been nominated as presidential candidate for the legislative assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). He said Prime Minister Imran Khan had approved the name of Barrister Sultan Mehmood as he held a prominent position in the […]