Month: February 2022

Developing countries are suffering the adverse economic effects of COVID-19 disproportionately and require more comprehensive financing help in the wake of the pandemic, Pakistan told a gathering of parliamentarians from around the world on Thursday. “In the present day world, growing economic inequalities are a threat to sustainable development, and COVID-19 has added to these […]

ISLAMABAD:Even as tempers are soaring over forceful removal of hijab of students by school/college authorities in Karnataka, teaching staff are not spared of the ordeal. Against this backdrop, a teacher’s refusal to succumb to pressure comes as heart-warming development. It’s a woman lecturer from a Tumkur college’s English department who resigned from the job on […]

ISLAMABAD:Renowned religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel called on President Dr Arif Alvi here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Friday regretted that the attitude of tendering no apology after publishing fake news by any daily was against the principle of the freedom of expression. He, in a tweet, stressed the need for preventing the spread of fake news based on bogus social media accounts and contents. […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector had witnessed 7.4 per cent increase during the first half of the current fiscal year (July-December 2021). The minister, in a tweet, said the growth in production of large industries helped in boosting economic activities in the country, […]

ISLAMABAD:Health officials on Friday said that 84 new coronavirus cases were reported in the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), as many as 141 cases were reported on Thursday while 111 cases were reported on Wednesday. He said so far 133,613 cases […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib Friday said Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) workers demonstrated traditional enthusiasm in public meeting at Mandi Bahaudin. The Minister in a tweet said Nawaz Sharif and Asif Zardari during their tenure used to hold public meetings through ‘Patwaris’ and government employees, which lacked enthusiasm at all.

ISLAMABAD:The Pakistan Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Friday seized narcotics of 7.5 KGs (Methamphatamine/ICE) valuing Rs. 222 million at (Ormara) Gwadar. In continuation with FBR’s policy of crackdown against the menace of narcotics/drugs, Collectorate of Customs, Gwadar again in an intelligence based operation, seized 7.5 kg of high quality Methamphatamine/ICE after chasing the […]