Day: February 15, 2023

ISLAMABAD:The sale of cars during the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2022-23, has dropped by 43.12 percent as compared to the same months of last year, the latest data released by the Pakistan Automobile Manufacturing Association (PAMA). According to the data, as many as 74,933 cars were sold during July-January 2022-23 as […]

ISLAMABAD:Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday called upon the country’s young diplomats to explore new tools in foreign policy including communication technology to effectively highlight the country’s narrative across the globe. Addressing the graduation ceremony of 42nd Specialized Diplomatic Course held at Foreign Service Academy, he said the rapid advancement of technological mediums defined […]

ISLAMABAD:The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has decided to increase the city’s green cover by planting saplings on billions of rupees of land it recovered from illegal occupants under the anti-encroachment drive. “The authority has recently launched a massive drive in the federal capital against the land grabbers to recover its precious land that had been […]

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has launched its National Telecom Security Operations Center (NTSOC), a centralized platform for the management of cybersecurity incidents in the telecom sector. The NTSOC is established under the Pakistan National Cybersecurity Policy 2021 and Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA 2016), with the goal of securing Pakistan’s critical telecom data and […]

ISLAMABAD:Ivory Coast’s National Assembly President Adama Bictogo, the head of visiting parliamentary delegation on Tuesday planted a sapling of grandiflora in the lawn of the Parliament House. National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, members of visiting delegation, top officials of National Assembly Secretariat welcomed the delegation on arrival at Parliament House. Special prayers were held […]

ISLAMABAD:The National Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday dispatched emergency relief goods alongwith a 20-member medical and rescue team for relief operations in earthquake-hit Syria. The Authority on the instructions of the Prime Minister has dispatched the 20-member medical and rescue teams for the earthquake victims of Syria, a news release said. The relief team for […]

ISLAMABAD:Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized 741.693 Kg of drugs, 6020 litres of Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) worth US$ 17.827 million internationally, arrested 19 drug peddlers including 3 women impounded 4 vehicles while conducting 30 counter-narcotics operations throughout the country. According to a spokesperson of ANF, the seized drugs comprised 5.338 Kg Heroin, 689.741 Kg Hashish, 14 Kg […]

ISLAMABAD:Minister for Law and Justice, Senator Azam Nazir Tarar on Tuesday criticized social media for attributing Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umer Atta Bandial’s ‘honest prime minster’ remarks misconstrued and totally out of the context. Speaking on a point of order in Senate, Tarar debunked the CJP’s comments, saying the remarks were misinterpreted. The Minister […]