ISLAMABAD:The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) through its Regional Hub in Cairo Friday started the implementation of a comprehensive Technical Assistance (TA) Project for the Women Development Organization (WDO) aimed at empowering the women. The kickoff meeting discussed the technical and implementation plan for the upcoming project which will start by the beginning of 2022 for […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD : Pakistan and Japan have agreed to enhance cooperation in industrial sector especially modernization of local engineering industry. The understanding was reached during a meeting between Minister for Industries and Production, Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar and newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Wada Mitsuhiro in Islamabad on Friday. The two sides decided to extend […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around on Friday and witnessed bullish trend, gaining 169.48 points, with a positive change of 0.39 percent, closing at 43,900.68 points against 43,731.20 points on the last working day. A total of 252,204,958 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 312,071,202 […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has appointed Asim Shafik, as the member of the ITF Coaches Commission for a-term of two years 2022-2023. According to Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF), the services of Asim Shafik, who was the National Development Director-PTF, have been recognized at such a high level for the first time in the history […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The prices of various food items went down during the week ending on December 16 as compared to the previous week, according to the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) here Friday. According to the data, the food commodities that witnessed decrease in prices on Week-on-Week (WoW) basis included […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The president has appointed Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi as federal ombudsman who has served as Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief secretary. Ejaz Ahmed Qureshi, has a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Punjab and one in Public Policy and Planning from Pennsylvania State University, USA, a press release said on Friday. He […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:An affidavit submitted by Prime Minister Imran Khan has termed as “false and defamatory” the allegations regarding the funding of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Trust (SKMT), saying decisions on the hospital’s investment schemes were made by the expert committee without his interference. The affidavit was shared with media by the PM Office after the prime minister […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday restored all sacked employees who were affected by an earlier judgment which struck down the Sacked Employees Reinstatement Act 2010. A five-member larger bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin […]
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