Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Farmers to be facilitate at wheat purchase centers: Minister
ATTOCK, APR 8 (DNA) – Provincial Minister for Revenue Col.(R) M Anwar Khan has said that farmers would be given all possible facilities at wheat purchase centers as per the orders of Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar. He said this while chairing a meeting here in Deputy Commissioner Office. He directed the concerned officers to launch an awareness campaign for the farmers so that the farmers must bring their wheat at these purchase centers. Earlier, ADCR, while briefing the minister said that seven wheat purchase centers have been set upRead More
Sherry Rehman calls for temporary virtual parliament
ISLAMABAD, APR 8 (DNA) – In a statement seeking the convening of parliament in extraordinary times like the current coronavirus emergency, PPP Parliamentary Leader in the Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman said, “Parliament’s urgent role of scrutinising government, authorising spending, making laws and providing leadership during these testing times cannot be pushed aside. The need of the hour is that the Parliament should adapt itself to extraordinary circumstances and ramp up e-tech capacity to temporarily Shift towards a virtual parliament. These are very trying times for the whole country, and parliamentRead More
COVID 19:Asad Qaisar stresses uleam role
RAJA FURQAN ISLAMABAD) Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has stressed upon the religious scholars and Ulema to play their role in creating harmony and awareness among their followers for countering the challenges posed by the deadly coronavirus pandemic. The Speaker said that unity amongst all the religious sects was imperative in the current situation. He reiterated his stance that the spread of coronavirus pandemic should not be attributed to a particular religious sect or group of people. He said this in a tele-video meeting held in Parliament House with ShiaRead More
Uzbek President, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince talk on phone
TASHKENT DNA — , President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a telephone conversation with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Emirates. The sides discussed pressing issues in Uzbekistan – UAE multifaceted relations, as well as prospects for further expanding practical cooperation in trade, economic, investment, banking, financial, fuel and energy, transport and communications and other priority areas. Particular attention was paid to the unprecedented measures taken in the two countriesRead More
Economic Coordination Committee take many decisions
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue chaired the meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet here at the Cabinet Division. ECC approved six technical supplementary grants; i) Rs. 842 millions for paying off the Executing Agencies of the Prime Minister’s youth loan scheme during the current financial year. ii) Rs. 90.459 million for Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority, to help PNRA meet its obligations. iii) Rs. 5.00 million in respect of Punjab Rangers to enable Ministry of Defence to purchase spare parts for the maintenance of helicopter duringRead More
78 more test positive for coronavirus in Punjab, provincial tally reaches 2018
LAHORE, APR 08 (DNA) – Ministry of Health, Punjab on Wednesday announced that another 78 individuals had tested positive for novel coronavirus in the province. Adding up the latest figures in the previous provincial tally of coronavirus cases, the total number of those diagnosed with the virus currently stands at 2108. The confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan reached 4,072, according to the National Command and Control Centre’s latest statistics released earlier in the day. According to the report, as many as 208 new cases of the COVID-19 were reportedRead More