ISLAMABAD:Pakistan and Belarus have agreed to hold the next session of Pakistan-Belarus Joint Economic Commission (JEC) at the earliest to boost bilateral economic engagement. This was agreed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, who met on the sidelines of 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures […]
Read MoreThe world is at risk of yet another year of record hunger as the global food crisis continues to drive more people into worsening levels of acute food insecurity, the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, has warned. In a call for urgent action to address the root causes of rising hunger, ahead […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Indus River System Authority (IRSA) on Friday released 126,900 cusecs water from various rim stations with inflow of 83,800 cusecs. According to the data released by IRSA, water level in River Indus at Tarbela Dam was 1536.28 feet and was 138.28 feet higher than its dead level of 1,398 feet. Water inflow in the […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Director General (DG) Balochistan Levies Force Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani said measures were being taken to enhance capacity of Levies Forces in order to maintain law and order situation in the province. He expressed these views during his visit to Levies Training Center, Khuzdar. Pirkani said Levies Force was always ready to fight the internal enemies […]
Read MoreQUETTA:District Election Commissioner Kharan Gazain Baloch on Friday said that the One Window Center has been established by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). He said in the light of ECP directives, under Section 37 of the Election Act 2017, after the publication of the final voter lists in district Kharan as well as in […]
Read MoreKARACHI:On the new local government law, the Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori on Friday said that a positive development was expected as talks between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan (MQM-P) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) were going on to deliberate on this matter, also expressing hope that people would get good news in this regard […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Adviser to Chief Minister for Home and Tribal Affair Mir Ziaullah Langu on Friday strongly condemned the blast of Kabu Dasht area of Mastung which left three dead and six injured. He also asked the Deputy Commissioner to submit report of the incident soon and directed to concerned officials to enhance security measures to ensure […]
Read MoreLAHORE:The Punjab AIDS Control Program formally introduced a new medicine for prevention of HIV/AIDS here on Friday. The new medicine was introduced as part of Pre Exposure Prophylaxis Program (PrEP) and it will help stop the transmission of HIV/AIDS virus from one person to another. The PrEP was launched in a ceremony organized by the […]
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