Month: January 2022

ISLAMABAD:President South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Chamber of Commerce and Industry Iftikhar Ali Malik Sunday stressed upon an urgent need of strengthening regional cooperation among member states to usher in an era of prosperity, progress, development and alleviating the object poverty in the region. Speaking at a reception hosted in his honour by […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Sunday indicated chances of rain with light snowfall over mountains for isolated places in upper Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit Baltistan, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas during the next 24 hours. Mainly cold and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country. Fog is likely to prevail in upper Sindh […]

ISLAMABAD: Like other parts of the globe, International Day of Human Fraternity will be marked on February 4 (Friday) across the globe including Pakistan to underline and highlights the principles and values of the Document on Human Fraternity. While exploring good practices towards its implementation as a pathway to building a more peaceful world. This […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday appreciated GO petroleum for responding to his call and agreeing to give a 50 percent salary increase to its employees. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, he said, “I appreciate GO petroleum for responding to my call & agreeing to give a 50% salary increase to their employees. […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) Performing Arts Division (PAD) has tremendously activated its functions by organizing stage dramas, shows, regional dances and music programmes. An official of PNCA Masroor shah told reporter on Monday that PAD is mandated for the promotion and preservation of the intangible cultural heritage. It is engaged in organizing […]

ISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday said the best way to fight Islamophobia was first to recognise it and then lead the world to reject this abhorrent attitude. Responding to a tweet of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on social media platform Twitter, he said, “The best way to fight Islamophobia is first to recognise […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi Sunday congratulated the newly elected office bearers of the National Press Club (NPC). The foreign minister felicitated newly elected NPC president Anwar Raza, secretary Khalil Raja, finance secretary Nayyar Ali and other office bearers, expressing his best wishes, said a press release. In a message, the foreign minister said […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has beefed up precautionary measures that helped in drastically reducing accidents from 145 in 2020 to 53 in the first half of year 2021-2022 due to the efforts being undertaken to reduce trespassing at un-manned level crossings and un-authorized locations. The safety of train operations as per the performance agreement signed with the […]