Day: October 7, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) will meet here on October 7 to review the output of Kharif crops in the country and set the targets of Rabi crops for season 2021-22. The high-powered meeting would be held under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Syed Fakhar Imam and […]

ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has invited applications for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) (Batch-III) for the academic year 2021-22 from Pakistani/AJK faculty members of public/private sector Higher Educational Institution’s/Universities. According to the Project Director Human Resource Development Division HEC, the programme is announced under the Higher Education Commission’s project entitled Faculty Development Programme for […]

ISLAMABAD: The national tally of Covid-19 active cases on Wednesday was recorded 44, 828 with 1, 212 more people tested positive for the deadly virus and 2, 171 people recovered from the disease during the last 24 hours. Thirty-nine corona patients died during past 24 hours, 34 of whom were under treatment in different hospitals […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) in partnership with UNESCO Islamabad Wednesday launched two reports including `Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) Implementation Guidelines for Pakistan’ and `United Nation World Water Development Report 2021’ in an event held here. PCRWR developed an IWRM implementation guideline for Pakistan which will be a guiding document […]

ISLAMABAD: National Highways and Motorway Police’s (NHMP) Mobile Education Units (MEU) on Wednesday briefed that in the current year it sensitized almost 17 million people about road safety and traffic laws, aimed at ensuring to protect lives and property of the travellers. According to NHMP, in order to create awareness among the people about road […]

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Power on Wednesday was informed that around Rs 900 billion was being paid to the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) per annum under head of capacity payment. The committee which met with Saifullah Abro in the chair took up the agenda item rehabilitation plant of de-licensed public sector power generation […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday congratulated Hassan Khawar on his appointment as the official spokesperson of the Punjab government. In a message, he expressed his best wishes for Hassan Khawar on assuming his new responsibilities.

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) was commencing online classes of MSc/BS face to face programs, offered in autumn 2021 semester, on October 10 which would continue till January 3. Moreover, online classes of PhD and M Phil programs have already begun on September 16 which would continue till January 3, 2021, the university in […]