Day: December 14, 2021

BEIJING: China’s Tsinghua University organized an exhibition displaying photographs of Buddhist Gandhara art and Swat Valley of Pakistan. The exhibition was held to commemorate 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Pakistan and China. The exhibition was viewed by Peng Gang Vice-President of Tsinghua University, senior academicians and students from several Chinese think tanks […]

ISLAMABAD: The price of 24 karat per tola gold witnessed an increase of Rs 50 and was sold at Rs 124, 500 in the local market on Monday against its sale at Rs124, 450 the previous day. The price of 10 gram 24 karat gold also increased by Rs43 to Rs 106, 739 from Rs […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Pir Noor ul Haq Qadri Monday said the brutal lynching of the Sri Lankan manager in Sialkot was not acceptable to any society. Talking to Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Pakistan Vice Admiral Mohan Wijewickrama, during his visit to the high commission to offer condolence to the […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Monday released a short documentary on the war heroics of 1971 War martyr Flying Officer Nasim Nisar Beg Shaheed, Tamgha-i-Jurat to pay tribute and eulogize his valour and unprecedented love for the motherland. The short documentary released by the PAF’s Directorate of Public Relations shed light on the unparalleled […]

ISLAMABAD: The Government of Japan announced a US $ 4.35 million grant to procure essential oral polio vaccines as part of its continued support to Pakistan for its polio eradication efforts. This latest grant will be utilized for the procurement of 24 million oral doses of vaccines. It will allow the programme to reach around […]

ISLAMABAD: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Islamabad has been able to confirm (via whole genome sequencing) that a recently suspected sample from Karachi is indeed the ‘Omicron variant’ of SARS-CoV2. This is the first confirmed case but continued surveillance of suspected samples is in place to identify the trends, said a press release issued here. […]

ISLAMABAD: The 33rd Convocation Ceremony of Pakistan Navy Engineering College (PNEC) was held here on Monday where Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The Naval Chief conferred 317 graduates with PhD, Masters and Bachelor’s degrees whereas 34 medals were also awarded to students in various […]

ISLAMABAD: Co-chair of All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pakistan Yasmin Qureshi MP has asked the British government to amend its misleading tweet which had wrongly likened the sanctions on Myanmar military and Pakistani individual for their human rights violations. On International Human Rights Day (December 10, 2021), the UK announced new sanctions against the […]