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NAB’s anti corruption strategy started yielding excellent results. Chairman

DNA ISLAMABAD, July 17, 2020:  Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that the present management of NAB has chalked out an effective and proactive Anti Corruption Strategy which has started been acknowledged by Transparency International (TI), Pakistan, World Economic Forum, PILDAT and Mishal Pakistan. He said that the initiatives taken by the present management of NAB started yielding excellent results. Similarly Gilani and Gallop recent survey indicated that 59 percent people of Pakistan have full faith upon NAB which is ample evidence of NAB’s across the board accountability under the dynamicRead More


Mayor urges youth to recite Quran

Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Programs regarding the copies of the Holy Quran should be conducted so that the new generation can develop the habit of reciting the Holy Quran, said the Mayor Islamabad, Sheikh Ansar Aziz here on Friday. He expressed this while visiting an exhibition of old copies of the Holy Quran in a shopping mall in Islamabad. Mayor urged the new generation to develop the habit of reciting the Holy Quran. He said that people are facing a number of issues in the current situation. The solutions of allRead More


Govt agencies to take action on sugar, wheat commission reports: Shahzad

ISLAMABAD, JULY 17 (DNA) – Government agencies will take action on the sugar and wheat commission reports, but none of them is bound to implement them as each agency has to review the information on its own, Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Accountability Shahzad Akbar said Friday. Addressing a press conference in federal capital Friday, Shahzad Akbar said as the Supreme Court of Pakistan has vacated stay order of Sindh High Court on the issue, the government will proceed into the matter. He said that SC had also directed theRead More


NPMC for removing price disparity, anti-market practices

ISLAMABAD, JULY 17 (DNA) – A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) was held here at the Finance Division with Additional Finance Secretary (Exp) in the chair to discuss the price trend of essential food items. The meeting was attended by the representatives from the provincial governments, Islamabad Capital Territory, Ministries of Industries, Interior, Commerce, Planning, Development & Special Initiatives, National Food Security & Research, Federal Board of Revenue, Competition Commission of Pakistan and Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The Chair advised the relevant authorities and the provincial governmentsRead More


Indonesian ambassador stresses joint initiatives to revive economies

Muhammad Tahir FAISALABAD,: A steep decline of minus 4% in the Indonesian growth is expected due to COVID-19 and there was dire need to join hands with brotherly countries to revive the national economies immediately. This was stressed by Mr Iwan Suyudhie Amri, ambassador of Indonesia, while addressing a zoon conference with the office-bearers of the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & industry (FCCI) here on Friday. He said that Indonesia was closely observing the World Health Organisation (WHO) situation reports on COVID-19 pandemic around the world. He invited the FCCIRead More


SBP allows APPS for pilot operation of ecommerce payment gateway

State Bank of Pakistan grants approval for pilot operation to APPS for ecommerce payment gateway “PayFast”, which brings the ultimate and innovative solution to address the pain points of the digital payments industry of Pakistan. Pakistan has over 80 million 3g / 4g subscribers, and a huge potential of ecommerce, the market value is estimated at USD 2 billion with a remarkable average yearly growth of 58%. Covid has evidently caused a boom in online payments as the customer’s preference from cash has started to shift towards cashless means. Nonetheless,Read More