LAHORE:Punjab Minister for Mines and Minerals department (MMD) Latif Nazar on Wednesday presided over a meeting here at Directorate General Mines and Minerals to review measures to create a favourable environment for investors. MMD Secretary Asadullah Faiz, Director General Syed Ishtiaq Hussain and other officers were present. The meeting discussed environment-friendly and sustainable development in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) Chairman Aamir Khan on Wednesday stressed the need for developing the capital market by focusing on increasing the investor base and enhanced investments by brokerage industry on expanding their IT infrastructure. The chairman along with senior officials visited Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) and held a meeting to review […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Wednesday that the province received unprecedented rains of 1100 mm alongside an additional 30 MAF deluge of Balochistan’s hill torrents, which came down, wreaking havoc in the cities and towns located on the right bank of River Indus and a similar situation emerged on the Left […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) on Wednesday released comparative performance assessment report of provincial assemblies for the 4th parliamentary year with regards to working hours, days consumed in budget session and attendance of members and leaders of the opposition. According to the report, the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was only convened […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday said that Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto endured imprisonment, oppression and violence for the sake of democracy. In a message on the occasion of the International Day of Democracy, he said that democracy is our soul. Whenever efforts have been made to crush the spirit […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Chairman WAPDA Lt Gen (Retd) Sajjad Ghani on Wednesday visited Dasu Hydropower Project, being constructed on River Indus, upstream of Dasu town in Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and witnessed construction activities on various sites of the project including inlet areas of diversion tunnels, main access tunnel, power house cavern, right bank access […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi has said that as the world stood in unison to celebrate the ‘International Day of Democracy’, Pakistan reiterated its resolve to nurture and strengthen democracy in accordance with the Islamic tenets and the vision of the Founder of the Nation. The president, in his message on the World Democracy Day being […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Wednesday met with Zahid Hussain Junejo in the chair to discuss the progress/uptake of the Water Accord Apportionment (WAA) Tool and proposed further developments. The software Tool had been developed jointly by collaboration between Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), IRSA, WAPDA, Provincial Irrigation Departments (PIDs) and the Australian Government […]
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