ISLAMABAD, June 20 (DNA): Technological transfer, mechanization, institution building and transfer of seed technology are the main factors for agro economic success. Quaid e Azam has dreamt a prosperous Pakistan and agriculture plays important role in our economy. This was said by Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam on Saturday while chairing meeting of NFS&R Think Tank. Federal Minister also mentioned that the concept of attaching think tanks with ministries have been approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan to find solutions of key issues. TheRead More

ISLAMABAD, June 20 (DNA): Desert locust situation in Pakistan has found a new corridor — they are ente­ring Pakistan from Afghanistan to DI Khan and Waziristan. Federal Government will spend Rs 14 billion and provincial governments will contribute Rs 12 billion to counter the locust. This was stated by Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam while chairing 5th meeting of NLCC on Saturday. He was of the point of view that locusts attack has been minimized by combined efforts in majority areas. The teams onRead More

ISLAMABAD, June 20 (DNA): National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Saturday was apprised by the provincial chief secretaries on standard operating procedures (SOPS) compliance and smart lockdown update implemented across the country. The NCOC meeting chaired by Minister for Planning Development Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar reviewed the update of targeted smart lockdowns implemented across the country, decisions and action points of NCC, oxygen and cylinders import and quantity finalization vis-a-vis disease projections and need assessment of critical medical equipment. Speaking on the occasion, Asad Umar suggested thatRead More

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 20 / DNA / = Pakistan strongly condemns the unabated extra-judicial killings of Kashmiri youth by the Indian occupation forces in Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K). More than 110 innocent Kashmiris have been martyred by the Indian occupation forces during the past 5 months in fake “encounters” and so-called “cordon-and-search” operations. In the last two days alone, another 8 Kashmiris have been martyred in Pulwama and Shopian. The BJP leadership must realize that it is directly responsible for these politically-motivated, arbitrary killings of Kashmiris by the IndianRead More

The Pakistan International Airline had promised to bring back more than 25,000 stranded Pakistanis from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates through over 100 flights in the upcoming week. According to the airline’s spokesperson, Abdullah Khan, there is a lot of pressure on the national carrier by the nationals abroad to take them back. “The flights are immediately booked online through agents or calls. “Due to this a lot of people fail to get tickets for themselves,” he explained, adding that this is why the national carrier took specialRead More