ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Usman Dar has said that loans worth thirty-three billion rupees have been disbursed under Kamyab Jawan Program (KJP) to economically empower the youth. Addressing a news conference here on Tuesday, he said one hundred thousand scholarships have also been awarded under Kamyab Jawan Skills […]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi received a telephone call from Lord Tariq Ahmad, Minister for South Asia, North Africa, the United Nations and the Commonwealth at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), today. The two sides exchanged views on Pakistan-UK relations and regional and international issues of mutual interest. Foreign Minister […]

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has expressed serious concerns over the reported approval of the federal cabinet to make draconian amendments to the Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016, through an ordinance. In a joint statement, President PFUJ Shahzada Zulfiqar and Secretary-General Nasir Zaidi said that it is alarming that instead of […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain has said Pakistan desires to build a semiconductors zone with the help of China to make the country self-sufficient in modern gadgets and open new avenues of development. According to a Radio Pakistan’s report, in an interview with China Economic Net, Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said Prime […]

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved a raise of Rs3.10 per unit in the rate of electricity tariff on account of fuel charges adjustment for the month of December 2021. According to a notification issued on Saturday, all consumer categories of distribution companies, except for lifeline customers and K-Electric consumers, will […]

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain on Saturday said Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will face defeat in its effort to table no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan. In a video statement delivered in response to a news conference held by opposition alliance in Lahore, he said members of opposition parties will […]

NEW YORK: The United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) signed an Arrangement on Cooperation (AoC) today to further strengthen cooperation and advance their joint initiatives to counter terrorism. The signing of the AoC took place during an in-person ceremony between Under-Secretary-General of UNOCT Mr. Vladimir Voronkov, and Secretary-General […]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed to reopen over two hundred and thirty-eighty thousand complaints out of the 1.5 million complaints received and resolved on Pakistan Citizen’s Portal last year. According to a statement of the Prime Minister Office, the Prime Minister has directed to reassign complaints to the officers concerned for review. A […]