LAHORE:United States Consul General at the Consulate in Lahore William K. Makaneole has said that journalists hold leaders and organizations accountable and their role is vital in strengthening democracies. Speaking during closing ceremony of a five-day media training course ‘Fact Checking: Countering Fake News in Modern Media for Supporting Democracies’ here on Friday, he said […]
Read MoreKARACHI:State Bank of Pakistan on Friday injected Rs 294.5 billion into money market for 63 days. Rs 232 billion were pumped as reverse repo purchase through Open Market Operation on 15.18 % rate of return accepted per annum. Rupees 63.5 billion (face value of collateral) injected through Shariah Compliant Mudaraba based OMO with 15.18% cut-off […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Friday categorically rejected the contents of the story carried by an Indian news outlet alleging flood relief work by a banned organization. In response to media queries on the story, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said, “It only betrays India’s bias and prejudice towards Pakistan, and is part of India’s regular and continuing attempts to […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA) has collected tax revenue of Rs 13.45 billion last month (August), showing an increase of 33 percent as the authority had collected Rs 10.11 billion during corresponding period previous year. The PRA spokesperson told media here on Friday that according to preliminary data, sales tax of Rs 27.8 billion was collected […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Deputy Commissioner Ziarat, Habib Naseer on Friday inspected the refilling work of Paichi Dam and visited the rain affected areas in Union Council Mana. On this occasion, the Deputy Commissioner expressed his condolences to the family members on the death of Syed Gul, son of Habib Rehman, who had drowned in Mana Dam and assured […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday called upon all stakeholders to launch a nationwide drive to mobilize the people of Pakistan, businesses, civil society and humanitarian organizations to assist civil and military administrations in their rescue and relief efforts to rehabilitate the flood victims and for the reconstruction of damaged infrastructure. The President made these […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD: Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Friday said that rehabilitation of flood survivors is a big challenge for government but under strict directions of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif it was utilizing all available resources to restore flood-hit people in all the four provinces. “We, on the directives of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, will definitely […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Science and Technology and Central Information Secretary Balochistan National Party (BNP), Agha Hassan Baloch Friday paid tributes to Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal for his struggle for the oppressed people of the region. He was speaking at a condolence reference ceremony organized at the National Press Club (NPC) in connection with the first […]
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