AIOU to explore cooperation opportunities with Saudi Arabia

ISLAMABAD, Jun 21 (APP):Vice Chancellor Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Professor Dr. Zia Ul-Qayyum will soon visit Saudi Arabia to explore and examine the possibilities of collaboration with the Saudi online education system as per the instructions of the Federal Ministry of Education and Vocational […]

Unwell Stokes misses England training ahead of third Test

London, June 21 (AFP/APP):England captain Ben Stokes missed training after feeling unwell on Tuesday as his side started their preparations for the Headingley Test. Stokes was absent while the rest of the squad trained ahead of Thursday’s first day of the final Test in the […]

More strike calls cloud summer for European low-cost airlines

Paris, June 21 (AFP/APP):Europe’s low-cost airlines face a summer of discontent as staff in Spain and France announced new strikes over labour conditions on Tuesday. Trade unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain have called for strikes this coming weekend, […]

Fuel subsidy opens for BISP beneficiaries, says Zonal director

MULTAN, Jun 21 (APP):Federal government on Tuesday released special grant to Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) triggering process of payments under fuel subsidy to register beneficiaries in south Punjab like elsewhere in the country. This was stated by zonal director BISP Chaudhary Muhammad Amin while […]

Italy’s Five Star party heads for breakdown over Ukraine

Rome, June 21 (AFP/APP): Italy’s Five Star Movement, the biggest party in Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s government, on Tuesday looked on course to split over long-running tensions exacerbated by attitudes to the Ukraine war. Dozens of lawmakers have signed up to form a new group […]

Macron meets France opposition, retains PM after poll blow

Paris, June 21 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday held talks with opposition leaders on ending the deadlock sparked by his failure to secure a majority in parliamentary elections, after rejecting an offer by the prime minister to resign. Macron met right-wing, Socialist and […]

Zardari for empowering youth in party affairs

LAHORE, Jun 21 (APP): PPP Co-Chairman, former President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that there was need to empower youth in party affairs and give them leadership roles. Addressing a ceremony to mark 69th birth anniversary of former Chairperson PPP Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto […]

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