Day: February 9, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar Tuesday said the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) air-mix plant would be made operational in Gilgit within a period of six months. The minister set the six-month timeline during a meeting with Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan Khalid Khursheed, who called on him here, a news release said. After the grant […]

ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly, Asad Qaiser on Tuesday underlined the importance of water conservation and education for all for the sustainable future of the country. While addressing a ceremony related to Tarbella Five extension project he said the initiative of WAPDA under a decade of Dams would help Pakistan to achieve water autarchy. The British […]

ISLAMABAD: As many as 12, 918 licenses have been granted for installing net metering to the consumers, out of total 16, 149 applications received during the last three years in jurisdiction of all power distributions companies including K-Electric. Sharing details of the net metering connections, officials sources told reporter here Tuesday, that some 1167 net […]

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday maintained the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP’s) verdict regarding re-election at five polling stations of Tehsil Lakki Marwat. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Justice Munib Akhtar and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed heard the case against re-polling at five polling stations on the Chairman’s seat […]

ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi Police on Tuesday arrested harasser Farhan from outside the court premises after cancellation of his bail by the Supreme Court. A two-member SC bench comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the petition of victim Noreen Akhtar against granting of bail to the accused by the Lahore High Court. […]

ISLAMABAD: Exchange rate of the Pakistan rupee weakened by 03 paisas against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Tuesday and closed at Rs174.50 against the previous day’s closing of Rs174.47. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs […]

ISLAMABAD: The first-ever National Science, Technology and Innovation Policy would not only bring revolution in the field of science and technology but also create economic activity in the country. This was stated by the Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Syed Shibli Faraz in an interview with reporter. The minister hoped “This policy will […]

ISLAMABAD: Commander Kyrgyz Air Force Colonel Kylychbek Akimovich Aidaraliev Tuesday called on Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu and commended the professionalism of PAF. He also acknowledged PAF’s rising indigenous capacity in aviation industry. During the meeting, both the dignitaries discussed matters of professional and […]