Day: February 25, 2022

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Thursday said the government had so far granted around 92,000 scholarships on merit to male and female students from all public sector universities under the Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship Programme, a key component of Prime Minister’s Ehsaas Programme. The minister, on his Twitter handle, said by extending […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed bearish trend on Thursday, losing 1302.41 points, with a negative change of 2.89 percent, closing at 43,830.51 points against 45,132.92 points on the last working day. A total of 350,059,221 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 186,355,677 shares the previous […]

MOSCOW:Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday regretting the latest situation between Russia and Ukraine underlined Pakistan’s belief that disputes should be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy. Imran Khan, who had a Summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin in the Kremlin, said Pakistan had hoped diplomacy could avert a military conflict. He stressed that conflict […]

ISLAMABAD:The Supreme Court on Thursday hearing a bail plea of Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani observed that everyone is equal before law. A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial and comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha A Malik heard the bail application of Agha […]

ISLAMABAD:The All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders have deplored that India was using rape of Kashmiri women as a weapon of war to humiliate the Kashmiris and suppress their struggle for securing freedom from its illegal occupation. According to reporter, the APHC leaders strongly denounced the Kunanposhpora mass rape of 1991 and termed it the most […]

ISLAMABAD:Exchange rate of Pakistani rupee weakened by 24 paisas against the United States dollar in the interbank trading on Wednesday and closed at Rs 176.39 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 176.15. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of US dollar in the open market were recorded […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) music classes were attracting young generation to explore and refine their talent. Talking to reporter, an official of PNCA Masroor Shah on Thursday said PNCA was providing platform to musicians and artists to nurture their abilities and potential. The music session was organized under the supervision of professional […]

ISLAMABAD:The white and purple shades of Kachnar or Bauhinia variegate has started blooming in the federal capital ahead of Spring Season which is an ornamental showy tree whose buds are used for cuisine, pickle and medication purposes. Kachnar trees, proliferating in the Capital, are very famous in Islamabad due to its scented flowers-laden branches which […]