Pervaiz Elahi calls all parties advisory committee meetingon April 9, 2020Speaker Punjab Assembly Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has called a meeting of the All-Party Advisory Committee to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The meeting of the all parties advisory committee will be conducted via video-link on April 10 and it will be convened by the Speaker himself. Leaders from Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan […]
KCCI concerned over arrest, detention of industrialiston April 8, 2020President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Agha Shahab Ahmed Khan, while expressing concerns over the arrest/ detention of owner of a textile mill, stated that it was not a wise move to arrest anyone or raid industries but any violation of government’s order should be brought to KCCI’s and relevant industrial zone association’s […]
Flight operations resume as PIA pilots end strikeon April 8, 2020The national flag-carrier resumed its flight operation as pilots end strike and started returning to airports after dialogues between Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) administration and Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association (PALPA). The flight operation of the national airline resumed after PIA and pilots’ association reached an agreement for the safety measures of aircraft crew due to […]
Sindh to bring ordinance to provide relief to people amid lockdownon April 8, 2020The Sindh government on Tuesday decided to bring an ordinance in order to provide relief to people amid the province-wide lockdown due to novel coronavirus. The decision was made in an emergency meeting chaired by Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in Karachi. The meeting was attended by senior provincial ministers. The meeting decided […]
Three more disinfectant walkthrough gates installedon April 5, 2020In continuation of precautionary measures taken to prevent and control spread of corona virus in the city, three more disinfectant walkthrough gates have been installed in the city. Out of these, 02 walk through gates have been installed at G-9 in front of Utility Store by ICT Administration with the cooperation of the CDA. After […]
WB signs agreement worth $200 mln with govt for Covid-19 responseon April 4, 2020Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Hammad Azhar witnessed the signing ceremony in Islamabad on Friday. Dr. Syed Pervaiz Abbas, Federal Secretary of Economic Affairs Division signed the financing agreement on behalf of Government of Pakistan while provincial project agreements were signed by the designated officers of provincial governments. Country Director Patchamuthu Illangovan signed the agreements […]
All Parties Webinar on coronavirus, Pak China ties: Mushahidon April 4, 2020Chairman, Senate Foreign affairs Committee and Pakistan-China Institute, Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed hosted an all parties Webinar on “Confronting Coronavirus and Pakistan-China relations’ in which eight different political parties participated. This online video conference was the first event of its kind held in Pakistan since the outbreak of corona virus crises which focused on ‘Confronting […]
Masood denounces India’s attempts to change IOJK demographyon April 4, 2020The Azad Jammu and Kashmir President Sardar Masood Khan has spurned the new domicile rules imposed by the Indian government with the motives to change demography of Indian Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IOJK). “The Indian government must abandon its policy to make Kashmir its colony, and resolve the Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and […]
Pakistan Navy, ANF jointly seize 100kg of heroin in sea raidon April 4, 2020Pakistan Navy along with officials of Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) seized a huge cache of heroin during a sea operation here on Friday. According to a spokesman for the navy, a joint intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Pakistan Navy and the Anti-Narcotics Force at Pishukan near Jiwani, Balochistan. A huge cache of narcotics, including 100 […]
262 Canadian nationals being taken back todayon April 4, 2020Exodus of Canadian nationals of Pakistani origin is continuing on Friday when a third PIA flight took 262 passengers back. A special Pakistan International Airline (PIA) airplane carrying the passengers took the passengers from Karachi to Canada’s Toronto. Canadian nationals have thanked the government of Pakistan for the special flight amidst the global coronavirus which […]