Month: March 2022

ISLAMABAD: Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA) would meet on March 31 to review the performance of Rabi crops and set the production target of Kharif crops for season 2022-23. The committee would take stock of the output of wheat, which is major cash crop of the country and vital source to fulfill the domestic requirements […]

ISLAMABAD: The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) stayed bullish on Friday, gaining 28.60 points, with a positive change of 0.07 percent, closing at 42, 551.15 points against 42, 522.55 points on the last working day. A total of 161, 935, 190 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of […]

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 […]

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

ISLAMABAD: 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) […]

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]

ISLAMABAD: 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 […]