Day: January 11, 2022

ISLAMABAD:The Kiryana retailer registrations have risen substantially from 300 to 3,000 per week under the Ehsaas Rashan Riayat Program with the collaborative efforts of Chief Secretaries of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) team and district administrations. This was conveyed during the progress review meeting with National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) convened […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bullish trend on Monday, gaining 541.98 points, with a positive change of 1.20 percent, closing at 45,887.63 points against 45,345.65 points on the last working day. A total of 356,967,665 shares were traded with price of Rs 11.870 billion during the day against 242,263,117 shares […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Monday telephoned the families of soldiers martyred during the anti-terror operation in North Waziristan and other terror-related incidents. The president interacted with the grieved families of Hawaldar Muhammad Munawar, sepoys Muhammad Sheraz, Zakaullah and Farhan who martyred on December 30, last year in an anti-terror operation in North Waziristan. He […]

ISLAMABAD:Senate Standing Committee on Housing and Works was informed on Monday that the Estate Office had so far vacated around 2,800 properties from illegal occupants. The committee that met here with Haji Hidayat Ullah in the chair recommended that the department must look into developing highrise buildings as opposed to single and double unit houses […]

ISLAMABAD:Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday restored former finance minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ishaq Dar’s Senate membership. A notification by the ECP has also been issued to restore the membership on Supreme Court’s orders. In June 2018, the ECP had suspended the notification of former finance minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam on Monday directed to dedicate 20% of the positions of forest Nighebans (forest watchers) for females and women for nursery plantation. According to the press release, he passed these directions while chairing a sixth meeting of the Federal Forestry Board. On the […]

ISLAMABAD: Abundant wheat stocks of 4.336 million tons are available to cater domestic requirement, besides maintaining smooth demand, supply in local markets and ensure provision of flour and other by-products on sustainable rates across the country. Domestic wheat stocks during first week of last year (2021) were recorded at about 3.188 million tons with carry […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib Monday congratulated Hafiz Farhat Abbas on his appointment as Adviser to the Chief Minister Punjab on Political Affairs. In a tweet, he said Hafiz Farhat was a founding member of Insaf Students Federation and an old party worker. He expressed the hope that Hafiz Farhat would […]