Month: March 2022

BEIJING: Tencent, Chinese leading multinational specializing in various internet-related services and products expressed a desire to contribute to digital growth in Pakistan. Pakistan Ambassador Moin ul Haque held a virtual meeting with senior executives of Tencent. Danny Marti, Head of Tencent Public Affairs and Global Policy led the discussions on behalf of Tencent. Pakistan’s Consul-General […]

NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Surgeon General, Lieutenant General Nigar Johar, was hailed as a ‘role model’ for her services at the 4-day spring meeting of the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA), which ended in Oklahoma City on Sunday, according to a message received here. Gen. Nigar Johar, who is also the […]

ISLAMABAD: Love to consume soft drinks with no added sugars, table-top sweeteners, and yogurt/cottage cheese containing artificial sweeteners. Beware, you may be at increased risk of cancer, warned a study. Artificial sweeteners in food or beverages reduce added sugar content and corresponding calories while maintaining sweetness. But the study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Monday said Prime Minister Imran Khan had decided to nominate Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Parvez Elahi for slot of Chief Minister Punjab. He, in a tweet, said all the matters had been sorted out during a meeting between Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chaudhry […]

ISLAMABAD: The health officials on Monday said that 15 new Coronavirus cases were reported in the federal capital during the last 24 hours. According to an official of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), as many as seven cases were reported on Sunday while 10 cases were reported on Saturday. He said so far […]

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday adjourned hearing till March 31, in an intra court appeal of PPP’s Leader Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani against Senate Chairman elections. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri heard the ICA filed by Senator Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani challenging the decision of […]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), under its Research for Social Transformation and Advancement’ (RASTA) program on Monday kicked off its first-ever RASTA conference in Islamabad. According to the press release, the research moot comprised diverse research themes, including energy issues, urban development, technology, and public service delivery, social sector development, markets and regulation, […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Monday that the no-confidence motion against Imran Khan was part of global conspiracy and local political players whose leader was sitting in Mayfair’s apartments in London had conspired against Pakistan. Talking to the media along with Minister for Energy Hammad Azhar outside the Supreme Court, he […]