Day: March 16, 2022

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at the platform of the upcoming 48th meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad, Pakistan would act as a bridge to promote unity among the Muslim countries and contribute towards finding a way together on common issues facing the Islamic world. “Pakistan wants to promote […]

ISLAMABAD: The Governing Council (GC) of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Tuesday approved the re-basing of National Accounts from (2005-06) to (2015-16) and trade indices from (1990-91) to (2017-18). The meeting of the Council was held here under the Chairmanship of Federal Minister of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives (PD&SI) Asad Umar. Chief Statistician PBS, […]

ISLAMABAD: The surge in visits to Expo 2020 Dubai has continued with just under 1.6 million in the past week. Organisers said the total number of visits to the world’s fair since it opened on October 1 had reached 19 million. Sconaid McGeachin, senior vice president of communications at Expo 2020 Dubai, said that while […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, ruling out any compromise on voting right to overseas Pakistanis, on Tuesday said the issue was real cause of friction between the government and opposition. “As of now, there is the main disagreement between the government and opposition as they contend nine million Pakistanis living abroad, […]

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) registered 2, 349 new companies in February 2022, raising the total number of registered companies to 163, 333. The accumulated capitalization (paid-up-capital) of newly incorporated companies is Rs2.2 billion, said a press release issued here on Tuesday. During February, foreign investment has been reported in 50 […]

BEIJING: The deployment of the China-built J-10CE fighter jet will give a significant boost to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF)’s combat capability and diversify its operational portfolio, according to Chinese observers. The PAF officially inducted its first batch of six J-10CE fighter jets at a ceremony on Friday at its Minhas Airbase in Kamra, Punjab, […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed its serious concern at the ruling of the High Court of Indian State of Karnataka banning the wearing of ‘hijab’ by Muslim girls in educational institutions. “The decision manifestly has failed to uphold the principle of freedom to religious practices and impinges on the human rights”, Foreign Office said in […]

ISLAMABAD: The health officials on Tuesday said that 22 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 19 cases were reported on Monday while 21 cases were reported on Sunday. He said so far […]