Industrial development key to economic uplift of country: Adviser
ISLAMABAD (APP) ??Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood Tuesday terming project of Allama Iqbal Industrial City imperative for industrial development in the country said projects like Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) would help the industry generating economic activities by attracting foreign and local investors besides enhancing volume to exports to meet the challenges ...
Sindh Governor Assures Timely Completion K-4 Water Project For Karachi
Taking exception to apprehension expressed by certain quarters, he said ongoing federal funded development projects in the province would be completed within stipulated time period. Governor of further emphasized that besides constant assistance in series of projects, mainly related to infrastructure development, the province was also being regularly paid its due under " and ...
Security Arrangements Finalized For Eid
He said this while talking to here on Tuesday, at his office, SSP said that he has directed the deployment of personnels on various sensitive points/places to ensure the situation and control street crime.
UN General Assembly Elects Nigerian Envoy Bande As Its Next President - General-Secretary
Guterres said Bande will preside over the General during a number of significant conferences, including the Climate Action Summit set to take place on 23, the Sustainable Development Goals summit on 24-25 as well as the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the . In addition, 21 vice-presidents of the upcoming General session were ...
Trump promises May 'very substantial' trade deal after Brexit
President Donald Trump touted a ?very, very substantial trade deal? between the United States and Britain after Brexit as he met Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday for fraught talks held amid street protests. It will be a very fair deal,? he told her at a meeting with business leaders and ministers, adding: ?We're going to get it done.? ...
SoftBank Group to book 1.2trn yen profit on Alibaba share sale
TOKYO: Japan?s SoftBank Group Corp said on Tuesday it expects to book around 1.2 trillion yen ($11.12 billion) in pre-tax profit on the sale of shares in China?s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. SoftBank Group shares closed down 3pc on Tuesday ahead of the Alibaba sale announcement, giving the conglomerate a market capitalisation of 10.2 trillion yen. New York-listed Alibaba ...
’عوام دعا کریں کہ ہم سلیکٹڈ حکومت گرا دیں‘
سابق صدر اور پیپلز پارٹی کے شریک چیئرمین آصف علی زرداری نے کہا ہے کہ عوام دعا کریں کہ ہم سلیکٹڈ وزیراعظم کی حکومت گرا دیں۔ آصف زرداری پیپلز پارٹی کے سابق ایم پی اے ڈاکٹر بہادر ڈاہری کی والدہ کی تعزیت کرنے کے لئے دولت پور پہنچے تو کارکنوں نے جئے بھٹو کے نعرے لگائے۔ تعزیت کے بعد میڈیا سے گفتگو ...
Spain’s unemployment falls for the third straight month in May
MADRID: The number of people registering as unemployed in Spain fell by 2.66pc in May from a month earlier, the Labour Ministry said on Tuesday, as joblessness fell for the third straight month and in all major sectors. Unemployment dropped by 84,075 people to 3.08 million, the lowest number of people out of work in the month of May for 10 ...
Rural Afghans bear brutal cost of endless war
As 10 children from the same family were walking to school last year, they came across an unexploded mortar bomb ? a common sight in Afghanistan, where war still rages between the Taliban and US-backed national forces. ?I feel very sad when I see other girls walk towards school and I cannot walk like them,? 10-year-old Rabia Gul, who ...
‘Calm before the storm’ on Tripoli’s front lines
As meat sizzled on a barbeque in a Tripoli suburb, Libyan fighters defending the capital from a military offensive rested during ?the calm before the storm? on the front lines. ?We don?t deprive ourselves of anything,? said a fighter who travelled some 200 kilometres (120 miles) from the city of Misrata to join pro-government forces. ?But it?s the calm ...
New Israeli election highlights tense ties to ultra-Orthodox
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?s prospective government collapsed last week over the issue of military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men, a source of longtime resentment among the secular majority of Jewish Israelis who are required to serve. After appearing to win April 9 elections, Netanyahu was blocked from forming a governing coalition by his political ally turned rival Avigdor Lieberman, ...
Memorial honors Khashoggi, other journalists slain in 2018
Twenty-two journalists killed in 2018 had their names added to a Washington memorial Monday as media rights defenders warned of growing threats to freedom of the press around the world. Among the names added to the Journalist Memorial at the Newseum were Jamal Khashoggi, the exiled Saudi dissident killed in Turkey, and AFP photographer Shah Marai, among 25 people killed in ...
Suspected Indonesian militant wounded in failed suicide bombing
An Indonesian militant suspected of being influenced by Islamic State was seriously wounded when he tried to blow himself up in a suicide attack outside a police station, authorities said on Tuesday.
Groups call on Pelosi, Dems to do more to impeach Trump
Progressive groups are expressing ?deep disappointment? over House Democrats? unwillingness to start impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and are calling on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to act, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press. The groups said in a letter being released Tuesday that voters gave Democrats control of the House ?because they wanted aggressive oversight of ...
‘Grudges’ remain as Qatar marks second year of embargo
?At least they?re meeting at the highest level in two years, but so many grudges (remain),? said a Western ambassador in Doha. ?Where is it amid the continuation of Qatar?s blockade?? he added, rejecting the gathering?s position on Iran. Riyadh?s minister of state for foreign affairs Adel al-Jubeir fired back on Monday, criticising Doha for backtracking ?after the end ...
چیمپئنز لیگ کی فاتح لیورپول کا ہوم ٹاؤن پہنچے پرشاندار استقبال
چیمپئنز لیگ فٹ بال 2019کا ٹائٹل جیتنے والی لیور پول ٹیم کا ہوم ٹاؤن پہنچے پر شاندار استقبال کیا گیا۔ ٹیم کے ایئر پورٹ پہنچے پر جیت کے جشن کا آغاز ہواجہاں کھلاڑی اورٹیم آفیشلز ٹرافی کے ہمراہ کھلے ٹرک پر چڑھ گئے جس کے بعدشہر کی مختلف سڑکوں پر ایک شاندار پریڈ کا انعقاد کیا گیا۔ پریڈ کے دوران شہر کی ...
PM, President felicitate nation on Eidul Fitr
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) ? Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that one could enjoy the real festivities of Eid by showing compassion to and share pleasures with the needy and poor people. In his message to the countrymen on the occasion of Eidul Fitr, he said the objective of Eidul Fitr is to promote unity, brotherhood, sacrifice and ...
Businessmen to support Govt in amnesty scheme and widening of tax net says Iftikhar Malik
ISLAMABAD, Jun 04 (APP):Founder Chairman Pak US Business Council and veteran trade leader Iftikhar Ali Malik Tuesday said the entire business community including Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce, all its affiliated chambers, trade bodies and associations will extend full support to Prime Minister Imran Khan?s recently announced tax amnesty scheme and broadening tax base across ...
Shawwal moon sighted, Eidul Fitr on Wednesday
Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rehman has announced on Tuesday that the moon of Shawwal has been sighted and will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Ruet-e-Hilal Committee Chairman Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman announced the decision on crescent sighting on the basis of information received.
PM Imran chairs preparatory meeting for budget 2019-20
The meeting was attended by Finance Advisor Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, Commerce Advisor Abdul Razak Dawood, Planning Minister Khusro Bakhtiar, State Minister for Revenue Hammad Azhar, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Sania Nishtar, Chairman of Federal Board of Revenue Shabbar Zaidi and senior government officers, a Prime Minister Office statement said.
