PM leaves for UAE on day-long visit
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday left on a day-long visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This is Prime Minister’s first visit to the UAE since taking charge of his office. During the visit, the Prime Minister will hold one-on-one meeting with the UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to discuss further strengthening […]
PM extends greetings to followers of Buddhism across world on Vesak
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has extended warm greetings to the followers of Buddhism across the world on the occasion of Vesak celebrated on Thursday. In a message on his X handle on Thursday, he called for celebrating the shared heritage and continue working towards mutual respect and understanding. The Prime Minister prayed that may this […]
Direct Hajj flights from Pakistan to Jeddah will commence tomorrow
A significant number of over 12,000 Pakistani pilgrims has reached Makkah to perform Umrah, following their visit to Madinah on Thursday. The majority of these pilgrims have been accommodated at Azizia and Batha Quraish areas of Makkah, says a statement issued here on Thursday. To date, approximately 30,000 pilgrims have reached in Saudi Arabia under […]
FDI witnessed 172% increase during April
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country continues its upward trajectory and has witnessed an increase of 172 percent during the last month. According to a Radio Pakistan’s report quoting the latest statistics, the foreign direct investment increased from 131.9 to 358.84 million dollars last month as compared to same month of last year. The […]
Direct Hajj flights from Pakistan to Jeddah to begin tomorrow
Direct Hajj flights from Pakistan to Jeddah will commence on Friday, May 24. So far, 31,057 official Hajj pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia via 126 Hajj flights. According to a report on Thursday, over 2,000 pilgrims under the private scheme have also reached Saudi Arabia and an additional 24,050 pilgrims will reach Madinah Munawwara on […]
Intermediate exams in Karachi to begin from July 1
The Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi (BIEK) Thursday released a new schedule for the intermediate exams. As per the schedule, inter-exams will start from June 1 and last until July 1. Overall 290,000 students will appear in the inter-exams, adding that science group papers will be held in the morning while general group students will […]
Govt, NDMA running campaign to create awareness about current heatwave
The federal government in collaboration with all the relevant departments including National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is running a comprehensive campaign to create awareness among the masses about the hazardous impacts of current heatwave across the country. This was stated by the Coordinator to Prime Minister on Climate Change Romina Khurshid Alam, while addressing a […]
APHC urges global intervention to protect Kashmiris
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference has urged Pakistan to rally the international community to intervene and protect the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir from the threat posed by Indian occupation forces and the anti-Kashmir agendas of the BJP-RSS led regime in India. According to a Kashmir Media Service report on Thursday, APHC […]