Pakistan welcomes Taliban’s ceasefire in Afghanistan on Eid

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan on Monday welcomed the three-day ceasefire announced by Taliban in Afghanistan on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr. “We fully support all efforts that lead to reduction in violence and contribute to achieving durable stability and lasting peace in Afghanistan,” the Foreign Office said. […]

PCB, franchises discuss remaining matches of HBL PSL 6

LAHORE, The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the six franchise owners met Friday via a Zoom call to discuss the remaining 20 matches of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6. The group had a 360-degree discussion, which also considered feedback from the National Command and […]

PCB completes first phase of Covid-19 vaccination for players, staff

LAHORE, The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has successfully completed the first phase of its Covid-19 vaccination drive in collaboration with the Pakistan government’s National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). During this phase, Pakistan’s leading cricketers across all three formats and support staff were vaccinated. The […]

PIA transports one million doses of Sinovac vaccine to Pakistan

BEIJING, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight No.6852 carrying a batch of one million doses of Sinovac vaccine left the Beijing Capital International Airport here on Sunday for Islamabad as the country is battling to control the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic. “More flights of the […]

Pakistani beef to meet demands of Chinese market

BEIJING, As China has a supply gap of beef and Pakistan has sufficient capacity, efforts are being made for Pakistani beef to enter into the Chinese market and grab a sufficient place of the product opening a wide opportunities of export to the neighbouring country. […]

UN leaders slam deadly Kabul school bombing

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations leaders have strongly condemned Saturday’s deadly bombing outside a high school in Kabul in which at least 30 people, including schoolchildren, were killed and many more severely injured. Most of the casualties were reported to be girls, who were leaving the […]

Amazon operation in Pakistan to unleash new vistas for exports

ISLAMABAD, Pak-US Business Council on Sunday hailing the epoch making decision of US e-commerce giant “ Amazon” to add Pakistan to its seller list said it would unleash new vistas for young entrepreneurs to join the global export markets. Founder chairman Pak US Business Council […]

Local POL production increases 12.71% in 3rd quarter

ISLAMABAD, The overall production of petroleum commodities has witnessed an increase of 12.71 percent during the first three quarters of financial year 2020-21 as compared to corresponding period of last year. The Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL) products that showed growth including kerosene oil production, […]

81.3 pc wheat procurement target achieved in Multan division

MULTAN, Food department have procured 5,18,972 metric ton wheat against set target of 638,507 metric ton across Multan division which is 81.3 percent. The 5,81,432 metric ton gunny bags were also distributed among wheat growers so far which is 91.1 percent of the total target. […]

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