ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Thursday said the government was ensuring the protection of forest lands for conservation of environment. Food security and climate change were currently the most important issues concerning the whole world, including Pakistan, he added. The prime minister expressed these views while chairing a meeting of the National Coordination Committee on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Adviser to Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Dr. Babar Awan Thursday said the opposition parties should cooperate with maturity as the government is ready to bring reforms in different sectors for its better performance. Talking in private channel programs, he said that the opposition parties had not worked on legislation in the constitution during […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan on Thursday said that the government was planning to introduce legislation to ensure Riba-free economy in the country. The AGP made these remarks while appearing before a three-member Federal Shariat Court (FSC) bench headed Chief Justice Noor Muhammad Meskanzai which heard a number of constitutional petitions […]
Read MorePESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government would execute 11 new drinking water and sanitation projects worth Rs 794.757 million during the ongoing financial year in different districts in the province. Out of the total of 111 water projects worth Rs 8, 933 million planned for the fiscal year 2021-22, the government would carry out 92 ongoing […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar Thursday said the government would launch an SME policy next month with focus on productivity enhancement and competitiveness of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the local and global market to achieve sustainable development in the country. He was addressing a seminar for women entrepreneurs on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Special Representative to Prime Minister Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Thursday urged the Ulema, religious scholars, civil society to boycott Indian products and register their anger at the persecution of Muslim community in India. Addressing a news conference, he said the ongoing campaign of boycotting Indian products being continued in various countries. He […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Thursday said Hakla-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway – an important component of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor’s (CPEC)– would be opened for traffic by November 15. In his statement on the videos of Hakla- D.I.Khan Motorway released by National Highway Authority (NHA), the minister said that […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Soyabean oil import into the country during first two months of current financial year reduced by 42.15% as compared the imports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-August, 2021 about 14, 012 metric tons of soyabean costing $16.589 million imported to fulfil the local requirements of edible oil as […]
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