Day: November 27, 2021

ISLAMABAD:Senate Standing Committee on Petroleum was informed on Friday that the Third Party Access (TPA) code had been drafted aimed at encouraging and enabling the private sector entities to use the existing gas transmission network for transportation of their imported Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to consumers. The committee meeting, chaired by Senator Muhammad Abdul Qadir, […]

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) on Friday notified 2-day power suspension schedule for Saturday and Sunday for various areas of its region due to necessary maintenance and routine development work. According to IESCO spokesman, the power supply of different feeders and grid stations would remain suspended for the period on Saturday From 09:00 am […]

ISLAMABAD:State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said the Sindh government was exploiting the people of the province in connivance with various mafias. Talking to media persons, he said “Sian Sarkar” government was totally oblivious from the problems being faced by the masses and doing nothing to resolve their issues. The people had […]

ISLAMABAD:UK’s Conservative Member of the House of Lords, Lord Aamer Sarfraz on Friday said the UK’s position was very clear on Pakistan that it was a star performer at COP26. In his message received here, he said Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam was extremely well regarded internationally. “I […]

ISLAMABAD:Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority announced it will allow direct entry to travelers from six countries, including Pakistan. Saudi Arabia suspended all international flights in March 2020, following the coronavirus outbreak. The suspension was lifted in May this year, but was not applicable to many countries due to the pandemic situation, Arab news reported . […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday instructed the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) to address the objections of affectees of various sectors in federal capital. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case filed by the affectees of various sectors regarding land acquisition. Director law FGEHA appeared before the court during hearing. The chief justice […]

ISLAMABAD:The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on November 25, for the combined consumption group, witnessed decrease of 0.67 percent as compared to the previous week, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Friday. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 168.16 points […]

ISLAMABAD:Just three minutes of exposure to deep red light once a week, when delivered in the morning, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new study. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, found there was, on average, a 17 per cent improvement in participants’ colour contrast vision when exposed to three minutes of […]