Day: February 15, 2022

ISLAMABAD:The production of bananas in Pakistan has increased during past few years after the successful experiments of tissue culture of Chinese imported plants. Talking to reporter on Monday, Fruit Leader of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr Alam Riaz said Pakistan produced 12 different varieties of bananas from Chinese plants that were imported in 2009. […]

ISLAMABAD:A traditional food outlet would likely to re-open next week at the premises of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage – Lok Virsa for the attraction of food lovers to be able to experience a variety of food under one roof with tasteful recipes. According to a statement issued here, initially, traditional brunch would […]

ISLAMABAD:Exchange rate of the Pakistan rupee weakened by 77 paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Monday and closed at Rs175.47 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 174.70. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of US dollar in the open market were recorded at […]

ISLAMABAD:Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday called on Prime Minister Imran Khan here. During the meeting, they discussed the professional matters pertaining to the Pakistan Army, a PM Office statement said.

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Monday said the statement of Minister for Water Resources Moonis Elahi about recent political meetings had increased the ‘nervousness’ of the opposition parties, especially Shehbaz Sharif. The minister expressed these views on his Twitter handle while sharing a video clip of Moonis Elahi in […]

With India feeling the heat from growing international criticism of its state-sponsored anti-Muslim violence across the country and the continuing atrocities in occupied Kashmir, New Delhi has made the UN a venue of its disinformation campaign against Pakistan to divert attention from the sorry state of affairs at home, according to diplomatic observers. But the […]

ISLAMABAD:A major upset took place on Monday, the opening day of the first round of ITF Pakistan Junior Tennis Championships when unseeded Ivan Lutkin of Russia eliminated top seed Yunes Talavar of Iran in a well-contested three-set match at PTF Tennis Complex, Islamabad. In the first set both the players broke the first game of […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday directed the commission set up by the august court under the head of Justice Mansoor Alam for missing persons including a Journalist Muddasir Naro, to submit its progress report and its TORs. The court also summoned Attorney General of Pakistan Khalid Jawed Khan on next date of hearing […]