PESHAWAR, AUG 11 (DNA) – The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has set the new record by planting more trees during the plantation campaign held on Tiger Force Day (August 9). According to a report by KP Ministry of Forest and Wildlife, overall 3.5 million saplings were planted in different cities of the province on the Tiger Force Day observed on August 9. Sindh, Punjab, Islamabad, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir have collectively planted 1.5 million saplings on August 9, according to data. It is pertinent to mention here that Prime MinisterRead More

ISLAMABAD, AUG 11 (DNA) – Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi demanded on Tuesday to hold an investigation into the incident of clash between Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) workers and police teams outside the office of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore. Reacting over the statement of PML-N lawmaker Khawaja Asif, Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that a thorough investigation must be launched to ascertain the motives behind the incident. While speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, the foreign minister said that for what reason for the hooliganism asRead More

KARACHI, AUG 11 (DNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has decided to install a modern electronic system on major airports for ensuring flight safety from the bird-plane collision incidents, making an end to the traditional procedures. The automated bioacoustic bird prevention system will effectively use the digital recording of species-specific distress calls to make the runways free of birds instead of using propane cannons and pyrotechnics. In order to make progress on the project, the CAA director-general Hassan Nasir Jamy issued directives to the concerned departments. The bird strikeRead More

ISLAMABAD, AUG 11 (DNA) – The National Assembly was informed on Tuesday that fifty billion rupees have been set aside to provide subsidy to the farmers on different agriculture related inputs. Responding to a Calling Attention Notice in the House, Parliamentary Secretary for National Food Security, Muhammad Ameer Sultan said the federal and provincial governments are holding consultations to formulate a uniformed policy to grant subsidy of thirty seven billion rupees to the farmers on the prices of  fertilizers especially the DAP.   He said the provinces are willing toRead More

DNA The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry president Mian Anjum Nisar has urged the government to control volatility of rupee against the US dollar, as the industrial revival and economic growth is not possible without stability of local currency. Mian Anjum Nisar said that Pakistani rupee continued its downward slide against the US dollar, moving in record low range of Rs 167-168, having no sign of recovery, despite the fact that Pakistan’s Current Account Deficit (CAD) has reduced by 78 percent owing to lower imports and betterRead More