Day: October 6, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Tuesday filed a petition before the Supreme Court to become a party in former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar’s case. The government moved an application requesting the apex court to allow it to become party to a petition that challenged Dar’s election as a senator on a technocrat seat from Punjab […]

ISLAMABAD: World Space Week celebrations continued on the second day at the Institute of Space Technology (IST) with more than 45 space related events on the theme of Women in Space. The activities held today included Space Techathon, Paper spinning top, Space project, Space Poetry, Space Mark Designing, Night Sky Mapping and Astrobiology Solutions. A […]

ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC’s) team along with Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Rawalpindi late Monday checked the compliance of vaccination of public transport drivers, passengers at different local routes within the city and at the Metro Bus stations. The NCOC team and secretary RTA checked more than two hundred vans and buses at […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi will launch STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) pilot programme Wednesday, initially for 50 higher secondary schools of the country. Through the programme, the students would be imparted training in these specific fields. The STEM is a teaching philosophy that integrates all four disciplines together into a single programme, offering […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Member National Assembly (MNA) Dr. Haider Ali on Tuesday said, the developments in tribal districts (erstwhile FATA) would bring positive changes in the lives of common people. Chairing a meeting of working group on Political Affairs of FATA, Dr. Haider, said that consultations should be held for FATA development across the […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar on Tuesday said that Pakistan Muslim League-N, wanted to escape the accountability process for enjoying looted money. Talking to a private television channel, he said Opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif and members of Sharif family are reluctant to share information with national accountability bureau regarding […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin Tuesday urged the Zarai Taraqqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL) to streamline the existing human resource, introduce innovative banking solutions, improve recoveries and use modern techniques to maximize its potential. He said this during a meeting with Board of Directors of ZTBL, led by the President Muhammad Shahbaz Jameel, […]

ISLAMABAD: Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has said that it will preserve the empty niches of the two giant Buddhas in Bamiyan – destroyed in March 2001. “As an Islamic Emirate’s official in Bamiyan, I am trying my best to preserve these priceless and historical monuments of our province, ” Mawlawi Saif-ul-Rahman Mohammadi, Head of […]