ISLAMABAD:Reform proposals on better implementation of existing legal provisions regulating role of money in politics and improving legal flaws in the system of political finance were discussed at a consultative forum organized by PILDAT in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the subject of Political Finance on Tuesday. Ali Al-Bayati said in […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan Neil Hawkins called on Chairman Higher Education Commission (HEC) Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad at HEC Secretariat on Tuesday and discussed areas of potential collaboration between Pakistani and Australian higher education institutions. Adviser (Global Engagement) HEC, Awais Ahmed and Director General (Human Resource Development) HEC, Ms. Aayesha Ikram were also present. Talking […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Amin-ul-Haque said on Tuesday that Pakistan is becoming an important hub for the best IT talent and global IT organizations in terms of time zone. “Partnering with Pakistan, the fifth largest and most populous country means partnering with a huge repository of capable and delivering youth,” he […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, while terming the purported surfacing of an audio leak of the Prime Minister House a ‘serious security lapse’, resolved that it would be thoroughly investigated. Addressing a presser, he agreed that a big question mark was posed over the audio leak, and informed that he would be forming […]
Read MoreSARGODHA:The owner of three hotels were booked over the presence of dengue larvae at their premises here on Tuesday. According to health department spokesman, during ongoing dengue larvae surveillance drive in the district, the anti-dengue teams inspected various locations in the city and found dengue larvae in three hotels in the city. The health team […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Nadeem Rauf on Tuesday expressed hope that the expected finance minister Ishaq Dar would take immediate steps to deal with the current economic situation. Speaking at the 62nd annual general meeting of RCCI, he said the business community was concerned about the country’s economic situation and wished […]
Read MoreLAHORE:Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi on Tuesday announced that lawyers’ housing colonies would be established in every tehsil and district of the province and their families would be provided free medical facilities equal to gazetted officers. He was talking to a delegation of Supreme Court lawyers led by Barrister Ali Zafar, Abid Zubairi and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Continuing its commitment to provide relief to the flood victims, Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) has disbursed over Rs. 50 billion among 2,005,039 flood-affected families. BISP is ensuring speedy disbursement of cash assistance worth Rs.25,000 per family among the affected families of Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan under “Flood Relief Cash Assistance”. So […]
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