Stability in Afghanistan crucial for peace and development of entire region: SCO Secretary-General Fehmida Mirza terms social protection an indispensable art of policymaking Hafiz Pasha says no option but to go back to IMF Social sector development back on the radar of govts: Dr Suleri ISLAMABAD ( WEB DESK ):Read More →
ISLAMABAD ( WEB DESK ) Pakistan may return $2 billion Saudi Arabian loan and is looking for various options to secure more lending aimed at retaining gross official foreign exchange reserves at their current level of over $12 billion, Ministry of Finance sources told The Express Tribune. The second trancheRead More →
DEHLI (WEB DESK ) Farmers in India have reached a stalemate with the government over its proposed amendments to laws the farmers feel will ravage their livelihoods and create an opportunity for large, private companies to enter and exploit the entire agriculture sector. The laws directly impact the farmers inRead More →
New Delhi ( WEB DESK ) A European Union (EU) non-profit group researching disinformation campaigns has said it has unearthed a 15-year-old influence operation “targeting international institutions and serving Indian interests”, which was done primarily through resurrecting “dead media, dead think-tanks and NGOs” – and in some cases, “dead people”.Read More →
KARACHI ( STAFF REPORT ) “The way we work has been irrevocably changed by the challenges we have been faced with in this difficult and uncertain year. Today, you will find more people working from their homes than in office spaces as organisations have shifted towards a fully remote orRead More →
اسلا م آبادہائی کورٹ کابڑافیصلہ،کابینہ کمیٹی برائے نجکاری کی تشکیل غیر قانونی قرار مشیر خزانہ حفیظ شیخ کابینہ کمیٹی کے نہ ممبر نہ سربراہ ہو سکتے ہیں، ہائی کورٹ کا فیصلہ اسلام آباد(ویب ڈیسک )اسلام آباد ہائیکورٹ نے بڑا فیصلہ سناتے ہوئے کابینہ کمیٹی برائے نجکاری کی تشکیل اور اسRead More →
KARACHI (WEB DESK ) Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings continues this week in Vancouver. Standoff over Huawei’s CFO in Canada Court hits 2-year mark. The case which brought tension between US, Canada and China comes along with US ban on Huawei which affects global technology and harmful to globalization.Read More →
LAHORE ( WEB DESK ) As a first concrete steps towards Prime Minister’s Naya Pakistan Housing Programme, the governing body of Lahore Development Authority has accorded approval for construction of four thousand residential units, at a cost of about Rs 10 billion, in the first phase of LDA City NayaRead More →
WASHINGTON ( WEB DESK ) COVID-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into learning poverty—meaning that they are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10—according to two new World Bank reports released today. The reports outline a new vision for learningRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( STAFF REPORT ) Exercising its powers under Section 34 of the Competition Act 2010, the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), as part of an enquiry launched in May 2020 to investigate the possible anti-competitive activities by the cement manufacturers, carried out a search and inspection of the officesRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( STAFF REPORT ) Prime Minister’s COVID Relief Fund sets a precedent: transparent expenditure trail of Rs. 4.8 billion revealed The Prime Minister chaired a meeting of the Policy Committee overseeing the Prime Minister’s COVID Relief Fund, today to review fund utilization details. The fund was established in MarchRead More →
ISLAMABAD ( WEB DESK ) Pakistan on Saturday presented a dossier containing details of India’s state-sponsored terrorism being carried out in Pakistan. “Today we have irrefutable facts that we will present before the nation and international community through this dossier,” said the foreign minister in a press briefing alongside DirectorRead More →