ISLAMABAD:The official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday briefed the Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on the steps taken to address the Cyber-Crime complaints. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) updated the Committee on actions taken for the improvement of Cyber Security and Social Media Rules. The meeting was held under the […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday released $1.5 billion to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) under Building Resilience Under Active Countercyclical Expenditures (BRACE) Program. The BRACE program aims to support the government’s efforts to deal with the adverse impacts of devastating floods, supply chain disruptions, rising energy, fuel prices and inflation on the […]
Read MoreMIRPUR (AJK): Azad Jammu & Kashmir President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhary will lead black-day rally in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington on Thursday (tomorrow) to register a protest against India’s illegal and forced occupation of Kashmir. The protest demonstration would be attended by overseas Pakistani and Kashmiri communities living in United States of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:The Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee on Wednesday evening announced that the crescent of Rabi-us-Sani was not sighted at any nook and cranny of the country. After the committee’s meeting, held here at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony, the ministry, in a notification, made it clear that the first Rabi-us-Sani, 1444 AH shall commence […]
Read MoreA top Pakistani diplomat Tuesday called for respecting and implementing “in letter and spirit” the 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan, a lower riparian state, at a preparatory meeting for the UN Water Conference 2023. “Besides climate change,” Ambassador Munir Akram said, “Pakistan’s water-vulnerability is also flow from its status as a lower-riparian […]
Read MoreLAHORE:A banking court on Wednesday granted interim bail to Tariq Shafi, a close aide of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, and PTI leader Mubashir Ahmad till November 2 in a prohibited funding case. The court directed both the accused to submit surety bonds of Rs 1 million each for availing the relief of the […]
Read MoreQUETTA:Adviser to Chief Minister Balochistan for Home and Tribal Affairs Mir Ziaullah Langu met with foreign investor Mueez Adrian in Karachi on Wednesday. The matters of mutual interest, including peace and security and extensive investment in Balochistan were discussed during the meeting. Balochistan government spokesperson Farah Azeem Shah was also present on the occasion. In […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:US Ambassador in Pakistan Donald Blome on Wednesday said the United States was considering allowing Pakistan access to the US beef market and introducing high-yield cotton seed technology. The ambassador said in a meeting with Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research Tariq Bashir Cheema here and discussed matters of mutual interest, said a […]
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