Month: January 2022

BEIJING: The production of wheat, Pakistan’s most important crop, is expected to rise with Sino-Pak cooperation this year, according to China’s Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS). Yunnan and Pakistan have similarities in climate, wheat variety characteristics, cultivation conditions, meanwhile confronted with shared challenges including stripe rust, drought, high temperature, etc. Therefore, both wheat varieties […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin Thrusday presided over a meeting of the Macro Economic Advisory Group to review the country’s core macro-economic indicators. The meeting discussed the core macro-economic indicators of Pakistan’s economy, said a Finance Ministry press release,Macro-Economic Advisory Group members commended the efforts undertaken by the current government for economic stability on both […]

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that his philosophy about life is to practice empathy, forgiveness, and treating others with kindness to spread real peace and joy among humanity. “Personal success in life is not about material achievements, but promoting affinity and shunning hatred towards other people,” he said in an interview with Tauseeq […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday sought the role of judiciary and legal fraternity for implementing ‘Criminal Law and Justice Reforms’ launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier in the day. The initiative was a big leap forward towards implementation of the rule of law in letter and spirit, he […]

ISLAMABAD: The economy of the country continues to show healthy value-added creation as its cyclical position is largely balanced and the trend growth rate of potential output remains strong, according to monthly Economic Update and Outlook for January 2022. According to the document released by the Finance Ministry here Thursday, although this path was expected […]

ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Reut-e-Hilal Bill 2021, tabled in the National Assembly a fortnight ago, will provide a legal cover to the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee and streamline its functioning as per set-pattern. According to a Religious Ministry official, the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee was established in 1974 through a resolution and it was functioning under the same umbrella till […]

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Tourism Coordination Azam Jamil called on Prime Minister Imran Khan and discussed matters related to the promotion of tourism sector in the country. The Prime Minister directed to develop alternative tourism destinations in the country to divert flow of tourists from the existing busy tourist places in the […]