Entire nation standing by Pak Army through thick and thin: Ulema

ISLAMABAD: A large number of Ulema and Mashaikh hailing from all segments of the society Thursday said they were standing by Pakistan Army and other national security institutions through thick and thin. They said this in a joint communique along with Prime Minister’s Aide on Interfaith Harmony and Pakistan Ulema Council Chairman Hafiz Tahir Mehmood […]

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AIOU strengthening ELT research practices in country

ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has organized launching ceremony of Pak TESOL (Islamabad chapter) in collaboration with Regional English Language Office, US Embassy, Pakistan. Prof Dr Samina Awan, Ex Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, AIOU presided over the session. Pak TESOL is a project of AIOU which is aimed at developing, sustaining, […]

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Pakistani student to perform at Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony

BEIJING: Pakistani student of China’s top Tsinghua University, who was selected as volunteer would be a part of a special performance during the opening ceremony of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday. Muhammad Wasim Asim studying for a Master in Mechanical Engineering at Tsinghua University is among 76 Chinese and international students who will perform […]

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South-South cooperation key to overcoming pandemic challenges: Amb. Munir Akram

Underscoring the importance of South-South Cooperation, the Group of 77 and China has called for ensuring that developing countries have the necessary fiscal space for recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. “We reaffirm that South-South Cooperation is a strong, genuine, broad-based partnership grounded in the principle of solidarity and mutual respect and is a complement to, […]

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IHC declares plots allotments to judges, govt officers as unlawful

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday declared the allotment of plots to government officers and judges in housing schemes as illegal stating it was against the public interest. The court directed the Secretary Housing to present the matter pertaining to the Capital’s sectors, including F-12, G-12, F-14 and F-15 before the Federal Cabinet, […]

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770th Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar urs celebrations to be organized in March

HYDERABAD: After a gap of two years, the District Administration Jamshoro has decided to celebrate 770th three annual urs celebrations of Hazrat Usman Marvandi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar with traditional enthusiasm in the mid of March, 2022. Due to COVID-19, the Sindh Government had imposed ban on urs celebrations of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in the […]

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Unvaccinated get vaccine shots as officials check public places in Khanewal

KHANEWAL: Official teams visited public places across the district here Thursday administering vaccines to the unvaccinated individuals and penalizing vaccine refuseniks and transporters on failing to respect SOPs. Secretary district transport authority cancelled tickets of nine passengers on refusing to get vaccine and impounded nine buses and wagons with imposition of heavy fine on their […]

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USC to establish quality checking lab within two months: Daula

ISLAMABAD: In order to ensure provision of quality food commodities at all its outlets, the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) would establish its own ‘Quality Checking Lab’ within two months, said USC Senior General Manager, Inayatullah Daula here on Thursday. Addressing a press conference here, Daula said that the USC had been following Public Procurement Regulatory […]

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