Sunday, January 6th, 2019
Saudi women to get divorce confirmation by SMS from courts
RIYADH, (DNA) – Saudi courts are now required to inform women of changes to their personal status following a divorce or a marriage by sending them confirmation messages on their mobiles. The decision was taken by the justice minister after several courts reported serious cases resulting from husbands not informing their wives they had divorced them. In such an instance, a woman filed a legal case against her former husband who divorced her without telling her, but continued to have relations with her, which amounted to a sinful situation. UnderRead More
RCCI urges govt to promote trade ties with Central Asian States
RAWALPINDI, JAN 06 (DNA) – Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Malik Shahid Saleem has urged Government to promote regional trade with increasing ties with Central Asian Republics. Addressing executive committee meeting, President RCCI said that “Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Central Asian states can become a new economic zone if connected with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),”. The RCCI president said CPEC was a unique opportunity for traders and investors of not only Pakistan and China but also for the entire regional countries, especially the Central Asian states. HeRead More
PEC provides training to 12000 engineers during 2018
Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) has provided training to twelve thousand engineers across the country during the last year to enhance their professional skills. This was stated by Chairman Pakistan Engineering Council, Engineer Jawed Salim Qureshi while talking tomedia. He said two hundred sixty thousand engineers in the country have been registered with the Council out of which thirty percent engineers are serving abroad. The Chairman said PEC has introduced strong reforms since 2015 and the degree of its registered institutions is now acknowledged at international level.
‘Int’l community should fulfill commitment on Kashmir’
BRUSSELS, Jan 06 (DNA): Chairman Kashmir Council Europe (KC-EU) Ali Raza Syed has urged the international community, especially United Nation (UN) to arrange a promised plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, during which the Kashmiri people could be able to use their right of self-determination. It is important to mention that Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC) and Kashmiri diaspora abroad observe the Right to Self-determination Day on 5th January every year in order to remind the world that UN’s resolutions on Kashmir including a particular resolutionRead More
AIOU to hold Int’l moot on education
ISLAMABAD, Jan 06 (DNA): An International; Conference on Research and Practices in Education (ICRPE) will be held here next month at main campus of Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU). The theme of conference is ‘Social Impact of Research’. The event is scheduled to take place from February 19 to 20. For past three years, the University’s Faculty of Education has been regularly holding ICRPE to share with the researchers and teaching community new development and trends in the educational sector. AIOU to hold Int’l moot on education Five modes of presentations and talksRead More
Drive against corruption to continue with full force: NAB chief
ISLAMABAD, JAN 6 (DNA) – Considering corruption as cancer, NAB has chalked out a comprehensive National Anti-Corruption Strategy for logical conclusion of mega corruption white collar crimes cases by adopting “Accountability for All” Policy as the figures of complaints, inquiries and investigations are almost double as compared to the figures of same period of 2017 to 2018. The comparative figures for the last one year from Oct 2017 to Dec 2018 are indicative of hard work being put in by all ranks of NAB officers in an atmosphere of renewedRead More