Sunday, August 9th, 2020
Punjab to plant over one million trees: CM Buzdar kicks off plantation drive
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar on Sunday launched the tree plantation campaign on the occasion of Tiger Force Day by planting a sapling at Shadman Market Park in Lahore. Talking to media on this occasion, the chief minister said that the incumbent government is committed to complete the target of planting ten billion trees in the country by 2023 in line with the vision of Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Punjab will plant over one million trees during the ongoing plantation campaign,” he added. Usman Buzdar said that the government wasRead More
FEBR for reducing production cost to make industry competitive in global market
ISLAMABAD, AUG 9 (DNA) – The Friends of Economic & Business Reforms (FEBR) President Kashif Anwar has stressed the need for bringing down industrial cost of production, which is very high on account of soaring energy tariffs, expansive fuel and constant rupee depreciation along with rising import duties on inputs, making the local production uncompetitive. In a statement issued here today, Kashif Anwar, who is also former vice president of LCCI, asked the government to take concrete steps to attract foreign investment, saving the livelihood of millions of workers associatedRead More
UNGA president-elect arrives in Pakistan today
ISLAMABAD: Newly elected president of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir will arrive in Pakistan today (Sunday). During his visit, un and other high officials. Taking to social networking website, twitter, Volkan Bozkir said that as the president-elect of the 75th Session of the UNGA, per usual practice, he continues to visit a number of countries upon their invitations. “Within this scope, I will fly to Islamabad tomorrow, to pay my earlier postponed visit to Pakistan, he added.” He maintained that during his meetings with PM Imran andRead More
Azerbaijani MFA: Armenia is making attempts to illegally resettle Armenians from Middle East to Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent regions
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 8 Armenia is making attempts to illegally resettle the Armenians from some countries of the Middle East to Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh and the adjacent regions, which are internationally recognized territories of Azerbaijan, Spokesperson for Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Leyla Abdullayeva said. Abdullayeva made the statement commenting on the reports of some media sources about alleged resettlement of Lebanese of Armenian origin to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan after the blast in Lebanon. “As you know, the illegal activities of Armenia in the occupied Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent territoriesRead More
UK orders recall of 741,000 coronavirus testing kits over safety concerns
Randox Laboratories, a Northern Ireland-based medical technology company, has been instructed by Britain’s medicines regulator to recall up to 741,000 coronavirus test kits from the national test and trace program as a precautionary measure. The government had on July 15 instructed the program, run by the National Health Service (NHS), to stop using the kits, citing concerns that they may not meet required safety standards. “The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has instructed Randox to recall all Randox test kits from NHS Test and Trace testing settings,” the ministryRead More
Everytime you can’t blame captaincy, credit must be given to England: Azhar Ali
Manchester : Pakistan captain Azhar Ali thinks that every time you cannot blame the captaincy and the credit must be given to England, particularly Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes. Pakistan posted a target of 277, after a bad batting display in the second innings, getting all out for 169. The hosts were in trouble at 117-5 but a sixth-wicket stand of 139 between player of the match Chris Woakes, who finished on 84 not out, and Jos Buttler (75) smatched the game away from Pakistan during Day four. “It isRead More