Tuesday, August 4th, 2020
Kashmiris need to get ready to embrace freedom: Afridi
DNA ISLAMABAD: JUL 4 – Chairman Kashmir Commttee Shehryar Khan Afridi said that Pakistan has to adopt a solution-oriented approach to solve the decades old dispute of Kashmir as freedom was around the corner and the Kashmiris need to be ready to embrace freedom. Afridi expressed these views while addressing mass gathering at Eidgah Muzaffarabad AJK. Flanked by President and Prime Minister AJK and members of Kashmir Committee during their visit to Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir on the occasion of Eid to express solidarity with Kashmiris and celebrate Eid with them.Read More
Pakistani youth enters finals of int’l Chinese proficiency competition
DNA ISLAMABAD, August 4 – The 19th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for college students just completed. Haider Abbas and Saira Banu won 1st and 2nd places respectively. According to Gwadar Pro, the champion represents the country’s mandarin learners to attend the finals and compete with outstanding Chinese language talents all over the world. As a large-scale international annual event, the Chinese Bridge competition has been successfully held for 18 years since 2002. Nearly 1.5 million college and middle school students from 154 countries have participated in the preliminaries, amongRead More
ECP seeks Faisal Vawda’s reply over disqualification petition
ISLAMABAD : The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Tuesday took up the dual nationality case against Federal Minister for Water Resources Faisal Vawda seeking his disqualification from the public office. A five-member bench of the commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja, heard the case. The lawyers of the petitioners and Faisal Vawda appeared before the ECP panel. The petitioners submitted their replies on the maintainability of petitions against the federal minister. The panel had in an earlier hearing sought comments on the maintainability of petitions againstRead More
Missing Persons Commission disposes of 4616 cases till July 2020
DNA Islamabad, Aug 04,: Missing Persons Commission has disposed of 4616 cases upto July 30, 2020 as per monthly progress report released by Farid Ahmed Khan, Secretary (ColoED) on cases of alleged enforced disappearances for the month of July 30, 2020. A total number of 6686 cases were received by the Missing Persons Commission upto June 2020. During July 2020, 43 more cases were received by the commission and total numbers of cases reached to 6729. The Missing Persons Commission disposed of 23 cases in July 2020 and thusRead More
Cooperation between ADB, Ministry of Economic Development and Poverty Reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic
The phased projects implemented in Uzbekistan with the Asian Development Bank demonstrate the continuity of cooperation. The financial and technical assistance provided by ADB is fully in line with the country’s national development strategy, reflecting the country’s development priorities. Taking into account the current situation in the world economy with the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic and the need to carry out the necessary quarantine measures to contain it, which adversely affects the country’s economy, Uzbekistan’s cooperation with the ADB has been strengthened. As a result, efforts are under wayRead More
NAB Karachi’s excellent performance distributed cheques of Rs.207.11 millon
DNA Karachi, Aug 04,: In line with the directions of Honorable Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB, Dr. Najaf Quli Mirza (PSP), DG NAB (Karachi) distributed cheques amounting to Rs 207.110 Million amongst various state functionaries including Govt. of Sindh, Federal Board of Revenue, Pakistan Steel Mills and PHA Maymar Affectees. Brief details are as follows; An amount of Rs. 69.266 Million was handed over to representative of the office of Chief Secretary, Govt. of Sindh. The recoveries were made through Plea Bargain under NAO 1999 from the corrupt elements in favorRead More