Day: March 16, 2022

Islamabad: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued heatwave alert owing to persistent high pressure in the upper atmosphere, likely rise in day temperatures in various parts of the country. According to the NDMA, during the current week, heatwave started from Monday to continue till 20 March which was predicted by Pakistan Met Department. […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s senior leader Riaz Fatyana Tuesday said that the the government was fully confident to defeat no-confidence motion moved by the opposition parties against Prime Minister Imran Khan. The opposition would face disappointment and the government would become stronger, he said while speaking to Radio Pakistan’s current Affair programme. According to article 63-A […]

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Communications on Tuesday unanimously passed “The National Highway Safety Amendment Bill” with amendments. A meeting of the committee was held at Parliament House with Senator Prince Ahmed Umer Ahmedzai in the chair . The committee discussed “The National Highway Safety Amendment Bill” clause by clause. The Bill moved by Senator […]

ISLAMABAD: The Spring Gala at the female campus of the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) kicked-off on Tuesday where students demonstrated a colorful flag march at the female gymnasium during the inauguration ceremony. The spring gala was inaugurated by Ms. Syma Nadeem, Member National Assembly and parliamentary secretary, Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination. The gala shall […]

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Collaboration (COMSTECH), on Tuesday held the launch of the first issue of its Science Diplomacy Journal, ‘Science Diplomacy Perspectives’. Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, in his keynote address on the occasion, highlighted the significance of science diplomacy in helping […]

ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Tuesday organized a webinar to discuss the ideas/proposals for avoiding excessive load shedding in the country. During the event, various reasons behind such load shedding and its possible solutions were discussed at length, said a press release. Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) was invited to share best […]

ISLAMABAD: Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred one more youth in Pulwama district on Tuesday, raising the toll to 9 since Thursday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian troops killed the youth during a cordon and search operation in Charsoo area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The operation […]

ISLAMABAD: The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Intelligence and ANF Rawalpindi in an operation at the Burhan Motorway Interchange have recovered five kilogram heroin and arrested three accused. According to an ANF spokesman on Tuesday, the drugs were recovered from a Suzuki Mehran and its two inmates Muhammad Bilal and Khalid Mahmood, residents of Peshawar, were taken […]