Wednesday, February 13th, 2019
ECC approves measures for revival of cotton crop
ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Economic Coordination Committee on Tuesday approved measures for revival of cotton crop in the country. The decision was taken during its meeting in Islamabad with Finance Minister Asad Umar in chair. During the meeting, Secretary Ministry of National food Security & Research gave the meeting a detailed presentation on issues and challenges in the cotton sector. Experts in the field of cotton growing who were specially invited to the meeting also gave their input for developing the cotton crop. The ECC decided that ministry of national foodRead More
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last IS holdout
NEAR BAGHOUZ (DNA) – Exhausted families trudged out of the Islamic State group s last bastion in eastern Syria Tuesday, as Kurdish-led forces boxed holdout jihadists into an ever-shrinking pocket. Hundreds fled at night but hundreds more during the day as plumes of grey smoke billowed into the sky over Baghouz, where diehard IS fighters are making their last stand. The extremist group declared a cross-border “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq in 2014, but various military campaigns have chipped it down to a fragment on the Iraqi border. After a pauseRead More