Day: October 7, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The British Council together with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan on Wednesday hosted a roundtable conference entitled “Education for climate action: How universities can steer the climate crisis.” The higher education sector is enabling the world to understand the impact of climate change on the environment. However, there is still a long […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday expressed the belief that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Safdar in connivance of his father Nawaz Sharif was leading Indian malicious campaign aimed at maligning national security institutions of the country. “The entire world knows that how India runs a campaign […]

ISLAMABAD: Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday directed audit authorities to expedite audit of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and submit progress report within 30 days. The committee met here at Parliament House in the chairmanship of MNA Rana Tanveer Hussain. The committee examined the audit report for the year 2019-20 maximum five highlighted audit […]

ISLAMABAD: NCOC team and ICT Administration on Wednesday visited hotels, restaurants, shops, markets, private colleges in various areas of Bhara Kahu and Rawat to ensure strict enforcement of obligatory vaccination drive. NCOC and district administration teams along with police inspected the vaccination status of the students and staffers at a private dental college, hotels, restaurants, […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecom would execute 17 new schemes amounting to Rs 7, 050 million during the current fiscal year. For new schemes, the government has allocated Rs 400 million in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2021-22) for the establishment of an IT park in Karachi, Rs. 365.528 million for […]

ISLAMABAD: The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau’s (CP&WB) anti-begging campaign is in full swing said CP&WB Chairperson Sara Ahmad here on Wednesday. Talking to reporter, she said the aims of the campaign is to get rid of beggars and during the campaign, children involved in begging were taken into custody and handed over to their […]

ISLAMABAD: The exchange rate of Pakistan rupee against US dollar depreciated by 16 paisas in the interbank trading on Wednesday to close at Rs170.96 against the previous day’s closing of Rs170.80. According to Forex Association of Pakistan, the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs 171 and Rs […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday opposed the acquittal plea of co-accused and requested the accountability court to dismiss it in a reference against former finance minister Ishaq Dar. AC-I Judge Muhammad Bashir conducted hearing on acquittal plea of NBP’s ex-president Saeed Ahmed, Naeem Mehmood and Mansoor Raza. NAB Prosecutor Afzal Qureshi submitted […]