ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday directed the authorities concerned to introduce a coordinated mechanism for reduction in the fares of Metro Bus Service to provide relief to the masses. The prime minister, chairing a meeting to review progress on Orange, Blue and Green Line Bus services in the federal capital, called for completion of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday vowed to overcome the crisis of power generation in the country by restoring the halted projects. Chairing a meeting to review measures to end power outages, he said ending loadshedding was the responsibility of the coalition government despite the inherited baggage of crisis from the previous government. PM […]
Read MoreSARGODHA: Pakistan Medical Association Sargodha President Dr Sikandar Hayyat said collective efforts were needed to control dengue mosquitoes. Talking to reporter here on Friday, he said the district administration had taken comprehensive measures to tackle the dengue virus, adding that dengue fever had now become a global problem. He said:” The monsoon season has been […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 21.3% on year-on-year (YoY) basis in June 2022 as compared to the corresponding month of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday. On month-on-month basis, it increased by 6.3% in June 2022 as compared to an increase of 0.4% in the previous month (May) and […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) and FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa conducted two operations on Friday and managed to recover over 228 kg narcotics besides netting seven accused. According to an ANF Headquarters spokesman, ANF and FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa conducted an operation near Gharbi check post, District Kurram and recovered 82 kg charras from the possession of six accused. […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) and Daraz Alibaba Group have envisaged mutual collaboration for income generating skills and youth employment in e-commerce market place. In this regard, the e-commerce giant Daraz Alibaba Group Director Corporate Affairs, Mr. Tony Hulton, met with the Executive Director, National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC), Mr. Sajid […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday chaired a meeting on increasing the potential of Information Technology (IT) related exports from the $2.5 billion to $15 billion. In the attended by Junaid Qureshi, President of Silicone Valley, California – an organization of Pakistani businessmen, the prime minister expressed satisfaction over the volume of IT exports and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Civil society has demanded to implement of the rules of “Maternity and Paternity leave law Talking to reporter here on Friday, a policy analyst and researcher Dr Shafqat Munir said that Maternity and Paternity leave law was passed in January 2020, but even after a lapse of more than two years, the law was dormant […]
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