Day: January 18, 2022

ISLAMABAD:The exchange rate of Pakistan rupee strengthened by 15 paisas against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Monday and closed at Rs 175.91 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 176.06. According to Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market recorded at Rs 176.6 […]

ISLAMABAD:In a bide to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses production for reducing the reliance on imported leguminous, the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has provided about 12 portable irrigation systems to growers of different areas under its pulses enhancement project. Besides, the council had also released 15 varieties of different pulses and provided subsidized seeds of […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Monday, losing 151.25 points, a negative change of 0.33 percent, closing at 45,612.20 points against 45,763.45 points on the last working day. A total of 173,497,844 shares, valuing Rs6.104 billion, were traded during the day compared to the trade of 239,976,578 shares, […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Monday informed the Senate that the previous governments set up expensive power plants based on imported fuel including coal, furnace oil and LNG and did not pay any attention to generate cheap hydel electricity. Winding up discussion on a motion moved by Senator Mushaq Ahmed […]

ISLAMABAD:The National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) has issued an advisory to all the tourists to avoid visit different hill stations from January 18 to 20 as rain and snowfall were expected particularly in the northern region of the country. In an advisory issued here on Monday, the NH&MP said that tourists particularly avoid visiting […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Monday visited the residence of Managing Director of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Mobashir Hasan to condole the demise of his mother, who passed away a couple of days ago. Expressing his grief and sorrow, the minister offered Fateha, and prayed to the Almighty to rest […]

ISLAMABAD:Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill on Monday said that leader of the opposition in National Assembly Mian Shahbaz Sharif was making efforts for a secret deal. However, they would fail this time just like in past they tried to escape from Lahore on a Qatar Airways flight, he […]

ISLAMABAD:The Registrar of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday returned the petition challenging the three-year fixed appointment of the appellate court judges in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Registrar office objected that such matters could not be allowed to be directly filed before the Supreme Court. It noted that petitioner Hussain Shahid did not approach the relevant […]