ISLAMABAD: Four more federal ministers inducted in Federal Cabinet on Friday as PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain’s son Chaudhry Salik Hussain, PML-N’s Mian Javed Latif, BNP-Mengal’s Agha Hassan Baloch, and Hashim Notezai took oath as the ministers. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to the newly inducted federal ministers in the swearing-in ceremony held at […]
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan has issued policy guidelines to all the universities/degree awarding institutions (DAIs) on Nursing Education, as the country’s premier institution to regulate higher education continues developing and reviewing the curriculum standards at undergraduate and graduate levels. In order to review educational pathways for nursing degree programmes, a series of consultative […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday called for constructive engagement of the international community to avert the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Talking to US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who called on her here in Islamabad, she underscored the need to deepen engagement to promote peace, and stability in Afghanistan. She […]
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Communications Asad Mahmood has expressed the resolve to bring pro-people policies to provide relief to the masses. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday, he said we have to lessen people’s sufferings like inflation and shortage of electricity. The Minister also stressed the need for focusing on electoral reforms at the earliest […]
ISLAMABAD: Director General Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Aslam Wazir on Thursday said crackdowns against drugs dealers were intensified, as eradication of drugs from the province is top priority of the government. He said 102 kg of Hashish was recovered during a crackdown on Thursday. He said operation against drugs being extended […]
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan WADA Mitsuhiro called on Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force in his office on Thursday, says a statement issued spokesperson for PAF. The visiting dignitary lauded the professionalism of PAF personnel and the exceptional progress made by PAF over the years, especially […]
ISLAMABAD: Newly-appointed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Thursday said that he was leaving for Washington DC, where he was expected to meet the officials of International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the revival of a loan facility. The loan facility was stalled following the premature end of the Imran Khan government earlier this month. Before leaving […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Housing and Works, Maulana Abdul Wasey during a visit to the Federal Government Employees Housing Authority (FGEHA) on Thursday called for timely completion of ongoing and incomplete projects of the authority. In a meeting with the officials of the authority, Maulana Abdul Wasey directed to initiate more effective schemes for the […]
