Tourism highway
Economists Hina Shaikh and Nazish Afraz have estimated that if tourism contributed the equivalent to Pakistan?s GDP as world averages, it would amount to $3.5 billion, a similar value to Pakistan?s largest export item, cotton. It has launched a National Tourism Coordination Board, eased visa and NOC regimes, offered tax incentives to the tourism sector, and budgeted for marketing ...
PM Imran Khan takes notice of Zartaj Gul's letter to NACTA
In a post on Twitter, Haque said, ?The PM has directed that Zartaj Gul shud withdraw her letter written to NACTA regarding the appointment of her sister. No one in the PTI govt is can promote their relatives/friends by using their positions.? A day earlier, the federal government had appointed Gul's sister, Shabnam Gul as the director of NACTA. According ...
First British Airways flight lands in Pakistan after more than a decade
LONDON: First flight of British Airways to Pakistan landed at New Islamabad Airport on Monday, more than a decade after suspending the route following a deadly bomb blast. Andrew Brem, chief commercial officer at British Airways, said: ?The anticipation from customers and colleagues has been palpable and we hope customers in both the UK and Pakistan will enjoy the ...
’’ بجلی گیس کی قیمتیں بڑھانا مجبوری ہے‘‘
مشیر خزانہ عبدالحفیظ شیخ کا کہنا ہے کہ حکومت موجودہ حالات میں مراعات دینے کی متحمل نہیں ہو سکتی، بجلی گیس کی قیمتیں بڑھانا مجبوری ہے ۔ عبدالحفیظ شیخ کی زیر صدارت لاہور میں اجلاس منعقد ہوا جس میں گروپ لیڈر اپٹما گوہر اعجاز ، الماس حیدر ، محمد علی میاں سمیت دیگر صنعتکار شریک ہوئے۔ اجلاس میں مشیر خزانہ عبدالحفیظ شیخ ...
Train fares likely to increase due to hike in diesel prices PRs offer 50pc reduced fares in all trains for first day of Eid
First special Eid train departed Karachi at 10.45 AM on June 2 (Sunday) for Peshawar, he said adding, the second special Eid Train also started its journey from Quetta for Rawalpindi today at 11:30 AM. The third train would leave Karachi Cantt Station on June 3 at 11:00 AM for Lahore and the fourth special train would depart from ...
13 killed in van-truck collision near Qila Saifullah Balochistan
As per details, the ill-fated van was heading to Zohb from Quetta when it collided with a truck in Ali Khel area near Qila Saifullah, killing 13 people and injuring several others.
Preparations for Eid-ul-Fitr in full swing
A number of shopping stores are decked up with clothes, delicacies, decoration item and other essential articles. The Eid-ul-Fitr celebration starts from early morning, everyone from the community visits their relatives, greets each other and serves delicious food.
Imran truly represented sentiments of Muslims at OIC: Firdous
Staff Reporter Islamabad Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Sunday said Prime Minister Imran Khan made a historic address at the summit meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and truly represented the sentiments of Muslim Ummah.
علم حاصل کرنے کیلئے عمر کی کوئی قید نہیں
علم حاصل کرنے کیلئے عمر کی کوئی قید نہیں ہوتی اور سچی لگن اور محنت سے کوئی کام کیا جائے تو منزل مل ہی جاتی ہے۔ امریکا سے تعلق رکھنے والے 95سالہ جارج اوراُنکی94سالہ بہن انیتا اس عمر میں گریجویٹ ہوگئے ہیں۔ دوسری جنگ عظیم میں ٹینک ڈرائیور کے طور پر حصہ لینے والی جارج اور انکی بہن ...
PM Khan directs withdrawal of Zartaj Gul's letter to NACTA over sister's appointment
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Special Assistant to Prime Minister (PM) Naeemul Haque took to Twitter on Sunday to disclose that PM Imran Khan has directed Minister of State for Climate Change Zartaj Gul to withdraw her letter to the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) for the appointment of her sister as the director of the NACTA. In a post, ...
