Day: October 6, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The government has so far provided funds amounting to Rs 4, 133.128 million during the current fiscal year to execute Information Technology and Telecommunication projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2021-22). The federal government has allocated 9, 361.06 million for the ongoing and new schemes of the Information Technology and Telecom Division […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Tuesday that due to the incompetence of the Sindh government, a 20 kg bag of flour was being sold for Rs. 1400. In a tweet, the minister said that Sindh government should immediately release the wheat lying in its warehouses. The Punjab, government […]

BEIJING: China’s anti-terrorism law enforcement forces participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s member states joint anti-terrorism exercise held in Pakistan from September 21 to October 4. The joint exercise, entitled “Pabbi-Antiterror-2021, ” came amid increasingly complex international and regional security situation, with the situation in Afghanistan suddenly changing, and the three forces of terrorism, […]

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Authority (NEPRA) has granted 27 generation licences with a cumulative capacity of 1591.343 MW during the fiscal year 2020-21. According to the documents, the generation licences were granted for various power plants based on coal, hydel, solar, bio mass, bio gas and nuclear technologies. Out of total, 19 licences were granted […]

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf Tuesday invited neighbour countries to invest in multimillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPCE) project, as it is a game-changer not only for Pakistan but for the entire region which would bring economic revolution. In an exclusive interview with PTV news, Dr Moeed said that China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) […]

GENEVA: Pakistan has called for redoubling efforts to halt and reverse the rising trend of Islamophobia and other forms of racial discrimination, emphasizing that “meaningful accountability of the perpetrators” must be ensured. “Islamophobia is a dangerous form of contemporary racism, nurtured by decades of public rhetoric and policies against as well as stereotyping of Muslim […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC), under its pulses development initiatives had provided subsidized seeds of different beans to over 41, 705 farmers across the pulses production areas in the country. The seeds of different pulses were provided to local farmers on 50% subsidy, aiming at to enhance per-acre output of different pulses for attaining […]

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) has announced MS and PhD scholarships in selected fields for the world’s top 100 QS ranked universities. According to sources, the scholarships are offered in MS and PhD in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, data science, software engineering and information technology. The scholarships will be awarded for Fall […]