Day: March 2, 2022

ISLAMABAD:The telecom sector of Pakistan remained at the high growth trajectory and generated highest-ever revenue of Rs 644 billion during the financial year 2020-21 as compared to Rs 592 billion in the previous year. As per Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Annual Report 2021 released recently, the sector also attracted US$ 202 million in the shape […]

ISLAMABAD:Department of Law of the Faculty of Shariah and Law (FSL) of International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) Tuesday organized a launching ceremony of book on “Arbitration Law of Pakistan” by Dr. Ikram Ullah, Assistant Professor of Law Department. On the occasion Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Judge Islamabad High Court and Justice Jawad Hassan, Judge Lahore […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR) has announced a project to provide financial support to MSc/MS/M.Phil/Ph.D students or researchers for instrumental access and sample analysis under a development programme “Data Repository of Scientific Instrumentation”. “Keeping in view the high cost of research data acquisition i.e acquiring and maintaining modern scientific equipment, the government […]

ISLAMABAD:Former chief judge Gilgit Baltistan (GB) Rana Shamim on Tuesday challenged his indictment before the division bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) in controversial affidavit case. The petitioner had also named owner of Jang Group Mir Shakil ur Rehman, Editor of the newspaper Aamer Ghauri and journalist Ansar Abbasi as respondents in his case. The […]

ISLAMABAD:The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and ANF Intelligence conducted a joint operation with Frontier Corps and recovered 2,360kg amount of drugs. According to details, in return the drug dealers opened fire on ANF and FC officials during the raids. No casualties were reported in the shooting and further investigations were underway. All recovered drugs were seized […]

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday clubbed the petition challenging the PECA (amendment) Ordinance 2022 with other identical cases for hearing together. Chief Justice Athar Minallah, hearing the case filed by the President Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHBA), remarked that the petitioner had raised two other important points in the plea. The petitioner […]

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) continued with bullish trend on Tuesday, gaining 342.57 points, with a positive change of 0.77 percent, closing at 44,803.58 points against 44,461.01 points on the last working day. A total of 309,346,610 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 208,122,492 shares the […]

ISLAMABAD:President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will arrive here Thursday for a two-day state visit to meet the country’s leadership and discuss bilateral cooperation as well as development projects. Visiting from March 3-4 at the invitation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Uzbek president will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, comprising the foreign minister and […]