Pakistan-born artist Shazia Sikander wins Fukuoka’s Arts and Culture Prize 2022

ISLAMABAD:Shazia Sikander, a Pakistan-born miniature artist, has won Fukuoka Prize in Arts and Culture for introducing innovation in the traditional art forms using the latest digital technology of miniature painting, which follows conventions dating back to the Mughal Empire.   According to a press release issued here on Thursday by the Embassy of Japan in […]

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IG Motorway Police instructs police to impose heavy fine on rash driving

MULTAN:National Highways & Motorway Police decided to impose heavy fine on rash drivers with an objective to make them follow traffic rules and help avoid road accidents.   Inspector General NH&MP Khalid Mahmood in a video message on Thursday stated that nobody would be allowed to resort to over-speeding.   The over-speeding vans would be […]

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Food Authority seizes hundreds of liters of adulterated milk in Swat

PESHAWAR:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Authority seized hundreds of litres of adulterated milk at Babuzai Tehsil of Swat district on Thursday and sealed the godown.   According to a statement issued here, the Complaint Cell of Food Authority received reports about chemically produced milk at a godown in Babuzai.   On receiving the reports, Deputy Director Food […]

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Pak has potential to make $1b furniture export annually under govt patronizing; Chairman PFC

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) Mian Kashif Ashfaq Thursday claimed that Pakistan has the potential to export $1 billion top world class wooden furniture annually if government patronize this industry with a cushion of incentives.   Talking to a delegation of university students led by Syeda Briha Batool here Thursday, he said if the government […]

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Russia-Ukraine conflict  to cause global food crisis

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Pakistan Hi Tech Hybrid Seed Association Shahzad Ali Malik Thursday cautioned that with ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and pandemic disruptions, global grain prices were rising dramatically which is harbinger of a possible food crisis worldwide.   Talking to a delegation of women entrepreneurs representing modern designs of furniture led by Ms Nida Ejaz here, he […]

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Speakers eulogize media’s role in mitigating propaganda against CPEC

ISLAMABAD:Speakers here at the 7th CPEC Media Forum, eulogized the role of media in propagating the importance of China Pakistan Economic Corridor project and mitigating the malicious propaganda against it.   The 7th CPEC Media Forum titled “Enhance new Media Cooperation to depict the multinational and comprehensive CPEC” was organized by the Paki-China Institute and […]

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MPA submits adjournment motion against Imran Khan’s remarks

PESHAWAR:Pakistan Muslim League-N member provincial assembly, Ikhtiar Wali Khan here on Thursday submitted adjournment motion against Imran Khan’s Pakistan split remarks and urged the Speaker KP Assembly to allow debate on it.   He said Imran’s irrational statement has hurt sentiments of the entire nation.   He requested Speaker KP Assembly to stop proceeding of […]

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