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UN to launch fresh appeal for Pakistan flood victims
ISLAMABAD: United Nations will launch a fresh appeal next week for Pakistan flood victims, saying its initial $ 160 million appeal was insufficient to meet country’s needs. Devastating floods engulfed large swathes of Pakistan this month, killi...
Pak-US relationship everlasting, PM says to rebuild ties ahead
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended diplomatic reception held at US Embassy here to commemorate 75 years of relations between Pakistan and United States. Reception started with a one-minute silence to express condolenc...
COAS Bajwa inaugurates Chaklala Cricket Ground
RAWALPINDI: General Qamar Javed Bajwa Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has inaugurated newly renovated 501 Central Workshop Cricket Ground named as Chaklala Cricket Ground. Cricket ground was upgraded to provide state of art sports facility to cricke...
Media must continue highlighting flood destruction: Ahsan Iqbal
ISLAMABAD: National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) Chairperson Ahsan Iqbal urged media personnel to continue highlighting devastation and suffering caused by unprecedented floods that lashed country this monsoon season. Addressing a press...
ADB to mobilise over $2bn to support Pakistan’s post-flood relief measures
ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) will approve funding of over $ 2 billion to support Pakistan’s post-flood relief and resilience activities by end of current year, ADB Director General for Central and West Asia Eugene Zhukov told a virtu...
Pakistan, China agree on early launch of ML-1 project
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China agreed on early launch of much-awaited Mainline-1 (ML1) project, aimed at revamping and modernising country’s age-old railway infrastructure. Agreement was reached between two countries during a dinner hosted by Ch...
Ishaq Dar seeks report on inflated exchange rate in LCs opening
LAHORE: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar summoned report of matter pertaining to opening of LCs in banks on inflated rate of dollar. According to sources at finance ministry, finance minister has summoned report about banks’ practice of opening lette...
PM orders action plan on uninterrupted gas supply to consumers in winter
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities concerned to chalk out an urgent action plan in view of uninterrupted gas supply to consumers during upcoming winter season. He issued instructions while chairing an emergency meetin...
HEC Chairman says skill based education vital for economic growth
ISLAMABAD: “Providing skill-based knowledge to students could better help in accelerating and uplifting national economic growth” this was crux of a meeting held between Chairman of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Prof Dr Mukht...
Steps taken to secure PMO after audio leakes, says Tarar
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar said that state institutions have taken steps to secure Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and changed some standard operating procedures (SOPs) after multiple audio leaks featuring incumbent prime minister...
