ISLAMABAD: PM Shehbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan attached high importance to its ties with US. Responding to a letter of US President Joe Biden Sunday (31st March, 2024) the PM said that both countries had been working together on various significant initiatives in energy, climate change, agriculture, health and education sectors. The cooperation between […]
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ISLAMABAD: Millions of devout Muslims will go into seclusion called Itikaaf after Asr prayer on Sunday (31st March, 2024). Itikaaf is observed in the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramazan to pray in seclusion for the blessings of Almighty Allah and following the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). From the 21st of […]
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GENEVA: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian territory down to just 10 barely functioning hospitals, the head of the WHO said Saturday (30th March, 2024). “With only 10 hospitals minimally functional across the whole of Gaza, thousands of patients continue to be deprived of health […]
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WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has secretly authorized billions of dollars in new bombs and fighter jets for Israel in recent days, according to a report in The Washington Post. Israel’s war on Gaza continues to rage with widespread destruction, displacement and death throughout the besieged enclave. Tel Aviv has vowed to take its offensive […]
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ISLAMABAD: Eighteen candidates have been elected unopposed as senators out of a total of 147 aspirants who deposited their nomination papers for the 48 vacant Senate seats. The final list of candidates from Returning Officers shows that out of 18 elected unopposed, seven are from Punjab’s general seats. Similarly, in Balochistan, senators for seven general […]
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GUJRANWALA: An ATC Judge Natasha Naseem Sipra on Saturday (30th of March, 2024) has incarcerated 51 rioters for five years in a case apropos storming the cantonment here on 9th May, 2023 following the arrest of PTI founder Imran Khan. Since 18 (including SSP Usman Tariq Butt) got injured and a volunteer cop got killed […]
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LAHORE: The US Consul General here Kristin Hawkins has said that women empowerment has been the nucleus of her efforts at the Consulate and women participation is encouraged through exchange programs, educational scholarships and internship programs. “I believe Pakistani girls and women are capable of achieving the impossible through equal opportunities,” she said during an […]
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KARACHI (UNITED NATIONS): Pakistan, like other countries all over the globe, is observing International Day of Zero Waste on Saturday (30th March, 2024). During International Day of Zero Waste (30th of March) member states, organizations of the UN system, civil society, the private sector, academia, youth and other stakeholders are invited to engage in activities […]
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OKARA: The first consignment of high breed cattle, imported from Brazil under Special Investment Council (SIFC), has been transported to Okara to be kept in quarantine for two weeks. The import of Brazilian Cattle is part of Green Pakistan Livestock Initiative (GPLI) formed under the banner of SIFC. It is expected that due to their […]
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The members of a Chinese cross-departmental joint working group and Chinese diplomats in Pakistan have mourned the five Chinese nationals killed in a terrorist attack in Dasu area. Five Chinese and one Pakistani national were killed in an attack on the way to the Dasu Hydropower Project in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Laying flowers beside […]
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