NEW YORK: The President of the United Nations General Assembly, Abdulla Shahid, today addressed the Our Ocean Conference in Palau, urging the international community to expand protective areas of the ocean, support the scientific community and tackle plastic pollution. Speaking at the 7th Our Ocean Conference in Palau, President Shahid, who hails from the Maldives, […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has regretted the delay of four years in completion of Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad International Airport Metro Bus project. He made the remarks during a visit to the Metro Bus Service in Islamabad on Thursday morning where he was briefed by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and National Highway […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been re-elected for the seventh time to the United Nations’ Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). The election took place at the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations in New York. The Committee is an intergovernmental body that oversees the implementation of the legal framework governing NGOs’ participation in the […]
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Javed Iqbal said on Thursday that NAB has no affiliation with anyone except with Pakistan, In a media talk after attending the Public Accounts Committee session, NAB chief said the anti-graft watchdog has nothing to do with the political engineering. Commenting on any amendment in the NAB law, he […]
ISLAMABAD: On the instructions of the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the federal finance department Thursday notified a 10 percent increase in pension. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved the increase in pension of government servants. The increase in pension will be in effect from April 1st. Following his election, Shehbaz announced several policy measures, in his […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the economic team to prepare a comprehensive reforms strategy for betterment of economy on emergency basis. Chairing a high-level meeting on the current economic situation here in Islamabad on Thursday, he assured to take steps on emergency basis to stabilize the economy. The Prime Minister said that steps […]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said mass transit systems are the way forward to provide citizens dignified, inexpensive and environment-friendly transport service. In his tweets on Thursday, he said he has ordered feasibility report on expanding the network of Metro Bus System to other areas of the Federal Capital in addition to Peshawar Morr […]
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to wrap up the foreign funding case of the PTI within 30 days. The orders were issued by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on applications filed by the PTI asking for Akbar S Babar’s separation from the case, the dismissal of the case, […]
