Govt keeps prices of petroleum products unchanged

ISLAMABAD: The government, in line with the decision of Prime Minister Imran Khan in the last fortnightly review, has decided to keep prices of petroleum products unchanged for the next 15 days. The Finance Ministry, in a press release, said despite abnormal increase in the petroleum products’ price in the international market, the government had […]

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High value crops – a game changer for country’s economy

MULTAN: With the world population nearing 7.9 billion, human beings are under severe threat of better environment and food security. Depleting water resource, land degradation, low per acre yield and rising edible items demand are posing enormous challenges to states and the governments. Cognizant to this situation researches and agricultural experts had been toiling hard […]

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DC inaugurates plantation campaign by planting sapling

HYDERABAD: The Deputy Commissioner Hyderabad Fuad Ghaffar Soomro on Tuesday inaugurated the tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling near Qasim Chowk. The tree plantation campaign has been launched in collaboration with “Breath Green Hyderabad” in which trees will be planted in different areas of the city. Speaking on the occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said […]

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93, 800 deserving women getting cash under Ehsaas-e-Kifalat programme

KHANEWAL: 93, 800 poor women were getting Ehsaas cash on permanent basis under Ehsaas-e-Kifalat Programme in Khanewal with funds of 68 millions, this was said by Deputy Commissioner Suleman khan Lodhi while briefing media persons on Tuesday. He said that government was taking all possible steps for the welfare of women. The Chief Minister Punjab […]

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Misinformation, propaganda by inimical forces must be countered collectively through unified response: COAS

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday emphasized that misinformation and propaganda by inimical forces threatens national cohesion which must be identified and countered collectively through a unified response. The Army Chief was addressing the induction ceremony of SH-15 Artillery Guns in Corps of Artillery during his visit to Lahore, […]

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At UN, Pakistan stresses women’s inclusion in decision-making processes for effective climate action

Highlighting the world’s “monumental challenges” of ‘gender parity’ and ‘climate change’, Pakistan told the United Nations Monday that Islamabad’s climate policies recognize women’s disadvantages and how they have to be facilitated in their productive, reproductive and care giving roles. “Climate change is one of the defining issues of our times, ” Nilofar Bakhtiar, the Pakistani […]

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