Day: January 9, 2022

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Saturday requested the tourists not to plan trips towards upper areas of the country for a few days. He said a large number of people were going towards Murree and other places of upper areas, adding, millions of vehicles were heading towards these spots. The minister […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said country’s economy was witnessing strong growth and creating job opportunities despite Covid challenge. The prime minister said such trend was reflected in the growth of listed businesses by 59 per cent, on the basis of year-on-year growth in the first nine months, he tweeted. He also expressed hope […]

ISLAMABAD:Participants in an international seminar on Saturday adopted ‘Islamabad Declaration’ recognizing corruption as a major impediment to sustainable development. The declaration stressed upon the need for strengthening of existing national, regional and international legal and human rights mechanisms/institutions to combat corruption and in building resilient systems. The two-day International Seminar on the theme of “Combating […]

ISLAMABAD:Around 652 transgender people have applied for Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Program (EUSP) this year, according to the data compiled after the closing of web portal by the end of year. “Around 122,744 undergraduate students including 50,048 girls and 652 Transgender people applied under the scholarship program. As many as 50,000 students will be provided scholarships […]

ISLAMABAD:A Kashmiri journalist in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), has been arrested by the police days after he posted a video of family members and relatives raising anti-India slogans after the martyrdom of their kin, during a cordon and search operation (CASO), in Srinagar. Sajad Gul, a journalism student who has been contributing […]

ISLAMABAD:The weather system producing rain and snowfall has started weakening and weather will remain clear in most parts of the country during the next few days. “There will be no significant rain and snowfall during the next few days and the weather will be cold and dry”, Spokesman, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Dr. Zaheer Ahmed […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Saturday said the people should avoid to go hilly areas in these days as all the roads would remain closed to Murree till tomorrow 9 pm. Talking to a private news channel, he urged that tourists should avoid to confront with law enforcing agencies for going to […]

ISLAMABAD:Inspector General National Highways and Motorway Police Inam Ghani on Saturday said that NH&MP officers and National Highway Authority (NHA) are working on clearing the Murree Expressway. “Please don’t travel to Murree, Snowfall has started again”, he said in a tweet. He said there was congestion in Murree and on Expressway. He said that people […]