Day: April 1, 2022

ISLAMABAD:The KSE 100-index of the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) turned around on Thursday and witnessed bullish trend, gaining 591.27 points, with a positive change of 1.33 percent, closing at 44,928.83 points against 44,337.56 points on the last working day. A total of 415,634,290 shares were traded during the day compared to the trade of 344,135,145 […]

BEIJING: The Chinese and Pakistani militaries stand ready to expand practical cooperation in various fields to a new level, Senior Colonel Wu Qian, a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of National Defense said here on Thursday. The military-to-military relations, serving as the mainstay of the China-Pakistan friendship, have played an important role in the development of […]

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) has started load-management in its region due to temporary gap in supply and demand. “Due to temporary gap in supply and demand of Power, load management is being carried out in IESCO region,” the IESCO spokesman said here Thursday. He said uninterrupted power supply would be started soon. IESCO always […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Thursday said a concocted scandal could not affect the reputation of Special Assistant to the PM on Political Communications Dr Shahbaz Gill The minister, in a tweet, said unfortunately there were lack of journalistic standards as well as no check on the fake news in the […]

ISLAMABAD:The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Thursday launched a four-year water and sanitation initiative that would provide safe drinking water to 70,000 residents in two districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces. The new initiative would reduce water-borne […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) has been penalized a hundred thousand rupees fine for continued violations of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997 and poor hospital waste management system. The Islamabad High Court’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiani in his judgment on Thursday ruled in the light of the reports and evidence provided by the […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Education, Professional Training, National Heritage and Culture Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday inaugurated Pakistan Institute of Education ( PIE) to serve for education data collection, consolidation, dissemination, education assessment, basic and applied research in education sector. On the occasion, he said that education sector in Pakistan faced severe challenges related to educational policy […]

ISLAMABAD:Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Thursday held STEAM related activities particularly in lines with the spirit of national curricula of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics at Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level. These STEAM related activities were held in the mentioned subjects with special emphasis on areas like Coding, Gamification of […]