Month: February 2022

Synergizing exercise with Pakistan’s higher education institutions begins

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ISLAMABAD: An inaugural stakeholders’ consultative meeting organized under the auspices of the five-year USAID-funded Higher Education System Strengthening Activity (HESSA) project concluded here on Thursday. The two-day event, titled ‘Building Strategic Alliances, ’ comprised a gathering of senior representatives of public sector Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from across all provinces of Pakistan. The participants included […]

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ECC approves expansion of KPP throughout country

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ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet on Thursday approved expansion of Kamyab Pakistan Programme (KPP) throughout Pakistan. The summary for expansion of the programme was presented by finance division before ECC meeting, which was chaired by Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin. Among others, the meeting was attended by Federal […]

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Legislation on WACOG to ensure national energy security: Hammad

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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar Thursday termed passing of Weighted Average Cost of Gas (WACOG)-Bill by Senate a ‘historic and long-pending reform’ that would help ensure energy security in the country. “We are now able to embark upon the reform of the gas pricing structure, remove anomalies and enhance supplies of imported gas, ” […]

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Allies stand united, firmly with government: Kanwal Shuzab

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ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Secretary of Planning, Development and Reforms Kanwal Shuzab on Thursday said the government was in contact with its allies and had complete faith in them who she claimed stood united, firmly with the government. Opposition’s multiple sittings with political parties are nothing more than futile efforts against the government, she said while talking […]

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No to sugary drinks necessary to avoid heart diseases, cancer: Gen Kayani

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RAWALPINDI: President, Pakistan National Heart Association (PANAH) Major General (R) Masood-ur-Rehman Kayani on Thursday urged the people to avoid taking sugary drinks for preventing chronic heart diseases, diabetes, obesity and cancer like serious ailments. In an important meeting of the Civil Society Alliance, organized by the PANAH held here at the Women Development and Social […]

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KPRA conducts crackdown against defaulters

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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) Thursday conducted crackdowns against tax defaulters across the province and took into custody the record of three wedding halls at university road here and started legal actions. According to official communiqué, Deputy Collector Saud Khan, and his teams conducted raids on university road and sealed Marcopolo Wedding Hall, Aizaz […]

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Opposition miserably fails in Parliament: Faisal Javed

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Senator Faisal Javed Khan on Thursday said that opposition had failed miserably in Parliament to play a constructive role and resorted to cheap tricks to disrupt the proceeding of House. Talking to media persons at Parliament House, flanked by Senator Waleed Iqbal, he said the opposition deliberately tried to create […]

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