PMC considers foreign medical graduates’ concerns

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) discussed the concerns raised by foreign medical graduates during a joint meeting on Friday. The meeting was held between the representatives of Foreign Medical Graduates and the Chairman Academic Board Dr. Adil Haider, the President, Vice President, and Secretary of the Council as well as the Executive Member and Member Examinations […]

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US launches $23.5 m power project to address climate change, green energy issues in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD:The United States (US) government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is partnering with the Pakistani government to launch a $23.5 million, four-year power sector improvement project to address climate change and increase the share of green energy in Pakistan’s energy mix. Through technical assistance to the government and private sector, the […]

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Ahsan Iqbal to visit Gwadar after Eid to review CPEC projects

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives Professor Ahsan Iqbal would visit Gwadar soon after Eidul-Fitr to review the progress of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects. The minister on Friday visited the CPEC Authority Secretariat where Executive Director, CPEC, Qammar Sarwar Abbasi, gave a briefing to the minister over the so far progress […]

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Cross sectoral plan is a must to reduce the impacts of climate change: Experts

ISLAMABAD:The cross sectoral adaptation plan to reduce the impacts of climate change is the need of the hour and thus, measures at every level should be taken to expedite this process. This need is also very urgent keeping the specific conditions and impacts of climate change on the Upper Indus Basin, said a press release […]

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Indian troops martyr two more Kashmiri youth in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD:In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, occupational forces in their fresh acts of state terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Baramulla and Jammu districts on Friday morning. According to Reporter, Indian troops martyred one youth during a cordon and search operation in Sunjwan in Jammu district. Earlier, one Indian soldier and nine other […]

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Free Iftar stalls in twin-cities feed thousands of people daily

ISLAMABAD:With the start of the third and final Ashra of Ramazan, free iftar stalls in larger numbers have been set up in various mosques, markets, roadsides and different other places in the twin-cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad that provide free Iftar food and meals to the deserving people. These free Iftar stalls, commonly known as […]

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Minister directs EDB to prepare plan to curb issue of On-Money

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Industries and Production Makhdoom Syed Murtaza Mahmud directed the Engineering Development Board (EDB) to prepare a plan to curb the issue of On-Money so that consumers could get vehicles timely at justified prices. The Minister noted that the new policy would accelerate growth and development of the automotive industry together with quality […]

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