Day: January 6, 2023

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Railways has retrieved as many as 961 acres of its land worth Rs23,406 million during various anti-encroachment operations across the country from the land grabbers.“Around 480 acres retrieved in Punjab, 139 acres in Khyber Pakhtunkh…

ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Planning and Development Professor Ahsan Iqbal Thursday said the government is launching the “Talented Youth Internship Program” for 30,000 unemployed graduate youth.Presiding over a meeting of private sector representati…

ISLAMABAD:Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Thursday took action against sixty-five vehicles with tinted windows and removed one hundred unauthorized number plates in line with the directives of Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Irfan Naw…

ISLAMABAD:National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Thursday that the Parliaments have to be innovative for inventing new ways to resolve the challenges faced by nations.Addressing the participants of 26th Conference of Speakers and Presidi…

ISLAMABAD:Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Defence, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Thursday said that there was a need to develop a coherent counter-terrorism policy with the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) in the lead role.The Cha…

ISLAMABAD:The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to tackle winter-related emergencies here on Thursday organized the second National Coordination Conference for Winters Contingencies 2022-23 with key stakeholders.Chairman NDMA, Lieutenant Ge…

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has forecast partly cloudy weather with light rain and snowfall in upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir during the next 24 hours.According to the synoptic situation, continental air w…

ISLAMABAD:Kashmiris across the Line of Control and worldwide Thursday reminded the United Nations (UN) of its forgotten commitment regarding their right to plebiscite to decide their future through a democratic process.Every year, Kashmiris observe Jan…

ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday chaired a meeting to review implementation of the measures taken for saving energy in the country.The meeting was informed about the progress made on the implementation of the solarization projects. In t…

ISLAMABAD:The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday expressed concern over the reports that the commercial banks are resisting the opening of LCs of edible oil importers-cum-manufacturers.They said it would create a shortage of …

ISLAMABAD:A local court on Thursday adjourned hearing of the case till January 11, on Sara Inam, a Canadian national, murder case who had allegedly been killed by her husband in Chak Shahzad suburb where the accused lived along with his mother .The Ses…