ISLAMABAD:UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today launched a one-time cash assistance scheme for some 1.3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan affected by the devastating 2022 floods as well as the prevailing economic situation. The assistance is being provided, in collaboration with the Government of Pakistan, to reach refugees who are not eligible to access social […]
Read MoreQUETTA:WWF-Pakistan in collaboration with the Ministry of Climate Change organized a workshop on climate change education, training, and public awareness at the local hotel on Thursday. The aim of the workshop was to highlight the implementation status of the province’s climate-related education, training, and public awareness. Particularly focusing on identifying the extent of alignment of […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday approved the appointment of Advocate of Supreme Court Barrister Shahzad Atta Elahi as Attorney General of Pakistan. The president appointed Barrister Shahzad Elahi on the position after Mansoor Usman did not assume the office after his appointment. President Alvi made the said appointment under Article 100 of the Constitution […]
Read MoreKARACHI:Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Thursday called for elimination of interest-based system from the country, said, a bank which only had 100 branches in the past, after introduction of Islamic consumer banking, now successfully operating with over 1000 branches. He was addressing through video link on the occasion of ‘National Islamic Economic Forum […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolences to his Pakistani counterpart, Arif Alvi, on Wednesday over the severe terrorist attack in the country’s northwestern city of Peshawar. In his message, Xi said that upon learning of the severe terrorist attack, which has caused heavy casualties, in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, he would […]
Read MoreRAWALPINDI:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Pakistan while conducting two counter-narcotics operations, seized over three kg drugs and arrested an accused, said an ANF Headquarters spokesman on Thursday. He informed that in an operation at Islamabad International Airport, the ANF and ASF seized 2096 grams Ice drug from the trolley bag of a Bahrain-bound passenger, resident of Karachi […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar on Thursday reiterated the government’s firm resolve to introduce Shariah-compliant interest-free banking and finance system in the country to achieve sustainable economic growth and social prosperity. Addressing the National Islamic Forum, he said that the subject of Islamic finance was very close to his heart and […]
Read MoreISLAMABAD:Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday urged the Indonesian authorities for restoring the normal export of palm oil to Pakistan as it was a major importer of palm oil from Indonesia. While talking to Adam M. Tugio, Ambassador of Indonesia, who visited the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Faad Waheed, Acting […]
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