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Over Rs200 billion shifted to rural areas on Eid: FPCCI

ISLAMABAD SEPT 15 (DNA) -The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Thursday said Eid economy is expanding which is a very good omen for farmers and rural areas. Some estimates suggest that around Rs200 to 300 billion have been shifted from urban centres to rural areas during Eid-ul-Azha in which 85 percent was spent on buying animals, said Abdul Rauf Alam, President FPCCI.   In a statement issued here today, he said that Eid-e-Qurban generates a great economic activity around the Muslim world while its ballooningRead More


Pak seeks world community intervention to stop Indian atrocities

FO Spokesman Nafees Zakaria

ISLAMABD, SEPT 15 (DNA) -At the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in a right of reply, Pakistan again questioned India’s unabated atrocities on defenceless Kashmiris with impunity and urged the international community to come to the aid of Kashmiris facing massive human rights violations. Pakistan’s delegate underlined that India is in a state of denial about the facts on ground in IOK. The Pakistani delegate rejected the patently absurd comments by the Indian Representative on the situation of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Adding that it insulted the intelligence ofRead More