Day: February 19, 2022

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that the Peshawar Bus Rapid Transit had revolutionized public transport system in the city. Since the start of its operations in August 2020 more than 71 million people had traveled in it, he tweeted. “Over 250,000 commuters ride it on daily basis out of which 20% are women […]

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR), Altaf Hussain Wani has appreciated the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) statement in which the Muslim body voiced serious concerns over the rising tide of Islamophobia and continued attacks on Muslims in India. The KIIR chief while hailing the OIC’s stance on the issue said that it was […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday strongly condemned the brutal murder of journalist Athar Mateen in Karachi. Expressing his condolence, the prime minister said he stood by the grieved family in the hour of grief. He also directed the authorities concerned to make all-out efforts to take the culprits to task.

ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Friday said Pakistan’s rapid population growth was resulting in implications on the socio-economic development of the country and called for a broad-based campaign at the national level to raise awareness among the people. In an interaction with senior journalists here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, he highlighted the media’s key role […]

ISLAMABAD: Eminent rise of early seedling in tunnels and tubes has been observed among the vegetable farmers in Upper Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to gain early market rates of summer vegetables. Talking to REPORTER on Friday, vegetable leader of Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) Dr Ghullam Jellani said the council introduced early seedling method […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around on Friday and witnessed bullish trend, gaining 234.7 points, with a positive change of 0.52 percent, closing at 45,675.87 points against 45,441.10 points on the last working day. A total of 194,053,663 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 152,862,750 […]

ISLAMABAD:Lebanese Ambassador Ghassan El Khatib visited COMSTECH on Thursday to discuss and explore the avenues of mutual cooperation in the area of science and technology in Lebanon. Coordinator General COMSTECH Prof Dr M. Iqbal Choudhary offered the membership of COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence to five leading universities of Lebanon. He also offered research fellowships and […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday appointed SAPM on Political Affairs Dr Shahbaz Gill as the party’s new focal for Youth Affairs. As approved by the Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), it was notified that Dr, Shabhaz Gill had been appointed as focal person for Youth Affairs, said a notification issued here. The notification further stated that […]