Finance Ministry rejects Dr Zubair’s false claimsBy: DNA on February 16, 2020The Ministry of Finance on Saturday rejected the personal opinions and fallacious claims of Dr Zubair Khan in a private TV channel programme regarding the current economic situation. The Ministry discarded his personal opinions and fallacious claims on the grounds that the economic situation is quickly turning around ever since Pakistan initiated its reform program […]
Uzbek embassy organizes paintings competitionBy: DNA on February 16, 2020The Embassy of Uzbekistan in Islamabad organized a ceremony of painting contest titled “Uzbekistan through the Eyes of Pakistani Children” in order to pay tribute and to celebrate the birthday of the great Zahir Ud Din Muhammad Babur. More than 100 young students (6-12 years) from different top schools of Islamabad participated in the competition. […]
AIOU extends submission of assignments’ dateBy: inp on February 16, 2020Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has extended submission of assignments’ date of Matric and FA Programs for the Semester Autumn, 2019 till March 10, considering the requests of students from different parts of the country. The students enrolled in BA/Associate Degree, PTC, CT, B.Ed and all postgraduate programs could submit their all assignments upto 15th […]
Ali Muhammad Khan suggests holding referendum on public executionsBy: Ijaz Kakakhel on February 11, 2020In reaction to some parliamentarians’ opposition to harsh punishment for child rapists, Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Monday suggested holding a referendum on public executions. Speaking on the floor of the lower house of Parliament, the minister termed the National Assembly’s resolution that called for publicly hanging those involved in cases […]
NA speaker opposes raise in lawmakers’ salariesBy: Agencies on February 3, 2020National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has said that demanding raise in salaries and perks of members of parliament at this juncture of time was inappropriate. He said that the country was going through a financial crunch and the situation “doesn’t commensurate even thinking of raise in salaries”. The speaker said that the present government inherited […]
90 students of PMAS-AAUR decorated with medals, 33 awarded PhD DegreesBy: Staff Report on February 1, 2020As many as 4442 graduates’ of Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) awarded degrees on Thursday while 90 students were decorated with Medals at the 20th Convocation. According to the PMAS-AAUR around 33 students received Ph.D degrees, 710 awarded with M.Phil/ MS degrees, 1469 Masters Degrees, while 2230 students got undergraduate degree […]
Women have potential to excel in every field of life: Dr FirdousBy: Staff Report on January 30, 2020Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan has said Pakistan has said women are a great asset for the country and they have the potential and abilities to excel in every field of life. She was addressing a consultative workshop on ‘Dukhtran e Pakistan’ organized by the Islamic Research Institute […]
Axed KP ministers call on Imran, discuss differences with CMBy: Agencies on January 30, 2020Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly members Atif Khan and Shahram Khan Tarakai, who were axed from the provincial cabinet, called on Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday. According to a private news channel, both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders had their first meeting with PM Imran following their dismissal as ministers. Both the leaders talked about their differences […]
PM for ensuring availability of wheat/flour across countryBy: News Desk on January 30, 2020Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday directed for taking all possible steps to meet wheat requirements in the country and said that it should be ensured that no complaint over wheat or flour shortage could surface from any part of the country. Chairing a meeting over the availability of wheat, its demand, current stock and […]
Petition in IHC demands evacuation of students from coronavirus epicentreBy: inp on January 30, 2020A petition has been filed in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) seeking directives for the government to make arrangements to evacuate Pakistani students from Wuhan, the epicentre of a deadly coronavirus outbreak that has thus far killed 106 people in China. Advocate Mian Muhammad Faisal moved the petition citing the secretaries of the Ministry of […]