Monday, October 12th, 2020
SRB to provide tax relief to Corona affected sectors
DNA KARACHI, OCT 12 — Khurram Ijaz Vice President FPCCI While appreciating the performance of the Sindh Revenue Mr. Khurram Ijaz Vice President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry stated that the pandemic COVID-19 has badly affected trade and industry, while recent urban flooding has damaged inventory and markets that need support from both federal and provincial government to restore economic and business activities. During the meeting with Chairman SRB Mr. Khalid Mehmood and his team who visited FPCCI including, the FPCCI vice president applaud theRead More
CDA asked to address key issues of business community on priority
DNA ISLAMABAD, OCT 12 – Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry said that most of the issues of business community in Islamabad were related to CDA and it should focus on addressing such issues on priority to facilitate the growth of business activities. He was addressing a delegation of CDA Mazdoor Union that visited the Chamber led by its Secretary General Ch. Muhammad Yasin to congratulate the newly elected Office Bearers of ICCI. Raja Shakir Zaman Kiani, President, CDA Mazdoor Union, Aurangzeb Khan and othersRead More
ANF sizes 1.951 ton durgs worth US$ 73.297 mln in 40 operations
DNA RAWALPINDI – Determined to uproot drug menace from the country and the world, Anti Narcotics Force Pakistan seized 1.951 Ton Narcotics worth US$ 73.297 Million internationally, arrested 46 culprits including 7 Ladies and 6 foreigners and impounded 20 vehicles while conducting 40 counter-narcotic strikes. The seized drugs comprised of 1815.3 Kg Hashish, 45.96 Kg Heroin, 18.455 Kg Methamphetamine (Ice), 61.155 Kg Opium, 2300x Al-prazolam Tabs and 10 Kg Suspected Powder. ANF KP, Police Station ANF Peshawar intercepted a Suzuki Car at University Road Peshawar and recovered 6.000 KgRead More
UNODC hands-over crime scene vehicles to Gujranwala police
DNA GUJRANWALA, OCT 12 – A ground-breaking ceremony of handing over state-of-the-art purpose-built Crime Scene Vehicles to Gujranwala Police concludes among a lot of applause at the Gujranwala Police Lines on 12 October 2020. It brought together a cross-section of criminal justice sector stakeholders, including district police Gujranwala, Punjab Police and key representatives from UNODC. The event was appreciated as one of the milestones among a stream of transformative activities supported by the partnership between the Punjab Police and UNODC with the generous support of the Government of Norway. SpeakingRead More
A new system for working with women and youth defined
On October 8, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev chaired a videoconference on measures to increase the role of women and youth in society and ensure their employment. Women and youth make up a significant part of the population, and solving their problems is an essential part of social work. In recent years, Uzbekistan has created a vertical system for implementing state policy on women and youth issues up to the level of mahallas. To address youth issues in each district, a separate position of deputy hokim withRead More
Spain, Pakistan ties excellent: envoy
DNA ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Spain Manuel Duran has said October 12 is the Spanish national day however this year due to COVID 19 pandemic, unfortunately the national day shall not be celebrated in a festive manner. In a Tweet Ambassador Duran said nevertheless there is something to celebrate and that is great friendship between Spain and Pakistan. It may be mentioned there that usually the Spanish national day is a highly festive event participated by the all segments of society. The national day reception always takes place at the lushRead More