Month: February 2022

ISLAMABAD:Overseas Employment Corporation– an attached department of Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development would send over 3000 medical staff including doctors and paramedical staff to Kuwait soon. Talking to reporter here on Thursday, an official said Pakistan has sent more than 3500 doctors, nurses, and medical technicians to Kuwait during the pandemic and […]

ISLAMABAD:Expo 2020 Dubai has launched a Dh50 Season Pass Finale for the final 50 days of the world’s fair. In addition to the season pass offer, between February 14 and 18, Expo’s “bring a friend” promotion gives Season Pass or Season Pass Finale holders a free one-day ticket for a guest, which is valid until […]

ISLAMABAD:Exchange rate of the Pakistan rupee appreciated by one paisa against the US dollar in the interbank trading on Thursday and closed at Rs174.87 against the previous day’s closing of Rs 174.88. According to the Forex Association of Pakistan (FAP), the buying and selling rates of US dollar in the open market were recorded at […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday congratulated the ten cabinet ministries on their excellent performance. “We could not make room this time because performance is measured by the implementation of the projects that the ministry gives to the Prime Minister’s Office”, he said in tweet. The minister said that he had […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Syed Shibli Faraz Thursday said that Pakistan needs to diversify its export basket from a textile dominated to an innovation led export. He was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the first ‘International Conference on General Chemistry; From Fundamentals to Applications’ held at COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI). The two […]

ISLAMABAD:Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and government’s special representative for labor issues, Republic of Korea, Kang Kyung-Wha, here on Thursday called on the Advisor to PM on Overseas Pakistanis Ayub Afridi. Ms. Wha asked for Pakistani support in the upcoming elections of Director General International Labor Organization and assured her closest assistance to Pakistan, especially […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan’s 7th Nuclear Power Plant formally known as K-3 is expected to achieve Commercial Operation Date (COD) on March 2022. Sources said here that with the commissioning of K-3 and decommissioning of K-1, the total installed capacity of six nuclear power plants would become 3620MW. The power plant being set up at Karachi is in […]

ISLAMABAD:Shifa International Hospital and eShifa Islamabad have joined hands with Naval Anchorage Club to conduct a free health camp on February 12, Saturday. The camp would start from 8:30 a.m and shall conclude at 3:00 p.m at the club’s premises. It will feature free of charge services including consultation with internationally trained and qualified doctors, […]