Day: December 8, 2021

ISLAMABAD:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday approved an amount of US $ 603 million results-based lending program to strengthen and expand social protection programs in Pakistan. Using conditional cash transfers, the program will support the implementation of Ehsaas, Pakistan’s national social protection and poverty reduction strategy, according to an ADB statement received here Wednesday. […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Wednesday congratulated the nation on the successful test of surface-to-air missile by Pakistan Navy. In a statement, he said that this missile was a good addition to the operational capabilities of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Farrukh said that Pakistan has full capability to respond to […]

Belfast:The Northern Ireland Protocol was signed separately from the Brexit trade deal between the UK and the European Union and aims to avoid a “hard” border on the island of Ireland. Physical infrastructure on the border between the province and EU member state Ireland was a regular flashpoint during three decades of violence over British […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan valued its partnership with the United States and wished to expand it bilaterally as well as in terms of regional and international cooperation, said Foreign Office Spokesperson here on Wednesday. The spokesperson in a statement said: “We are thankful to the United States for inviting Pakistan for participation in the Summit for Democracy, being […]

The “disastrous” way in which plastic is used in farming across the world is threatening food safety and potentially human health, according to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization, a Rome-based UN agency. It says soils contain more microplastic pollution than the oceans and that there is “irrefutable” evidence of the need for […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has said that the initiative announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday was declared as the ‘biggest social protection programme’ for covering the entire major public facilities including health, education, housing and subsidy on edibles. In a news statement, he said under the programme the people […]

ISLAMABAD:Koh-e-Sulaiman mountain range would be developed as the country’s first Trans-Boundary National Park which would boost tourism sector in the southern region of Khyber Pakthunkhwa. This was stated by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur. Talking to reporter, he said that Koh-e-Sulaiman, also known as Takht-e-Sulaiman, […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that with each passing day the human tragedy in Afghanistan was increasing. Addressing a function organized by the Embassy of Saudi Arabia here, he said that the people of Afghanistan were facing the worst humanitarian crisis in cold weather. “The OIC Foreign Ministers Conference […]