Friday, July 17th, 2020
Hammad Azhar opens pre-launch of RCCI Virtual Int’l Rawal Expo
RAWALPINDI, JULY 17 (DNA) – Hammad Azhar, Industries and Production Minister inaugurated the pre-launch of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry`s (RCCI) Virtual International Rawal Expo 2020. On this occasion, the minister assured his ministry`s full support to the expo. He said that through digital platform, domestic and local products can be better advertised. He welcomed the initiative of expo being organised amid Covid-19. He lauded RCCI for coming with an innovative idea of Virtual expo and expressed hope that others will follow the same. This is in line withRead More
FPCCI opposes withdrawal of power subsidy as move to hit 18m consumers
DNA KARACHI, JUL 17 – The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Mian Anjum Nisar has opposed the government’s move of power subsidies’ withdrawal just for the revival of the stalled IMF programme, demanding rather substantial reduction in energy rates in line with the drastic fall in international oil prices. FPCCI President said that the change in subsidies regime, amid increasing financial miseries on account of COVID-19, would hit at least 18 million consumers out of a total 27 million electricity connection holders across the country, asRead More
Resolution of condemnation and solidarity with Kashmiris
DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 17 – The Senate Standing Committee on Interior in its meeting today on Friday unanimously adopted resolutions strongly condemning the illegal and immoral steps by Indian government to change the demography of Indian Occupied Kashmir by allowing citizenship of Indian on very easy terms. The Committee called upon the government to take more rigorous actions to counter the propaganda and illegal moves of the Indian government. At the onset of the meeting, Senator A. Rehman Malik said that today is the 347th day of curfew in Indian Occupied KashmirRead More
Kazakhstan working closely with World Health Organisation to combat COVID-19
On July 17, in his video address for the press conference of the Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan in Nur-Sultan, Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, noted the following: “Having received over the past few months new knowledge about the COVID-19 infection and measures to combat it, the WHO has introduced new codes to classify this disease. There have been reports from Kazakhstan of a marked increase in cases of pneumonia, one of the explanations of which is COVID-19.” Dr. Kluge thanked Kazakhstan’s Ministry of HealthRead More
Experts see Covid-19 as an opportunity to adapt to virtual learning & technological advancement
DNA ISLAMABAD, JUL 17 – To avail the opportunities that After-Covid19 world offers in the field of learning and development, we need to be quickly adaptive to change and pay immediate attention on improving our technological infrastructure accordingly. The experts on learning and development from various national and international institutions said this while sharing their views with the participants at online dialogue ‘Learning and Development in a Virtual World beyond COVID19’ organized by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) here on Friday. Regional Head Europe, Institute of International Education (IIE), USA, DrRead More
Neelum Valley first defense line of Pakistan, AJK: Masood Khan
DNA MUZAFFARABAD, July 17: The President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has described Neelum valley as the first defense line of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir, and its people as the unpaid defenders of the motherland. He expressed these views while addressing a big gathering after distributing relief goods among the calamity-hit people at Kel in Neelum Valley on Friday on behalf of Pakistan Red Crescent Society the relief goods. The function was also addressed among others by Chairman PRCS Abrarul Haq and the Administrator PRCSRead More