President for tourist centre to highlight history of Balakot’s martyred heroes on July 7, 2022ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi on Thursday said he had asked the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government to establish a tourist centre at Balakot to promote the history of brave heroes. The president along with his tweet shared a photograph where can be seen offering Fateha at the graves of martyrs of Balakot of 1831, including Syed […]
Pakistan proposes ‘urgent’ action plan to address poverty & hunger, especially for vulnerable people By: APP on July 7, 2022UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has called for an urgent “plan of action” to grapple with poverty and huger that have been made more acute by the current geo-political tensions, especially for the peoples facing war and occupation for decades. “The consequence of current geopolitical tensions is coup de grace for the poor: prices of food and […]
In a phone call, top US diplomat and Pakistan FM reaffirm commitment to expand bilateral ties By: APP on July 7, 2022WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke Wednesday with Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and reaffirmed their commitment to expand a range of relations between the two countries, according to the State Department. “The Secretary (of State) welcomed the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Pakistan and reaffirmed our […]
Chinese company signs another RMB 120 million electric project with Pakistan By: APP on July 7, 2022BEIJING: Shanghai Electric Power Transmission & Distribution Engineering Co.Ltd.(SPTD) signed an EPC contract over a 220kV transmission line with Pakistan’s largest real estate developer Bahria Town on July 1st. The estimated cost of the project is RMB 120million. Chief Representative of SPTD, Guo Dong, along with General Manager of Bahria Town Khalid Mehmood attended the […]
Marriyum terms Shehbaz Sharif pioneer of mass transit system in Pakistan By: APP on July 7, 2022ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb said on Thursday that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was the pioneer of mass transit system in Pakistan. In a tweet, she said the PM has inaugurated first Islamabad bus service from Bhara Kahu to PIMS (Green Line) and from Koral to PIMS (Blue Line). She said that […]
PIA’s flights on Islamabad-Chengdu route to facilitate people to people linkages: Ambassador Haque By: APP on July 7, 2022BEIJING: Pakistan Ambassador to China, Moin ul Haque said that Pakistan International Airline (PIA)’s weekly passenger flights on new Islamabad-Chengdu route would further facilitate people-to-people, cultural and commercial linkages between Pakistan and China. The first direct flight PK-870 of the national flag carrier yesterday brought 209 passengers from Islamabad to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, a […]
PM inaugurates Green, Blue lines of modern metro bus service By: APP on July 7, 2022ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday inaugurated the first interconnected Islamabad metro bus service aimed at facilitating the commuters plying in the twin cities. With the service, Bhara Kahu, GT Road, Koral and Rawalpindi connected through Green, Orange, Blue and Red Lines respectively. The bus service will run from Bahara Kahu to PIMS (Green […]
Pak embassy organizes mango festival in Ankara By: APP on July 5, 2022ISLAMABAD: A mango festival was arranged at the Embassy of Pakistan in Ankara on Tuesday in which the guests enjoyed the sweet taste of the world-famous Pakistani mangoes. The mango festival was a part of the series of activities and events being organized to commemorate 75 years of Pakistan’s Independence. Pakistan Ambassador to Turkiye Syrus […]
‘Farhang-e-Talafuz’ reaches bookshelves with refined style By: APP on July 5, 2022ISLAMABAD: National Language Promotion Department (NLPD) has published linguistically improved Urdu dictionary ‘Farhang-e-Talafuz’ (Dictionary of Pronunciation) in ‘Khat-e-Nastaleeq’ to make it easier for the readers to better understand the pronunciation of Urdu words. The previous version of ‘Farhang-e-Talafuz’ was designed in ‘Khat-e-Nasaf’ which was written by eminent lexicographer and notable Urdu poet Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, said […]
‘Martyrs’ Week’ to be observed in IIOJK, AJK and world over from tomorrow By: APP on July 5, 2022ISLAMABAD: Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe Martyrs’ Week from July 6 (tomorrow) to memorize the services martyrs who laid their lives for the freedom of their motherland from oppressors on different occasions. According to Kashmir Media Service, the call for the observance of the Martyrs’ […]