ISLAMABAD: The Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Wednesday held a pre-departure session for 166 Pakistani students, 86 men and 80 women, who have won scholarships and will soon leave for different European countries to study under the Erasmus+ Scholarship Programme. Moving up from third place last year, Pakistan has been ranked first in the world […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Wednesday directed the Interior Ministry to delete the name of Azam Khan, former principal secretary to the prime minister, from the stop list. The court also instructed the petitioner bureaucrat to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Parliament in compliance of its summon. Chief Justice Athar […]
Read MoreKHANEWAL: The National Highway and Motorway Police (NH & MP) has issued notices to transporters to introduce emergency exit doors in their buses till Sep 7, the date after which buses sans emergency exit would not be allowed to operate on Motorway (M4). In line with special directives of the Inspector General NH & MP […]
Read MoreLAHORE: Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman has said that concrete measures are needed to further promote poultry industry in the province. Talking to a delegation of Punjab Poultry Association (PPA) led by Chairman Abdul Kareem at the Governor’s House here on Wednesday, he said after textile, poultry is the largest industry which employs millions of […]
Read MoreKARACHI: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) on Wednesday conducted a public hearing over the petition for negative fuel charge adjustments at the rate of Rs 3.47 per unit submitted by K-Electric for July 2022. After NEPRA’s approval, consumers may receive a benefit of Rs 3.47 per unit for consumption in July 2022, said a […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) on Wednesday said more than 36 km of NHA roads which were affected by rains and floods at different places in Sindh province, have been restored after repairing. According to details, on the instructions of Federal Minister of Communications and Postal Services, Asad Mehmood, the officers, construction experts and […]
Read MoreHazards such as flood, earthquakes, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of a UN report launched on Wednesday. The latest Interconnected Disaster Risks report, from the UN University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), finds that many of the disasters between 2021 and 2022 shared root […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: By June 2022, the number of internet users in China has reached 1.051 billion, an increase of 19.19 million over last year, according to a newly-released report by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) obtained by the Global Times on Wednesday. Zhang Xiao, the deputy director from the CNNIC said the extended 5G network […]
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