Day: October 10, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday strongly condemned the recent drone attack launched by Houthi militants on King Abdullah Airport in Jazan region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, causing injuries to people and damage to property. “Pakistan reaffirms its full support and solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia against any threats to its security and […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Saturday highlighted the incumbent government’s remarkable policies and facilities to the exporters which resulted into persistent growth of the textile exports during the first quarter of fiscal year 2021-22. “Thanks to the government’s best exports policies and facilities, textile exports in the first quarter […]

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: England Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision of withdrawing both its men and women cricket teams from their scheduled tours of Pakistan, following abrupt abandoning of Black Caps’ series, continues drawing widespread criticism among the cricket legends, experts and sports buffs. Recently, the all-times legend from the West Indian Michael Holding slammed the ECB for showing […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Saturday said the overseas Pakistanis had sent US $ 2.7 billion remittances in September (2021), registering growth of 16.9 per cent over the same month last year. In a tweet, he said overall remittances in the first quarter of current Fiscal Year (2021-22) were […]

DUBAI: President Dr Arif Alvi on Saturday said a prosperous Pakistan was emerging at the global arena and urged the overseas Pakistanis to benefit from the secure investment policies of the country. Addressing at an event related to Roshan Apna Ghar initiative for expatriates, the president said Pakistan as the fifth most populated country of […]

BEIJING: Pakistani as well as other exhibitors from across the world have geared up while organizers have gone all out for final preparations for the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) slated to be held offline in Shanghai from Nov. 5 to 10. Though China’s weeklong National Day holiday is ongoing, Pakistani businessman Habib Ur […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) on Saturday asked all airline operators, transporting passengers to and from Iraq for the Arba’een participation, must ensure implementation of coronavirus (COVID-19) related standard operating procedures (SOPs) to stem the spread of deadly virus in the country. The authority, in a letter posted at its twitter handle, said all […]