’Kisan Khushal Scheme’ to enable timely loans disbursement to farmers: Gill

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication, Dr Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday said ‘Kisan Khushal Scheme’ would enable timely disbursement of loans on very easy terms to meet the real needs of farmers. In line with the Prime Minister’s vision, another wonderful program of the Agricultural Development Bank to empower small farmers […]

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ITP launches ‘Safety First Campaign’ in Capital

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has launched “Safety First Campaign” in order to ensure safe road environment and traffic discipline in the city. The campaign has been formally launched following directions of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Qazi Jamil Ur Rehman. SSP Traffic Syed Karar Hussain has said that strict action would be […]

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Food self-sufficiency govt’s top priority: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said it was his government’s top priority to make Pakistan self-sufficient in food production. He stated this during a meeting with Minister for Food Security Fakhar Imam who briefed him about the expected increase in the production of crops of rice, sugarcane, corn and cotton. The prime minister said […]

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Sajjad bag Azadi Cup Tenpin Bowling C’ship title

ISLAMABAD: Sajjad Shah clinched the Azadi Cup Tenpin Bowling Championship title being played at Leisure City Bowling Club, Jinnah Park, Rawalpindi. In the men’s singles event, Sajjad Shah stood 1st while Ali Suria and Ahmer Suldera got 2nd and 3rd positions, respectively. Ijaz ur Rehman finished 4th position. In the men’s deaf event, Qasim Asad […]

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Surayya Butt appointed as DG (Customs)

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) appointed Ms. Surayya Butt, a BS-21 officer of Pakistan Customs Services (PCS) as Director General, Directorate General of Training and Research (Customs), Karachi. According to FBR notification issued here Tuesday, she relinquished the charge of the post Chief Collector of Customs, Appraisement (South), Karachi. She assumed the charge of […]

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Gold price remain unchanged at Rs111,000 per tola, decline by $4 in int’l trading

ISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat per tola gold remained unchanged at Rs111,000 in the local market on Tuesday, Karachi Sarafa and Jewellers Group reported. The price of 10 gram 24 karat and 10 gram 22 karat also remained stagnant at Rs 95,165 and 87,234 respectively. The price of per tola and ten gram silver […]

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Pakistan, German FMs exchange views on Afghanistan situation

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his German counterpart Heiko Maas on Tuesday exchanged views on the latest developments in Afghanistan as well as bilateral relations. The foreign minister shared Pakistan’s perspective on the evolving situation in Afghanistan and stressed that the safety of Afghans and an inclusive political settlement was important. He said […]

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Advancement in AI to bring improvements in students’ learning: Shafqat

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Shafqat Mahmood Tuesday said the advancement of technologies in the fields such as artificial intelligence, would bring about improvements in personalized learning experiences of students. He was addressing the flagship initiative Artificial Intelligence (AI) TechVerse 2021 being organized by National Centre of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI) at the […]

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