Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Hashoo Group, ASSL sign MoU to promote Gwadar from Karachi
DNA Karachi, SEPT 16 – To promote Gwadar as a next travel destination from Karachi, Destinations of the World -Pakistan (DOTW) and Aircraft Sales & Services Pvt. Limited (ASSL) have collaborated to offer attractive travel packages for both leisure and business travellers to the city of blue waters, Gwadar. Hashoo Group is the leading chain of hotels of Pakistan and are the owners and operators of Pearl-Continental Hotels, Marriott Hotels and the Hotel One in the country. Whereas ASSL is the first and most experienced company with over 50,000Read More
Ambassador of Egypt meets FM Qureshi
DNA ISLAMABAD, SEPT 16 – Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi received Ambassador of Egypt Mr. Tarek Dahroug in his office, today. The Foreign Minister welcomed the Ambassador to Islamabad and felicitated him on his appointment. Expressing his satisfaction over the cordiality of relations between Pakistan and Egypt and close coordination at international platforms, the Foreign Minister emphasized the importance of translating the political goodwill into substantive bilateral cooperation. He underlined that enhanced interactions at leadership level, greater people-to-people contacts and increased commercial engagements would help reinforce this process. Read More
Parliament passes FATF related bills
Opposition stages walk out; blames Speaker for being partial; PM Imran also attends the joint sitting Naveed Miraj/DNA ISLAMABAD: The Joint sitting of the Parliament today (Wednesday) passed two bills to meet the requirements of Financial Action Task Force to steer the country out of grey list. The bills, moved by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan, include “The Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill, 2020” and “The Anti-Money Laundering (Second Amendment) Bill, 2020.” The Islamabad Capital Territory Waqf Properties Bill, 2020 is aimed at properRead More
RCCI demands exemplary punishment in motorway incident
DNA RAWALPINDI, SEPT 16 – The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has demanded an exemplary punishment in Gujarpura motorway incident. The motorway incident has brought fear and insecurity among the citizens and business community shows full solidarity with the victim family. This was stated by President RCCI Saboor Malik while addressing a rally organized by Rawalpindi chamber of Commerce in solidarity with the victim family and to raise voice for women rights here on Wednesday in Rawalpindi. A large number of women from all walks of lives, Industry,Read More
PM vows to pursue motorway rape incident case to conclusion
ISLAMABAD, SEP 16 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his commitment to pursue the recent motorway rape incident case to the conclusion and getting the culprits punished in accordance with the law. He expressed the determination while presiding over a high level meeting in Lahore on the law and order situation in Punjab, availability and prices of essential goods and commodities, and welfare projects. He showed his serious concern over the incidents of rape of children and women. As the meeting was also briefed on the progress of recent motorwayRead More
Online Portal for Ehsaas undergraduate scholarships opens till Oct 30
ISLAMABAD, SEP 16 (DNA) – Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Sania Nishar Wednesday said the online portal for receiving fresh applications under Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarship program for the academic year 2020-21 will be open till October 30. In a tweet, Dr. Nishtar informed that the aspiring eligible students can submit their applications through an online portal: https://ehsaas.hec.gov.pk/. All students with family income less than 45,000, studying in any year of an undergraduate program in any of the 119 public sector universities recognized by Higher EducationRead More