ISLAMABAD: International Day of Peace-2021 will be observed in Pakistan, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday with a special focus on ending the tendencies of all kind of violence from society and ensuring peaceful co-existence. Each year the day is observed around the world on September 21. This year, the United Nations General Assembly […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will deliver the policy address during upcoming UNGA session through a video statement, outlining Pakistan’s perspective on key global and regional issues, the Foreign Office said Monday. The high-level segment of the 76th Session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) will be held in New York on September 21-27. Separately, Foreign […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday virtually attended the Informal closed meeting of the Heads of State and Government on Climate Change held in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The meeting was a preparatory session for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP-26) to be held in Glasgow in November […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Heavy rain lashed the federal capital like other parts of the country on Monday late afternoon and broke the intensity of prevailing hot weather conditions, turning it to pleasant one. The prediction of the weather experts stood correct as a rain-wind-thunderstorm started in the capital late afternoon and continued for over half an hour, […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICC) Monday elected Muhammad Shakeel Munir as its President, Jamshaid Akhtar Sheikh as Senior Vice President and Muhammad Faheem Khan as Vice President. The election announcement ceremony for the office bearers of ICCI for the year 2021-22 was held at Chamber House wherein Chief Election Commission Ch. Abdul […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The unilateral and unconstitutional scrapping of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir’s special status has coincided with a steep rise in the infringement of fundamental and human rights in the territory. An analytical report released by reporter said that 428 innocent Kashmiris fell to Indian bullets from 5 August 2019 to 31 August 2021 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Punjab Skills Development Fund (PSDF), the country’s largest skills development fund has joined hands with Pakistan’s cellular and digital services frontrunner, Zong 4G, to launch an online course called ‘How to E-lance’. In an ongoing effort to promote youth education and employment, the course will equip 10, 000 youth with the knowledge to become […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) are studying using local currency settlement while exchanging experience in financial areas, a move that experts said will be helpful to fend off US dollar hegemony. The SCO disclosed the plan in a document it rolled out during the 21st meeting of the SCO Council of Heads […]
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