PM directs further reduction of power tariff, stresses prioritizing low-cost power projects
ISLAMABAD:Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday directed the relevant authorities to further reduce power tariffs and expedite the implementation process of the action...
Govt to facilitate oil seed growers for enhancing edible oil production : Rana Tanveer
ISLAMABAD:Minister for National Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain on Friday expressed the government’s firm resolve to facilitate oil seed farmers attaining self-sufficiency...
US Ambassador Blome calls on Deputy Prime Minister
ISLAMABAD:US Ambassador Donald Blome called on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Friday.
Both the dignitaries discussed bilateral issues of...
President, PM pay tribute to security forces for successful operations against Khawarij
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Friday paid tribute to the security forces for conducting successful operations against...
CJP chairs meeting on Jail Reforms in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: As part of the ongoing jail reforms initiatives, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Yahya Afridi, presided over a meeting on Thursday...
BISP organizes ceremony “Salam Benazir” to observe BB’s 17th martyrdom anniversary
ISLAMABAD, Dec 12 ( APP): Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Thursday organized a ceremony titled “Salam Benazir” to pay tribute to Bibi Shaheed’s contributions...
Murad, World Bank discuss $3.1 bn development portfolio, focus on K-IV Augmentation, Sukkur Barrage
KARACHI:Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held a high-level meeting with a World Bank team led by Country Director Najy Benhassine via video...
‘We all set for it’, if PTI ready for dialogue; Irfan Siddique
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentary Leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)’s in the Senate, Senator Irfan-ul-Haque Siddiqui said on Thursday that if Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) was...
Syria evacuation: Chartered plane carrying 318 stranded Pakistanis leaves for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A special chartered plane carrying 318 Syria who were stranded in Syria due to the evolving situation and later reached Lebanon, departed from...
Former senator remanded to NAB in Pak-Arab Housing scam
LAHORE: An accountability court on Thursday remanded former senator Waqar Ahmad Khan into the custody of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for one day...