DNA KARACHI, AUG 15  –  COVID-19 has increased the requirement of E-Commerce and Digital Pakistan; this was stated by Sheikh Sultan Rehman, Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) in a webinar on “E-commerce and Digital Pakistan: Prospects & Challenges” held at Federation House Karachi, Regional Office Lahore and Capital Office Islamabad via zoom link. The webinar was attended by Ms Aisha Moriani, Joint Secretary Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Raza Ahmed Sukhera,   Project Manager, Ministry of Information Technology, Mr. Shehzad Shahid, Chairman Pakistan Software Houses AssociationRead More

DNA Islamabad: AUG 15 – Fifth death anniversary of slain home minister of Punjab Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada observed on Sunday. Khanzada and 16 others had killed in a suicide blast on August 16, 2015, at his political office in Shadi Khan, near Attock. Khanzada, 71, was holding a meeting with locals when a suicide bomber blew himself up.     The home minister and several others were buried under the rubble after the blast brought down the roof of the house. The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), a banned religious extremist outfitRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 15 –  Pakistan National Council of the Arts organized an open contest of short films in celebration of 73rd  Independence day of Pakistan. The contestants from all across Pakistan sent short videos reflecting the various aspects of the diverse Pakistani culture.   This contest was aimed to motivate young generation towards celebration of Independenceday during these critical times and creating innovative stuff in this regard. PNCA also announced cash prizes for top three shortlisted clips and uploaded the online award ceremony on PNCA, official Facebook page onRead More

DNA FAISALABAD, AUG 15 – Music industry had been orphan when he died in a hospital of London on August 16, 1997 at the age of 49. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was born on October 13, 1948 in Faisalabad. Ghulam Ghaus Samdani changed his name to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan from Pervaiz.  His father, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, and two of his uncles, Ustad Mubarik Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, were famous qawwals belongs to the Patiala gharana originated from Basti Sheikh, Jalandhar today in India. He followedRead More

DNA ISLAMABAD, AUG 15 – A senior Indian diplomat was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today to register Pakistan’s strong protest over the ceasefire violations by the Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on 14th August 2020, resulting in serious injuries to one innocent civilian.   Due to indiscriminate and unprovoked firing by the Indian occupation forces in Dhudhnial Sector of the LoC, 03 year old Zulekha d/o Mushtaq, resident of Village Tejian, sustained serious injuries. The Indian occupation forces along the LoC and the Working BoundaryRead More

DNA KARACHI, AUG 15 – FPCCI Central Standing Committee on Insurance on Saturday said the global economic power have not learned a lesson from the pandemic which inflicted losses to the tune of trillions of dollars to the world. The neoliberal economic system failed to tackle virus-related losses pushing the world into chaos resulting in heavy material and social losses, it said. The situation is now improving but it can take an ugly turn anytime and the world is not prepared for it, said Dr. Murtaza Mughal, Convenor of the FPCCI Central StandingRead More