ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Power on Wednesday was informed that the demand for electricity has increased by 38 per cent in April as compared to the previous year. The Committee which met with Saifullah Abro in the Chair was further told that Pakistan’s power generation capacity was about 38, 000 MW, but due […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Wednesday that the present democratic dispensation strongly believed in freedom of expression and unlike the past four years, no news channel would be off-aired, no talk show or programme would be banned and no newspaper would be closed during its tenure. The minister was speaking […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Minster for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan Ur Rehman Mazari held a meeting with senior officials of Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) to get a briefing on POA working, especially the 14th South Asian Games (SAG) to be hosted by Pakistan. The POA officials apprised the minister about the operations, budget and future activities of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Pakistan hockey team failed to continue the winning momentum as they went down 1-4 in the second Test against the Netherlands at Breda on Wednesday. The green-shirts, who started off their Europe campaign on a winning note as on Tuesday they put up a gritty show to stun World No. 4 Netherlands 5-3 in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: A Google delegation headed by Mr. Tim Paolini, the Google APAC lead for Cloud, recently visited the office of the Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA) in Islamabad along with leaders of Tech Valley Pakistan. The group held a working meeting with STZA Chairman, Mr. Amer Hashmi and Chief Customer Officer Mr Javaid Iqbal, on […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Wednesday requested the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to dismiss acquittal plea of Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal in Narowal Sports City Complex reference. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the appeal of Ahsan Iqbal against the decision of accountability court. The […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: An exhibition of Islamic calligraphy to mark the holy month of Ramazan, which will continue till end of Ramzan, was attracting a large number of people from different parts of the country specially foreign tourists at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage Lok Virsa. Lok Virsa is a specialized institute dealing with […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb Wednesday said Imran Khan was desperate for early elections because he feared Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s proven abilities that could take on the disaster created by four years of PTI mess and get Pakistan back on the road to progress and development. Addressing a media briefing at […]
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