Day: October 15, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change on Thursday said that the government was taking several practical steps for the preservation of biodiversity and the traditional zoo would soon be transformed into an ‘open caged zoo’ which would provide them a friendly cage-free environment. Talking to the PTV news channel, he said the incumbent […]

ISLAMABAD:Balochistan government has decided to issue Kissan Cards to the small farmers to provide financial support for increase in their yields as well as development of agriculture sector in the province. Around 668240 Bulldozer hours have been provided with the cost of Rs 960 million to bring the uneven land under cultivation, an official of […]

ISLAMABAD:The production of farm tractors in the country witnessed an increase of 11.32 percent to 12,533 units during the first three months of current financial year 2021-22, against the production of 11,258 units in same months of last year. During the months under review, the production of trucks also witnessed an increasing trend as it […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Thursday dispatched seven trucks (114 tons load) of humanitarian aid including flour, rice and pulses to Afghanistan. The trucks carrying the humanitarian aid under Pak-Afghan Cooperation Forum were handed over to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials at Angoor Adda. Assistant Commissioner Serwakai, Ijaz Akhtar handed over the aid to Deputy Governor […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin on Thursday expressed hope for successful outcome of top level negotiations between Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF), for putting the US $ six billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) back on track. “I believe that the progress we have made to date is really encouraging and as […]

ISLAMABAD:The World Bank (WB) Thursday acknowledged that a lot of progress had been made on implementation of structural reforms in various sectors by Pakistan, stressing that there was need to keep up the momentum to achieve the projected growth targets. According to press statement received here from the Embassy of Pakistan in United States, the […]

ISLAMABAD: In a startling revelation, a study by NITI Aayog has revealed that more than 2.957 million women in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) were anemic, under-weight while over 1.5 million children below five years of age were suffering from acute malnutrition. According to reporter, the figures have come to fore in the […]

ISLAMABAD:The Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the rising wave of Islamophobia, hate speech and hate crimes motivated by the Hindu supremacist ‘Hindutva’ ideology with tacit complicity of the BJP- led Indian government. “OIC-IPHRC is following with great concern the increasing incidents of systematic violence, […]