Friday, January 10th, 2020
Air chief lauds performance of Junior Squash team in British Open Squash Championship
Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan met Pakistan Junior Squash team, which participated in the recently concluded British Junior Open Squash Championship at Birmingham. Air Chief, who is also President Pakistan Squash Federation lauded their performance in this prestigious event and also awarded cash prizes among the players. Hamza Khan, who won the Under 15 Title was awarded cash prize of 500,000. Interacting with players, the Air Chief said that nation is proud of our young Squash player Hamza Khan, who brought laurels to the country byRead More
NA passes Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Bill against child abuse
ISLAMABAD JAN 10 (DNA) – The National Assembly (NA) Friday passed six bills including the Zainab Alert, Response and Recovery Bill, 2019 as the treasury and opposition benches came on the same page for landmark legislation. Letters of Administration and Succession Certificates Bill, the Legal Aid and Justice Authority Bill, Enforcement of Women’s Property Rights Bill the Superior Courts (Court Dress and Mode of Address) Order (Repeal) Bill and ICT Rights of Persons with Disability Bill were the others that were passed by the NA. Zainab Alert BillRead More
Embassy to encourage Czech businesses, investors: envoy
KARACHI, JAN 10 (DNA) – The Ambassador of Czech Republic Tomas Smetanka has assured that Czech Embassy would try its best and strive hard to provide as accurate information about Pakistan as they can to the Czech businesses, investors and anyone who might have slightest interest in Pakistan’s market with a view to promote trade and investment ties between the two countries. “It is something which is missing. We do receive what the world press occasionally writes about Pakistan but people and investors in Czech Republic are not very sureRead More
SBP says forex reserves rise to $11.5bln
KARACHI: The foreign exchange reserves held by the central bank increased $14 million to $11.503 billion during the week ended January 3 from $11.489 billion a year ago, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said on Thursday. Total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the country stood at $18.084 billion, compared with $18.081 billion in the previous week. The forex reserves held by commercial banks; however, fell to $6.581 billion from $6.592 billion, it added. SBP report The SBP, in its first quarterly report on the State of Pakistan’sRead More
PCB chairman says won’t settle for anything less than two Tests against Bangladesh
KARACHI: The anxiety level of Pakistan’s cricket authorities heightened on Thursday when the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) once again delayed a decision on sending its team to Pakistan later this month. A source in the cricket board told The News that the PCB was now getting impatient as it has to start finalising preparations for the two-Test series which is supposed to get underway in Karachi later this month. But the BCB bosses aren’t making it easy for their Pakistani counterparts. While responding to a PCB letter regarding Bangladesh’s tourRead More
PARC, MCI join hands for high quality honey production
ISLAMABAD, JAN 10 (DNA) – Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Metropolitan Corporation, Islamabad (MCI) has signed a MoU for high quality honey production from Margallah Hills, Islamabad. A delegation from PARC HQrs headed by Dr. Azeem Khan, Chairman, PARC visited office of Sheikh Ansar Aziz, Mayor, Metropolitan Corporation, Islamabad for the purpose. As per MoU, The PARC would provide technical cooperation to the Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI) for managing the honeybee colonies for production of branded honey from Margalla Hills. The PARC would help the in harvesting, extraction, qualityRead More