Day: August 24, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Tractor production in country during last 11 months of current financial year recorded about 54.83 percent growth as compared the production of corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-June, 2020-21, about 50, 486 tractors manufactured locally as compared the assembling of 32, 608 units of same period of last year, according […]

ISLAMABAD: Indus River System Authority (IRSA) Monday released 196604 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 217149 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in the Indus River at Tarbela Dam was 1543.92 feet, which was 151.99 feet higher than its dead level 1392 feet. Water inflow and outflow in […]

ISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed no change in prices and was sold at Rs109, 500 in the local market on Monday, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat and 10 gram 22 karat gold remained the same at Rs93, 879 and Rs86, 055 respectively. […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain Monday said a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan was vital for building communication linkages between Pakistan and Central Asia. During a meeting with Ambassador of Uzbekistan Aybek Arif Usmanov who called on him here, he said enhanced cooperation between the two countries in areas mutually beneficial […]

ISLAMABAD: China’s Mars rover Zhurong had travelled more than 1, 000 meters on the surface of the red planet as of Monday, the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Centre of the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. China’s Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, lander, and rover, was launched on July 23, 2020. The lander, […]

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police, on Monday, have arrested 23 outlaws from various areas of the city during last 24 hours and recovered stolen items from them. According to police spokesman, upon receiving a call from a citizen about car theft, Industrial-Area police acted swiftly, chased the stolen vehicle and nabbed two car lifters with the help […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz on Monday said that the government was consulting and getting suggestions from all stakeholders for using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in next general elections across the country. Talking to a private news channel, the minister said that Senate Standing Committee of Information Technology could call Chairman […]

ISLAMABAD: Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) Monday signed agreements with five host institutions for handing-over the solar data stations installed in 2014, within the premises of host institutes, under the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). Chief Executive Officer, AEDB Shah Jahan Mirza executed the agreements with host institutes, said a press release […]