Day: October 14, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The exports of tobacco from the country witnessed an increase of 48.51 percent during the first two months of financial year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period of last year. Pakistan exported tobacco worth US $ 5.195 million during July-August (2021-22) as compared to the exports of US $ 3.498 million during July-August […]

BEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque has said that Sino-Pakistan Cooperation Center on Traditional Chinese Medicines (SPCCTCM) would play an important role in boosting the traditional medicine cooperation between China and Pakistan. During a meeting with Prof. Liu Xinmin, Co-Director of SPCCTCM, also WHO Advisor on Traditional Medicine, and Prof. Wang Qiong, vice […]

ISLAMABAD: The federal capital’s Environmental Protection Tribunal was reactivated after one and half years that heard various cases pertaining to violations of Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 here on Wednesday. The Tribunal on Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA)’s complaints issued notice to the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for violating the Environmental Laws while expanding the […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Wednesday said that repair work of the damaged submarine cable has been completed, following which all the telecom services were operational as per the normal routine. A fault was developed in the International Submarine Cable AAE-1 at Fujairah on Monday night. Pakistan Telecommunication Limited (PTCL) in a statement on the […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Information Technology (IT) sector has made measurable and quantifiable progress due to the strong focus of the present government on the growth of the IT industry and the number of IT companies increased up to 160 percent during the last three years. The number of IT companies has increased from 1762 to 4641 […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Wednesday said past rulers built their properties abroad by plundering foreign loans. Addressing a conference here the minister said from 2008 to 2018, when the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League -Nawaz were in power, record foreign loans were taken and most of the […]

ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan Food Authority (BFA) has announced registration of food outlets and issuing of license for the franchising of restaurants, bakeries and canteens in the province. The authority has the mandate to register all the food outlets while strict action would be taken against unregistered food outlets as per law, an official of the […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways has retrieved around 80.763 acres of commercial land worth billions of rupees from private individuals under its anti-encroachment operation across the country during the last three years. “The encroachment operation has been launched with the assistance of railway police and district administrations, ” an official in the Ministry of Railways told reporter. […]