Monday, June 15th, 2020
Pakistan allocates Rs 3 billion funds to continue work on CASA Project
Islamabad: With a commitment to continue work, Pakistan has allocated Rs 3 billion funds to execute Central Asia South Asia (CASA) power import project to import electricity from Central Asian States. TW02 Transmission Line Contract from Torkham border to Nowshera KPK, 110 km and 22 km Electrode line contract agreement is Signed on 20.5. 2020 with M/s Netracon Technologies pvt. Ltd. Pakistan. Project is sponsored by Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Jeddah and cost of the Project is USD 27510271 & PKR 1,489,149,333. According to budget document, an amount of RsRead More
Address by SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov at a press conference
Allow me to express gratitude to each of you for your attention to the activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. Your publications and articles have strengthened the positive image of SCO and increased the interest of the general public towards it. Today, on the eve of the 19th anniversary of SCO, I would like to share with you the results of the Organisation’s activities in the period following the Bishkek summit in June 2019. Speaking about the results of the 19th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization, I would like to draw your attention to the strict alignment of the consolidated positions reflected in the Bishkek Declaration, which are in line with the spirit of theRead More
Beijing hybrid wheat can take Pakistan through the food crisis: Report
DNA Islamabad, June 15 : “These years, Beijing hybrid wheat from China has showed an increasing prominence in Pakistan,” the R&D Director of Guard Agri. Co Ltd., Dr. Rasheed said. Wheat is the most important grain crop for Pakistan, its cultivated acreage is about 21.42 million acres and accounts for 44% of the country’s total arable land, says a report published by Gwadar Pro on Monday. However, the yield of wheat only reaches 2,700 kg per hectare. In comparison, the yield of Beijing hybrid wheat can reach 6,000 kg perRead More
AIOU to hold academic workshops Online in view of COVID-19
Islamabad, June 15: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has decided to hold academic workshops (semester Spring 2020) at Post-Graduate-level through the use of new technology, in view of prevailing crisis (COVID-19). According to Director Admissions, the University has activated Learning Management System, by launching ‘Aaghi LMS Portal’. Through this Portal, the teachers of the University’s main Campus will hold Online learning interaction with their students across the country. For this purpose, all the enrolled students for the semester were being informed about the Log-in password, through SMS. The relevant informationRead More
Steve Smith reveals his favorite sport and it is not cricket
Karachi : Australian cricketer and Number one ranked Test batsman Steve Smith has revealed that Cricket is his second favorite sport. The 31-year-old while answering questions on his official Instagram handle mentioned that Tennis is probably his favorite.Smith picked Tennis legend Roger Federer his favorite athlete outside of his profession. It must be noted here that Smith has represented Australia in all three formats of the game. He has scored 7227 runs at an average of 62.84 in Test cricket. He has 26 100s and 29 50s in the longerRead More
Punjab budget to be presented today
LAHORE: Punjab Budget with a total outlay of 2200 billion rupees for the next fiscal year 2020-2021 will be presented today (Monday). Punjab Finance Minister Makhdoom Hashim Jawan Bakhat is expected to submit the provincial budget for fiscal year 2020-21 in the provincial assembly. According to budget proposals, the annual development programme of the province will be 337 billion rupees with a proposal to enhance the agriculture income tax rate, sources said. Health and education have been treated as priority sectors in budget preparation, sources said. The provincial budget proposesRead More