Pakistan condemns Indian Chief of Defence Staff’s gratuitous remarks: FO on November 6, 2020Pakistan strongly condemns Indian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Bipin Rawat’s irresponsible and gratuitous remarks about Pakistan. The Indian CDS’s unabated anti-Pakistan vitriol is reflective both of his completely flawed understanding of Pakistan’s realities as well as his patently politicized approach. His tirade is also illustrative of the RSS-BJP mindset — a dangerous mix […]
Traffic police directed to ensure smooth traffic flow on main avenues of Islamabad on November 5, 2020Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) has been directed to ensure smooth flow of traffic at IJP road, Srinagar (Kashmir) Highway and Islamabad expressway and take strict action against those creating inconvenience for the road users. While reviewing the overall performance report about traffic related issues here on Wednesday, Senior Superintendent of Police (Traffic) Farrukh Rasheed directed […]
PM must intervene to ensure Health Levy bill passed by Cabinet in 2019 is not lost between Federal Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Health on November 3, 2020ISLAMABAD: Society for Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) held a press conference to “Demand Imposition of Health Levy bill as passed by Cabinet in 2019” at National Press Club Islamabad on Tuesday. Health advocates demanded an investigation to determine why the decision of the federal cabinet to impose a health levy on tobacco […]
First ever month long breast cancer awareness and screening camp concluded on November 3, 2020A total of 1192 women visited the breast cancer awareness and screening camp MTI KTH during the whole month of October out of which 466 women refused for clinical examination and imaging whereas 726 were clinical examined. 104 women mammogram and 404 women ultrasounds were done free of cost. Out of 1192 women 22 were […]
Fifth Round of Pakistan-European Union Strategic Dialogue: FO on November 3, 2020Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the European Commission, Mr. Josep Borrell, will Co-Chair the Fifth Round of Pakistan-European Union Strategic Dialogue to be held virtually today (Tuesday). The two sides would inter alia share assessments on the current situation […]
OGRA increases the price of domestic LPG cylinder by Rs. 114: Notification on November 1, 2020The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has issued a notification to increase the price of LPG from November 1. According to the notification issued in this regard, OGRA has increased the price of LPG by Rs 9.66 per kg. In addition, OGRA has increased the price of domestic LPG cylinder by Rs. 114, after […]
Govt slashes petrol prices by Rs 1.57 per litre on November 1, 2020The government on Saturday decided to reduce the petrol prices by Rs1.57 per litre to Rs102.40 per litre against its sale at Rs103.97 per litre during the month of October 2020. The new prices would be applicable from November 1st, 2020, according to press statement issued by the Finance Ministry here. Likewise, the price of […]
Senior Indian diplomat summoned to register Pakistan’s strong protest over Ceasefire Violations by India: FO on October 30, 2020A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Friday to register Pakistan’s strong protest over ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation Forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on 29th October 2020, resulting in serious injuries to two innocent civilians. Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces […]
ANF SEIZED 2293.845 KGS DRUGS VALUING US$ 79.848 MILLION IN 16 OPERATIONS ARRESTED 15 PERSONS & INTERCEPTED 8 VEHICLES: DG ANF on October 29, 2020Anti Narcotics Force Pakistan seized 2293.845 Kgs narcotics valuing US$ 79.848 Million internationally, arrested 15 culprits and impounded 8 vehicles while conducting 16 counter-narcotics strikes throughout the country. The seized drugs comprised of 2257.771 Kg Hashish, 26.474 Kg Heroin, 7.600 Kg Opium & Amphetamine (Ice) 2 Kg. ANF Balochistan, the staff of Police Station Regional […]
Closing Date of Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship applications extended till Nov 30 on October 29, 2020SAPM Dr. Sania Nishtar has announced an extension in the last date to submit applications for the year 2020-21 till November 30, 2020. Earlier, October 30, 2020 was the last date for the submission of online scholarship applications. However, given the COVID-19 fronted delays in admission process at several public sector universities in the country, […]