ISLAMABAD: President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan on Tuesday lauded the efforts of the Prime Minister Imran Khan to provide Panahgahs to the poor people of the society which was a great service to the humanity. ICCI head leading a delegation visited ‘Panahgah’ Centre in Sector G-9/4, Islamabad and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) on Tuesday announced a discovery of oil and gas deposits in the Hangu Formation, located in Frontier Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The Wali-1 well was drilled down to a total depth of 4, 727 meters inside Kawagarh Formation based on the good oil and gas flow assessed […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday notified the transfer and posting of high ranking officers. According to a notification issued by the Establishment Division, Kamran Ali Afzal, a BS-22 Officer of Pakistan Administrative Service, presently posted as Secretary Industries and Production Division, is transferred and posted as Chief Secretary (CS), Government of the Punjab, with immediate […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) lost 188.56 points on Tuesday, with a negative change of 0.4 per cent, closing at 46, 729.96 points against 46, 918.52 points on the last working day. A total of 423, 757, 540 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 417, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Husain Tuesday said the government was committed to introduce Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections to ensure free, fair and transparent polls, but the opposition showed no interest in carrying electoral reforms due to their vested interests. “If free and fair elections are held […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin Tuesday urged to adopt forward planning for dealing with the volatile energy prices in international markets and also to provide lost cost energy to industrial and domestic sides. He was holding a meeting with the Federal Minister for Energy, Hammad Azhar and Special Assistant to the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Shibli Faraz and Norwegian Ambassador to Pakistan, Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen in a meeting held here Tuesday discussed avenues for strengthening bilateral linkages between the two countries in the field of Science and Technology. The minister called upon by Norwegian Ambassador, Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen. Speaking on the occasion, Shibli Faraz […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday paid tribute to Pakistan Air Force (PAF) for defending the country’s airspace on September 7, 1965 in an impeccable show of valour and skill against India. In a tweet, he also eulogized legendary war hero MM Alam for shooting down five warplanes of […]
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