ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has appealed to the local leaders and parliamentarians of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to play their role in bringing out masses from difficulties being faced by them due to the closure of roads by PTI workers. In a statement on Thursday, he said PTI workers are involved in closing roads […]
KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday expressed displeasure with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over delay in local government elections in Karachi and Hyderabad. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Sindh High Court, heard a plea by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) over delay in the polls for local bodies. The court […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training Rana Tanveer Hussain on Thursday visited the National Skills University (NSU) Islamabad. He said skills learning laboratories and workshops of the university are of international standards, adding that the government will provide all necessary support to strengthen the university’s main and Muridke Campus. According to an official […]
ISLAMABAD: A meeting was held between Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Asim Ahmad and Country Director World Bank (WB), Mr Najy Benhassine, Pakistan, to review the progress of Pakistan Raises Revenue Program here at FBR Headquarter on Thursday. FBR is implementing Pakistan Raises Revenue Program (PRRP) with financial assistance from the World Bank. The […]
PESHAWAR: President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need for launching insurance products at national level and wherever possible by looping in international insurance system for crop insurance and flood insurance to protect the farmers from crop losses and safeguard the livelihood and property losses of the victims during manmade or natural calamities. He said […]
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Republic of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Kistafin called on Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Lt General Inam Haider Malik, H (IM) here in his office on Thursday. Chairman NDMA expressed his gratitude to the visiting dignitary for gracious donation/financial commitments from Republic of Kazakhstan towards Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, says a press release. […]
ISLAMABAD: The practitioners need to realize that social protection is the agent of social development, therefore, the horizon of social protection system must be expanded beyond the social assistance in the local context. This was stated by Dr Franz von Roenne, Programme Director, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, Pakistan) here at the launch of […]
ISLAMABAD: At the United Nations Pakistan has said that it considers as a national responsibility the safety and security of its nuclear power plants and research reactors. This was stated by Pakistan’s Ambassador and deputy permanent representative to UN, Aamir Khan while speaking on the annual report of the Vienna-based UN agency. Aamir Khan said […]
