ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar Tuesday said the government was going to hold population census for the first time in Pakistan history with a gap of only five years. In a tweet, the minister said the cabinet had given the approval for holding a census using modern digital technology and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan had special focus on exports and the government was working on increase in production and export-based growth. Exports reached 7.7 billion in first quarter of 2021-22 which were $5.47 billion in the first quarter of 2020-21 last […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Food Security Jamshed Iqbal Cheema Tuesday said that the government under the ‘Kamyab Kissan project’ was making all our efforts to facilitate farmers through providing them interest-free loans and modern machinery. Talking to the PTV news channel, Cheema said the government had given a new identity and […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Punjab Minister for Health Dr Yasmin Rashid Tuesday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) government was taking effective steps to provide basic amenities of life to people. She said this while inaugurating sewerage system in NA-125 at Union Council 55. Mian Hamid Mahmood, Chairman Abdul Ghafoor Pappu, Shahzad Numberdar, political workers and officials of Lahore […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) was apprised on Tuesday that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government was ready to hold first phase of Local Government elections in the province in November 2021. The meeting of the ECP, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, was told that the KPK government was ready to hold […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday said that the government would promulgate an ordinance on Wednesday (tomorrow) to rectify the legal lacunas in the existing National Accountability Bureau (NAB) law. The announcement was made in a briefing to media by the minister of information after cabinet meeting. He ruled out the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: : Geological experts are all set to start work on a project, during the current fiscal year, to compile data of the country’s ‘active faults’ and potential landslide ‘hotspot’ zones that would prove to be a major step towards the disaster risk reduction activities. The project would be completed at a cost of Rs […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Tuesday said that for the first time in history, those were made accountable to the law who remained in power corridors. In reaction to the statement of Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, he said all courtiers including Shahid Khaqan Abbasi were unable to […]
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