Pakistan, China sign MoUs outlining bilateral cooperation in different fields on November 3, 2022Pakistan and China have signed a number of agreements/Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) covering bilateral cooperation in areas of commerce, digital economy‚ export of agricultural products, financial cooperation‚ protection of cultural property, infrastructure, flood relief, post-disaster reconstruction, GDI, animal disease control, livelihood, cultural cooperation, space, geosciences as well as law enforcement and security, according to a […]
US, Pakistan strengthening ties in all sphere, including defence: Masood Khan on June 14, 2022WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Masood Khan, has said that Islamabad and Washington are engaged in strengthening their relationship in all spheres, including defence cooperation. He made that statement while briefing a 15-member delegation of Pakistan’s National Defence University (NDU) now visiting the United States. The NDU delegation, comprising senior officers from Pakistan’s Armed […]
NCOC rings alarm bells against rapid surge of Covid-19 fifth wave on January 3, 2022ISLAMABAD: On Monday, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided to increasingly stringent measures to ensure mandatory vaccination due to the increasing number of Omicron variants during the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The NCOC meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar and co-chaired by National Coordinator […]
Religious fanaticism time bomb needed to be defused: Fawad on December 4, 2021ISLAMABAD: On Saturday, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain while expressing deep sorrow and regret over the Sialkot incident, said that narrow-minded religious fanaticism was like a time bomb that needed to be defused before it was too late. In a tweet, he said that after the Sialkot incident he had been thinking […]
Meetings to discuss I-voting, electronic voting to be conducted on daily basis on November 24, 2021ISLAMABAD: The meetings of the newly constituted committee to discuss issues related to I-voting and electronic voting will be conducted on a daily basis. According to a tweet by the Ministry of Science and Technology, a committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Senator Shibli Faraz to discuss […]
Wasim Khan regrets on his comments about sports journalists on June 7, 2021LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Wasim Khan on Monday expressed regrets about his comments about some media members. PCB official said, “On Saturday during an interview, I made some comments about some members of the media. On reflection, my selection of words and the tenor was inappropriate, which I regret. The continued and unending […]
Pakistan witnesses strong growth despite tough IMF Programme: Tarin on May 22, 2021ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, said Saturday that Pakistan witnessed a strong V-Shaped growth despite being in a tough International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. In a tweet here, the minister said that the IMF programme was necessitated by unsustainable current account deficit and falling foreign currency reserves, and a vicious Covid […]
Morant shines as Grizzlies oust Warriors to grab playoff eighth seed on May 22, 2021Los Angeles: Ja Morant scored a team-high 35 points as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Golden State Warriors 117-112 in overtime on Friday to close out the play-in tournament and grab the final seed in the NBA playoffs. Morant helped clinched the winner-take-all victory with a spinning floater from 10 feet with four seconds left […]
KP govt extends closure of universities, colleges till June 07 on May 21, 2021PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has extended the closure of public and private sector universities and Colleges in 22 districts till June 07. According to a notification issued here on Friday, public and private sector universities and colleges in District Peshawar, Nowshera, Charsadda, Mardan, Swabi, Dir Upper and Lower, Bajaur, Buner, Malakand, Swat, Shangla, Abbottabad, […]
Uzbekistan to sell two state-owned banks on May 21, 2021TASHKENT: Uzbekistan has announced bids to sell off two state-owned banks to private hands with a goal to maximise the transaction value and further improve the banks’ financial stability. According to the State Assets Management Agency, the bids to sell 100-percent equity stake in the authorized capital of Poytaxt Bank and UzAgroExportBank were in accordance […]