Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to provide 1.5 billion dollars to Pakistan to help it ensure social protection, promote food security and support employment for its people amidst the devastating floods.   An agreement to this effect was signed in Islamabad on

The National Assembly has adopted a unanimous resolution, strongly condemning the brutal killing of senior journalist Arshad Sharif.   The Resolution, moved by Minister for Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Shazia Marri, called for an independent and impartial inquiry into the incident.

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday visited residence of senior journalist Arshad Sharif and offered condolence with his mother on the sad demise of her son.   The Minister also commiserated with Arshad Sharif’s widow, his children and other

In marking World Polio Day, advocates for a polio-free world are urging nations to commit to a new five-year strategy to eradicate this crippling disease and consign it to the trash bin of history.   An estimated 350,000 children were paralyzed by