Four-day winter Bazeecha workshop to start next week

ISLAMABAD:Four-day kids winter Bazeecha workshop will be held at Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts from January 3-6. Amina Shah, director of Hunerkada, said Bazeecha workshop was made a permanent feature and continue throughout the year given the interest and enthusiasm of children and parents. She said that most of the teachers were below […]

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9 Asian countries see benefits in BRI, laud China’s ‘vaccine humanitarianism’

ISLAMABAD:Representatives of nine Asian countries here on Tuesday at a webinar termed the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) beneficial for the member states and also appreciated China’s ‘vaccine humanitarianism’ in the context of coronavirus pandemic. Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) hosted an extraordinary 9-Nation Conference on Regional Economic connectivity themed on “Belt and Road Cooperation: Promoting People-to-People […]

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IHC summons defence secy in person in illegal construction case in MHNP

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday summoned defence secretary and directed him to appear in person on the next hearing in case pertaining to illegal constructions in Margalla Hills National Park (MHNP) beyond the allotted area. The court also asked the defence secretary and Capital Development Authority (CDA) chairman to submit affidavits regarding the […]

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Rs.23,911.77 mln disbursed for Power Division’s projects so far

ISLAMABAD:The government has disbursed a sum of Rs 23,911.77 million for various power division schemes under Annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for Year 2021-22 so far. According to the data, the government has specified Rs 69,485.05 million under PSDP-2021-22 for various power projects with Rs 40,174 million foreign aid component. An amount of Rs […]

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Protection center to be set up for transgender community

ISLAMABAD:Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younus on Tuesday directed police officials to resolve public complaints on priority and take practical steps to set up a `protection center’ for the transgender community. During an `Open Court’ held on Tuesday the IGP directed relevant police officials to resolve their issues and gave them time […]

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Pakistan’s NSP comprehensively considers citizen, economic security: Chinese scholar

BEIJING: Pakistan’s firs-ever National Security Policy (NSP) document comprehensively considers citizen, economic and military security. Therefore, it is a historic event, which will have a positive and important impact on safeguarding Pakistan’s long-term national security and development interests. These views were expressed by Cheng Xizhong, visiting professor at Southwest University of Political Science and Law […]

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