ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Tuesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Abdoi Sector Post on the Pak-Iran border in Balochistan province. In a statement, he said Pakistan Army was making all possible efforts to make border security more effective. The minister said that Pakistan was committed to eradicate […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan for the development of an irrigation system in Punjab province that would help increase agricultural productivity and enhance food security. The project loan, which is denominated in Japanese yen, will finance the construction of the second branch or Choubara system of the Greater […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The cold wave would continue to grip most parts of the country with further decrease in temperatures during the next few days. “The weather in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will remain cloudy or partly cloudy while there are chances of drizzle also”, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Spokesman, Dr. Zaheer Babar said. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The surveillance and enforcement squads of Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) fined 5500 vehicles last week by ensuring special monitoring on the main avenues of the city. Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Muhammad Omer Khan has constituted six teams of surveillance and enforcement squads to prevent accidents and ensure the implementation of traffic rules. During […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Tuesday said that contradictory statements of PML-N leaders Shahid Khaqan and Muhammad Zubair have further exposed the division in the party. In a tweet, the minister said that Sharif and Zardari’s families had brought destruction to the country and now they were facing the outcome of their […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Twenty-one award-winning films from across the Europe on a range of issues such as gender equality that highlight diversity of cultures were screened at European Film Festival (EUFF), said Senior official of Pakistan National Council of Arts Masroor Shah on Tuesday. He said festival showcased a range of European films and culture to a […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Keeping in view the prevailing issue of Smog being faced by the country, Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) has announced grant for researchers, engineers, technologist, innovators and industrialists to conduct research to find viable solution to address this crisis. “PSF has announced the grant of Rs. 20 million under its Competitive Research Programme to the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan is looking forward to welcoming the foreign ministers to Islamabad for the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers on Afghanistan on December 19, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Tuesday. The foreign minister, in a tweet, extended a welcome to the foreign ministers of OIC […]
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