Day: August 27, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Housing and Works has launched Prime Minister Low Cost Housing Scheme under which the deserving families were getting financial assistance up to Rs 500, 000 through Akhuwat Islamic Microfinance (AIM). An official documents pertaining to the three year government performance stated that the funds amounting to Rs 7 billion have been […]

ISLAMABAD: An Accountability Court (AC) Thursday adjourned hearing till September 1, on Rs52 billion corruption reference in OGRA against its ex-chief Toqeer Sadiq. The defence lawyer continued its cross examination with prosecution witness Muhammad Altaf and Muhammad Ijaz during the hearing. After this, the court adjourned the case till next date. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir […]

ISLAMABAD: All key economic indicators have been performing well, affirming the success of the government in laying a foundation for robust growth, according to the Three Years Performance Report released here Thursday. According to the report, the government had prepared a comprehensive roadmap for stability, growth and productive employment. It said, the government had taken […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Curriculum Council (NCC), Ministry of Federal Education & Professional Training in consultation with Education Departments of all federating units of the country, is developing Single National Curriculum (SNC) from grade one to 10 in line with the vision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. According to a three years performance report of […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said it was the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government which had set the tradition of sharing yearly performance report with public. Before the PTI, there was no culture of sharing the government and its departments’ performance with public continuously. Those who had had ruled for […]

ISLAMABAD: SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday expressed profound grief and sorrow on the sad demise of its former President Tariq Sayeed, who passed away last week in Karachi. In his condolence message SAARC Chamber President Iftikhar Ali Malik said that the deceased was a highly acclaimed and immensely popular business leader of […]

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf on Thursday emphasised that the international community must support Afghanistan to avoid a humanitarian crisis in the region. In his interview to BBC Radio on the situation in Afghanistan, the NSA said Pakistan has so far helped evacuate more than 7, 000 people from Afghanistan and was […]

ISLAMABAD: The Covid-19 national positivity on Thursday recorded was 7.4 percent with some 4, 553 more people testing positive and 3, 413 infected individuals recovering from the deadly virus. The country in past 24 hours conducted some 61, 446 tests and recorded around 85 deaths due to coronavirus, said recent update from the National Command […]