ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday invited foreign investors to benefit from the business-friendly environment of Pakistan. In a meeting with a delegation of businessmen from the United Kingdom, he said Pakistan was an attractive destination for foreign investors in terms of the incentives offered by the government. President Alvi said Pakistan and the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN-Pakistan) on Friday appointed the country’s youngest athlete Mahnoor Saleh as the Youth Ambassador for Environment in Gilgit Baltistan, recognising her efforts to break the taboos and become a professional female winter sports player. The IUCN-Pakistan organised a ceremony to celebrate the unprecedented contribution of Mahnoor Saleh hailing […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan Friday strongly rejected the totally untenable and irresponsible statement by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the unanimously adopted outcomes and resolutions of the 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers (OIC-CFM) held in Islamabad from March 22-23 March. The Foreign Office Spokesperson in a statement […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Dr. Reza Baqir unveiled a report titled ‘SDGs and sustainability report – Pakistan banking sector perspective’ in Dubai. The report was launched in an event on the theme ‘The Future of Green and Sustainable Finance – The Role of the SDGs’ organized by the Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI) […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Ignite signed agreements for launching two new National Incubation Centers (NICs) in Faisalabad and Hyderabad in addition to its existing network of five NICs. Contract for NIC Hyderabad was signed between Ignite and PTCL whereas, NIC Faisalabad, contract was signed between Ignite and Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFC). CEO Ignite, Asim Shahryar Husain, signed the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The prices of various food items went down during the week ending on March 24 as compared to the previous week, according to the Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) Friday. According to the data, the commodities that witnessed decrease in prices on week-on-week (WoW) basis included […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Pakistan’s cultural performance, regional costumes and traditional cuisines added colours to a reception held to mark the International Nowruz Day and official inauguration of the new Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) here on Friday. Pakistani students attired in vibrant and colourful regional costumes performed at tunes of folk and national songs giving […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Shafqat Mehmood on Friday said that in the time to come, the skills education will be given more importance than formal education. He stated this while inaugurating the first Skills University of Pakistan National Skills University Islamabad. The university had been established under the vision of Prime […]
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