Five day Women badminton championship begins

KARACHI:Five-day event of ‘Karachi Open Badminton Championship for Women’ starts at the Rangers Club in North Nazimabad in collaboration with Pakistan Rangers Sindh, North Karachi Association of Trade and Industry (NKATI), and Sindh Badminton Association. More than 150 players belonging to various educational institutions are participating in the various categories of the event, said NKATI […]

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Beaconhouse holds college fair at Frontier Campus

PESHAWAR:Beaconhouse College Thursday hosted a college fair at its Frontier Campus here for the students to interact with representatives of various institutes and learn about the different undergraduate programmes being offered. Students got to know about the application process, admission criteria, and other important information. The event was attended by over 20 national and international […]

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Financial inclusion must for women’s economic empowerment: FAFEN chairperson

ISLAMABAD:Besides civil societies, the financial institutions should go the extra mile for women economic empowerment in the country, said Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) Chairperson Mossarat Qadeem on Thursday. In an exclusive talk with reporter, she said that the lending institutions should provide easy and hassle-free loans to women entrepreneurs so that they could […]

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’Lighter Bag Brighter Student’ policy kicks off at federal capital

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Directorate of Education (FDE), much to the delight of students, parents and teachers alike, launched ‘Lighter Bag Brighter Student’ policy on Thursday at the Junior Campus (I-8/2) of Islamabad Model College for Girls I-8/4. Under the initiative of ‘Books Free Bag for Primary Classes’ inaugurated here by Parliamentary Secretary for Education Wajeeha […]

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Japanese ambassador calls on Hammad Azhar

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Mitsuhiro Wada called on Federal Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar here Thursday and matters of Pakistan-Japan collaboration in the energy sector came under discussion. Showing satisfaction at the current level of bilateral ties, Minister Hammad Azhar appreciated the longstanding engagement of Japan with Pakistan for improving its economic and […]

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Pakistan desirous of strengthening ties with Sudan: FM

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s ambassador-designate to Sudan Mir Behrose Reki Baloch called on Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi here on Thursday and discussed matters of interest. The minister felicitated the ambassador designate on his new posting. The foreign minister gave special instructions to Behrose Reki Baloch for strengthening bilateral relations between Pakistan and Sudan. Qureshi said Pakistan gave […]

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MCCI urges Govt to revisit withdraw buyers’ CNIC compulsion on sales

MULTAN:President of Multan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) Khawaja Muhammad Hussain Thursday urged the government to withdraw the condition of national identity cards on sales to unregistered buyers. The MCCI president, in a statement, said the condition binding the retailers, manufacturers and others to register Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs) of unregistered buyers was […]

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