Minister invites D-8 to explore investment opportunities SEZs

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Board of Investment and Special Initiative, Chaudhry Salik Hussain on Thursday said invited the Developing-8 countries for exploring the investment opportunities in Pakistan Special Economic Zones (SEZs).   The Minister interacted with the delegates from the Developing 8 countries and welcomed them to explore the immense investment, especially in Pakistan’s SEZs, said a […]

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Funds to be allocated in budget for renovating madrassas: CM Balochistan

QUETTA:Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo on Thursday said funds would be allocated in the budget for renovation of madrassas (seminaries) of the province.   He was talking to a delegation of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Quetta district led by District Ameer Maulana Abdul Rehman Rafique. Opposition Leader Malik Sikandar Khan Advocate was also present on […]

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Long Covid may give rise to dangerous new variants: Report

ISLAMABAD:Long Covid, which can lingher up to months and even years in some people, has the potential to emerge into dangerous variants, scientists have found.   “Tracking SARS-CoV-2 evolution during persistent cases provides insight into the origins of Omicron and other global variants,” they wrote in a report on Nature.   In the report, virologist […]

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Visiting Pakistani women entrepreneurs urged to avail of opportunities in US to expand their businesses

WASHINGTON:Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, has told visiting Pakistani women entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunities to expand their businesses through US development promotion entities as well as International Financial Institutes (IFIs).   The entrepreneurs, numbering seven, are visiting the United States as part of “Accelerator Programme for Women Entrepreneurs”, sponsored […]

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Bilawal for sustained int’l engagement in support of Afghan refugees

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday underscored that the new humanitarian situations emerging around the world must not divert the global attention away from the needs of millions of Afghans.   He emphasized the importance of sustained engagement by the international community in support of Afghan refugees as well as for the provision of […]

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Need stressed for adopting modern approach to enhance productivity

LAHORE:Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) Regional Chairman Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi stressed the need for promoting and adopting new approach of enhancing productivity instead of depending on old methods.   He said this while addressing an awareness seminar on ‘Implementation of productivity improvement competitive reinforcement initiative’ organized by National Productivity Organization of […]

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Education Minister welcomes World Bank delegation

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain Rana Tanveer said that the challenge of out of school children (OOSC) was the top priority and the government was making efforts to gather in-depth data on OOSC to design effective and efficient strategies to tackle this challenge.   He made these remarks during a […]

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Need to adopt modern approach to enhance productivity

LAHORE:Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s (FPCCI) Regional Chairman Muhammad Nadeem Qureshi stressed upon the need to promote and adopt new approach of enhancing productivity instead of depending on old methods.   He said this while addressing an awareness seminar on ‘Implementation of productivity improvement competitive reinforcement initiative’ organized by National Productivity Organization […]

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