Month: March 2022

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Communications and Postal Services Murad Saeed on Friday said the nation should observe Youm-e-Tashakur (Thanks giving Day) as United Nations adopted resolution introduced by Prime Minister Imran Khan, designating March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia. Addressing a press conference, he termed it a great achievement and victory of Muslims all over […]

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Friday apologized to PTI’s disgruntled Member of the National Assembly Ramesh Kumar in a bid to create religious harmony in the country. Taking to twitter, Ashrafi who is also the chairman of Pakistan Ulema Council said nobody had right to […]

ISLAMABAD:Jamshaid Akhtar Sheikh, Acting President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) said that the Capital Development Authority (CDA) had started development works in markets and industrial areas of Islamabad, but the pace of these works was slow due to which the business community was facing problems. He called upon the CDA to accelerate the […]

ISLAMABAD:Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chapter General Secretary Maulana Atta ul Haq Darwaish has issued a show cause notice to Maulana Mufti Kifayatullah for speaking against the party policy. He, in the show cause notice received here on Friday, said Mufti Kifayatullah had tried to damage the party’s cause and manifesto by passing some negative […]

ISLAMABAD:The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations in close collaboration with the Agriculture Extension Department (AED) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distributed fruits plants among 100 households (HHs), including 30 female farmers in the selected tribal districts of Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, and Torghar. These plants were distributed under the U.S. Embassy Islamabad’s Bureau […]

ISLAMABAD:The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for collaboration in various areas related to disaster risk management. The areas of mutual cooperation/collaboration include support in tackling disasters during all phases and other emergency situations through preparedness, mitigation, community-based disaster risk reduction […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan increased to US$1.257 billion in July-Feb (2021-22) compared to the FDI inflows of $1.185 billion recorded during same period, a year ago, showing a growth of 6.1 percent. On year-on-year basis, the FDI rose to US$90.8 million in February 2022 against US$137 million recorded during the same month of […]