DPM led committee deliberate on transfer of operations of Islamabad airport
ISLAMABAD:Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Muhammad Ishaq Dar Thursday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Inter-Governmental Commercial Transactions (CCoIGCT) to deliberate transfer...
Rawal Dam spillways to open Friday morning as reservoir hits critical level
ISLAMABAD: The spillway gates of Rawal Dam will be opened at 6:00 AM on Friday after the water level surged to 1,751 feet, reaching...
Senate subcommittee slams NHA for awarding contracts to blacklisted firm
ISLAMABAD:A Senate subcommittee has come down hard on the National Highway Authority (NHA) for awarding major contracts to a blacklisted company and for what...
CII promotes senior officials in research wing to strengthen policy advisory role
ISLAMABAD:The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) held a Departmental Promotion Board meeting under the chairmanship of Dr. Raghib Hussain Naeemi, approving key promotions in...
Pakistan, U.S. reaffirm commitment to promote interfaith harmony, mutual respect
ISLAMABAD:Minister of State for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Kheal Das Kohistani on Thursday met U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Natalie Baker, and underlined the importance...
Engineer brigade, infantry, medical units deployed to carry out relief, rescue operation in flood...
ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chauhdry on Wednesday said that on the special directives of Prime Minister...
PM lauds ADB’s longstanding partnership with Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday appreciated Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) longstanding partnership with Pakistan and said that ADB had always been...
Torrential rains raise flood threat across Pakistan’s upper, central regions: NDMA
ISLAMABAD: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Wednesday issued a weather advisory predicting widespread torrential rains over the next 48 hours, driven by...
President expresses deep grief over flood related devastation across country
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the devastation caused by heavy floods and rains in vast...
Govt to completely eradicate Polio disease: Kamal
ISLAMABAD:Federal Minister for Health, Syed Mustafa Kamal has reaffirmed the government’s strong commitment to completely eradicate the Polio disease from the country.
He was chairing...