ISLAMABAD:An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday adjourned hearing till September 17, on Lok Virsa reference against PPP’s Senator Robina Khalid and others. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir adjourned the case without further hearing due to the absence of defence lawyer in the case. NAB prosecutor Sohail Arif and witness Khalid Suleman appeared before the court. The […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Senator Faisal Javed Khan on Thursday expressed condolence over the death of Kashmiri freedom fighter Syed Ali Gillani. In a condolence message on twitter, he prayed Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and gave strength to his family to bear this loss with […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Times Higher Education (THE), UK which is the World leading universities rankings agency, met the Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday to present the latest rankings of Pakistani universities. THE team was represented by the Chief Knowledge Officer Phil Baty and Dr. Liz Shepard who is the Chief Data Scientist […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Experts have urged the government to expedite implementation of policies and programmes for adopting sustainable low-carbon development pathways through adoption of environmentally-sustainable construction techniques and promotion of renewable energy, to achieve environmental protection and sustainable development goals. Achieving environmental protection and sustainable development goals are key to attainment of not only poverty and unemployment reduction […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Thursday felicitated newly elected office bearers of Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (Dastoor) on wining coveted posts. In a statement, he specially congratulated newly elected President Qaiser Abbas Shah and Secretary General Akram Abid Qureshi. The minister hoped that the new officer bearers would play […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:As part of an investigation against tractor manufacturers for prima facie violation of Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act, 2010, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Thursday carried out search and inspection of Millat Tractors Ltd (MTL) Lahore and Al-Ghazi Tractors Ltd (AGTL) Karachi. The search inspections were carried out under Section 34 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Advisor to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Thursday said that government would use technology and electronic voting machines (EVMs) at every cost in next elections to check rigging. He stated this during a meeting attended by Minister for Railways Senator Azam Khan Swati, Leader of the House in Senate Dr. Shehzad Waseem, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The price of 24 karat per tola gold remained unchanged at Rs111,000 in the local market on Thursday, 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 remained […]
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