Day: January 26, 2022

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday welcomed the elevation of Justice Ayesha Malik to the Supreme Court of Pakistan as the first female judge on the country’s highest court. “I think this selection is a very welcome development,” the UN chief’s spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, said in response to a question from reporter correspondent at […]

ISLAMABAD: Expo 2020 Dubai has recorded 10,836,389 visits as of 24th January, while the virtual visitation reached 72.5 million. The visitors were attracted by the series of high-profile events as part of the first Global Goals Week to be held outside of the United Nations in New York, Emirates news agency reported on Tuesday . […]

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to “build a culture of peace” through the power of sport, calling for nations to observe the Olympic Truce, endorsed last week through a resolution of the UN General Assembly. Amidst spreading conflict and rising tensions, he reminded that the appeal calls on all parties […]

ISLAMABAD: Furniture exports during the first six months of fiscal year of 2021-22 grew up by 158.77 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-Dec 2021, furniture worth US$ 3,998 exported as compared to exports worth US$ 1,545 during same period of last year. […]

ISLAMABAD: Notwithstanding the global economic shocks caused due to Covid-19 pandemic, the county’s economy has performed well as is clearly demonstrated by several macroeconomic indicators. The overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, during the fiscal year 2020-21 was recorded at 5.37 percent, the second highest growth in last 14 years, according to National Accounts Committee […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Tuesday that PTV Sports HD transmission project was in final stages of completion. In a tweet, the minister said that the viewers would be able to watch PSL matches on PTV Sports HD. He said that PTV News was digitized last year and now PTV […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib said on Tuesday that no corruption case had come to light during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government so far. Responding to the press conference of PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and speech of PPP Chairman Bilawal Zardari, the minister, in a statement, said a new […]