Day: August 26, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Left-handed batter Fawad Alam and left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Afridi have achieved career-best positions in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after helping Pakistan win the second Test against the West Indies in Kingston to draw their two-match ICC World Test Championship series 1-1. Alam’s unbeaten 124 in the first innings has […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National University of Technology (NUTECH) to promote academia-industry linkages and produce demand-driven graduates for the industry. Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President ICCI and Dr Syed Adnan Qasim, Registrar, National University of Technology signed the MoU in a ceremony […]

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan Agriculture Department has brought 69, 670 acres of barren land under cultivation to ensure food security by increasing agri production, said Director General Balochistan Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) Juma Khan Tareen on Wednesday. Talking to reporter he said that the government has distributed High yielding seeds of wheat, rice, oil seed, sunflower and […]

ISLAMABAD: Domestic production of edible oil was increased by 3.37 percent, while that of vegetable ghee slightly reduced by 1.47 percent during the last year ended on June 31, 2021 as compared to the production during corresponding period a year back. During the period from July-June, 2020-21, some 456, 594 tons of cooking oil was […]

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) appointed Ms. Saima Aftab, a BS-20 officer of Pakistan Customs Services (PCS) as Director, Directorate of Intelligence and Investigation- FBR, Lahore. According to FBR notification issued here Wednesday, she has relinquished the charge of the post of Collector, Collectorate of Customs Appraisement, Faisalabad and assumed the charge of the […]

ISLAMABAD: The 1121 child protection helpline and welfare Bureau has rescued 68, 645 street children from different cities and reunited them with their families after necessary intervention in year 2020-21. According to an official data provided by MoHR, Social section is the main operational section of Child Protection & Welfare Bureau in which neglected and […]

UNITED NATIONS: Negotiations are underway to bring 500 metric tonnes of urgently needed medical supplies into Afghanistan, senior regional officials with the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, said Tuesday. The items, which are stuck in Dubai, were due to enter the country this week, but have been delayed as commercial flights are […]