Diesel-based power generation damaging economy

ISLAMABAD, MARCH 08 (Online): Former President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) Dr. Shahid Rasheed Butt on Tuesday said generating electricity from expensive fuels would have a negative impact on the people and the economy and would accelerate the growth of circular debt […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches second satellite

TEHRAN – March 8 (ONLINE) The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has launched a second satellite into space, state media reported, as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal. State television identified the launch on Tuesday as taking place […]

Third round of Russia-Ukraine talks remains result-less

MOSCOW/KYIV – March 8 (ONLINE) The third round of Russian-Ukrainian talks, held in Belarus on Monday evening, failed to yield the expected results, as both Moscow and Kiev delegates acknowledged. Russia’s chief negotiator, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, said that the expectations pinned on the talks […]

Meeting held to prevent lumpy skin disease in animals in KP

PESHAWAR, Mar 08 (Online): An emergency meeting was held under the chairmanship of Dr Muhammad Israr Khan, Secretary Agriculture and Livestock, in the context of the outbreak of Lumpy Skin Disease in animals. The meeting was attended by Dr Alamzeb Director General Livestock Extention, Muhammad […]

Female MPs Sponsor 35 Percent Parliamentary Business during 2021-22

Islamabad, March 8 (Online): Undeterred by under-representation and neglect, female parliamentarians upheld their tradition of proactively and assertively performing their legislative, representative and oversight functions in both Houses of the Parliament during 2021-22. This has been observed in Annual Women Parliamentarians Performance Report 2022 released […]

Expo 2020 Dubai visit numbers surge past the 17 million mark

ISLAMABAD, Mar 08 (APP):There has been a rush of visits to Expo 2020 Dubai — with numbers crossing the 17 million mark as the mega event nears the finish line. The total number of visits has reached 17,434,222, with organisers describing this as “phenomenal increase” […]

144 imposed on the eve of Shahbaz Qalandar’s Urs

HYDERABAD, Mar 08 (APP):The Commissioner Hyderabad Nadeem ur Rehman Memon while exercising powers under section 144 Cr. P.C. imposed ban on carrying weapons, firecrackers, explosive materials and lathis during the annual 770th Urs celebrations of Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar at Sehwan town of Jamshoro district […]

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