Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
CGSS, Tajik Embassy to organize Conference on ‘Pakistan-Tajikistan: Exploring New Dimensions of bilateral Cooperation’
ISLAMABAD, APR 04 (DNA) – The Centre for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS) – a nonprofit institution – and Embassy or Republic of Tajikistan, Islamabad will organize a Conference on “Pakistan-Tajikistan: Exploring New Dimensions of bilateral Cooperation” in Islamabad on April 9. In the Conference following the recitation of Holy Quran, the Chairman CGSS Lt General (retd) Muhammad Zahir Ul Islam will make the Opening Remarks. The Head of the Department of Analysis and Foreign Police Perspectives (Vision) of the Center for Strategic Researchers under the President of the RepublicRead More
Commander Turkish Naval Forces visits Naval Field Commands in Karachi, Lahore
KARACHI, APR 04 (DNA) – Commander Turkish Naval Forces, Vice Admiral Adnan Ozbal is on an official visit to Pakistan. During the visit, Commander Turkish Naval Forces called on Chief of the Naval staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi at Naval Headquarters Islamabad on 02 Apr 18, where discussions on professional matters and avenues of existing and future naval collaboration were focused. In the second leg of the visit, Vice Admiral Adnan Ozbal met with Naval Field Commands at Lahore and Karachi. During the visit of Lahore, the dignitary met CommandantRead More
President desires to see Balochistan more developed than other provinces
QUETTA, APR 04 (DNA) : President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday said it was his earnest desire to see Balochistan more developed than the other provinces and he was sure that its people would excel in all fields in near future. The president was speaking to provincial ministers and members of the Balochistan Assembly here at the Governor House. Balochistan Governor Muhammad Khan Achakzai and Chief Minister Abdul Qadoos Bizenjo were also present. President Mamnoon said there was a need to develop new cities in Balochistan with the purpose to provideRead More
Morocco playing key role in Bringing Africa, South Asia closer
BY ANSAR MAHMOOD BHATTI The recently concluded Crans Montana Forum held in the Western Sahara city of Dakhla, Morocco leaders from across the globe gathered to share their views as to how to address various issues facing the African countries and how to reach out to other continents, especially South Asia with a view to forging partnerships with different countries. The avowed aim of this initiative ostensibly appears to be exploring new avenues of cooperation with the outer world so as to help particularly those African countries that are laggingRead More
Pakistan ranked among countries which use the most antibiotics
APR 04 (DNA) – Since 2000, there has been a massive increase in the global consumption of antibiotics, resulting in calls for new policies that can help curb its usage. Besides this, their increased use has started to fuel fears about drug-resistant superbugs that can prove difficult to control, researchers say. A study was conducted by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on the sales of antibiotics in 76 countries. The results showed that the consumption of antibiotics skyrocketed by 65% from 2000 to 2015, especially inRead More
PM arrives in Muzaffarabad to address AJK LA
MUZAFFARABAD, APR 04 (DNA):Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived Wednesday here to address joint session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly (LA). The PM was accompanied by Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif, Minister for Climate Change Mushahidullah Khan, Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer, Minister for Human Rights Mumtaz Ahmad Tarar and Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman. Prime Minister will also meet representatives of Hurriyat Conference.