Sahiwal: Five children die after air-conditioning unit breaks down at govt hospital
Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has taken notice of the incident and directed the deputy commissioner to submit an inquiry report.
Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz Sharif's meeting may also be likely: Saeed Ghani
KARACHI: Provincial Minister of Sindh for Local Government, Saeed Ghani on Sunday said that if Pakistan People?s Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz can have a meeting then so can Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif. During a media interaction, the PPP leader attacked the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government terming it the ...
Sindh IGP told to screen out officials having patchy service record
The counsel submitted that the petitioner was falsely implicated in the departmental proceedings and was awarded the major penalty of dismissal from service by an unauthorised officer ? SSP CTD Operation-II Junaid Ahmed Shaikh ? vide order dated March 21, 2016 as the officer found his explanation as unsatisfactory. It was further submitted that an inquiry conducted by the ...
Pakistan, US discuss Afghan peace process
During the meeting, issues of mutual interest including bilateral ties, regional peace situation, and Afghan peace process came under discussion, according to Radio Pakistan. It said Additional Secretary Aftab Khokhar said Pakistan will continue playing its mediatory role in establishment of peace in the region, including Afghan peace process, as part of the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. ...
Living standard of common people
Staff Reporter Peshawar Present government striving hard to upgrade living standard of common people and establishing an environment based on justice, said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Forest, Environment and Wildlife Ishtiaq Urmurh on Sunday. He said due to wrong economic policies of the past regimes, the country was confronted with current difficult economic situation and increase in value of dollar against ...
بیلاروس، طوفانی بگولے نے لوگوں کو خوفزدہ کردیا
بیلاروس میں تیز ہواؤں کے ساتھ طوفانی بگولے نے لوگوں کو خوفزدہ کردیا۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق طوفانی بگولے کی وجہ سے کئی گاڑیاں اُلٹ گئیں، درجنوں درخت اکھڑ گئے ۔ مختلف حادثات میں درجنوں افراد زخمی ہوئے تاہم جبکہ انتظامیہ نے شہر میں ایمرجنسی نافذ کردی ہے۔ ...
Hot and dry weather spell across Pakistan
The met office said the weather will remain hot in the metropolis until after Eid, however, after June 15, the temperature will likely to recede. Earlier, the weather department, in a warning, had said that the heatwave is likely to grip Karachi and surrounding areas from May 25 to 27. Nevertheless, Pakistan Meteorological Department?s Heatwave Early Warning Centre later ...
World Bank to provide $465m for education, power projects
?The two projects support Pakistan?s long-term vision for building high quality talent and promote the creation of a regional energy market to boost economic prospects for millions of Pakistanis,? said World Bank Country Director for Pakistan Illango Patcha?muthu. ?Both projects form part of the priority areas identified in ?Pakistan@100: Sha?ping the Future?, a flagship initiative, that identifies frontier interventions ...
پاکستانی فلم ’باجی‘ کا ٹریلر ریلیز
پاکستانی فلم ’باجی‘ کا ٹریلر ریلیزکر دیا گیا ہے، فلم میں اداکارہ میرا مرکزی کردار ادا کر رہی ہیں۔ فلم میں ایک کامیاب اداکارہ شمیرا کے عروج و زوال کو بڑی خوبصورتی سے فلمایا گیا ہے۔ فلم میں شمیرا کا کردار اداکارہ میرا ادا کررہی ہیں جس کا کیریئر دس سال تک فلم انڈسٹری پر راج کرنے کے بعد ...
Eid moon-sighting: Ruet-Hilal Commitee meeting on Tuesday
He said Chairman Central Ruet-e-HilalCommittee Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman will chair the meeting of Zonal Ruet-e-Hilal Committee at Pakistan Meteorological Department building, Main University Road, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi. The meeting of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) committee would be held at Ministry of Religious Affairs, near General Post Office (GPO) Islamabad. The position of the crescent may be conveyed to Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman on ...
