NEPRA notifies hike in power tariff for Oct

ISLAMABAD:National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Thursday notified Rs 4.74 per unit increase in tariff for October under monthly fuel cost adjustment (FCA) mechanism. According to the notification, the said adjustment shall be applicable to all the consumer categories except lifeline consumers of all the XWDISCOs. The said adjustment shall be shown separately in […]

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Annual sports day of IMCG held on Thursday

ISLAMABAD:Annual sports day was held at Islamabad Model College for Girls (IMCG) (PG) F.7/4, Islamabad on Thursday followed by prize distribution ceremony. Various inter class sports competitions including volleyball, badminton, table tennis, net ball, basketball and athletics were organized earlier from November 17 to 27, 2021. Students were taken to Sports Complex for races on […]

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Bakhtiar stirs world conscience over massive HR abuses, women persecution in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: Chairperson National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) Nilofar Bakhtiar on Thursday pressed the international community to hold India accountable for its massive state-sponsored human rights violations, girls and women persecution in Indian Illegal Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). In her message on the International Human Rights Day being observed by the global […]

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Energy Ministry clarifies media reports about monthly fuel cost adjustment

ISLAMABAD:Ministry of Energy on Thursday said that the ministry had already clarified the media reports regarding the monthly fuel adjustment in the price of electricity on November 22. Regarding the monthly fuel adjustment, the ministry said that the current application in National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) was for fuel already utilized in a month. […]

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Tarin supports PCRCL in reviving sick industrial units

ISLAMABAD:Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin on Thursday assured Corporate Restructuring Company Limited (PCRCL) of his full cooperation and support for revival of sick industrial units and making them profitable contributors for the economy of Pakistan. The adviser was presiding over a meeting on revival of sick and closed units […]

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PM for inclusive development to empower the poor

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday stressing for inclusive development said it must demonstrate trickle-down effects with the aim of empowering lower strata of society. He expressed these views in an online address at the concluding session of the 24th Sustainable Development Conference titled: “Beyond the Pandemic: Leaving No One Behind”, held here at Sustainable […]

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Stable Afghanistan to help avert future refugee crisis : Dr Moeed

ISLAMABAD: National Security Adviser (NSA) Dr Moeed Yusuf has said that stable Afghanistan would eventually help avert future refugee crisis and ensure peace and development in the region. In an interview to BBC World News programme Hard Talk by anchor Stephen Sackur, the NSA highlighted multiple aspects of the foreign policy, relations with Afghanistan and […]

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Int’l Anti-Corruption day observed

ISLAMABAD:Like other parts of the world, the International Anti-Corruption day with the theme for year 2021 “Your right, your role: say no to corruption” was observed in Pakistan. The UN International Corruption Day was observed on December 9 every year across the world mainly to raise public awareness against corruption and its elimination. Seminars, workshops, […]

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