Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
Bilawal, Maryam Nawaz agree to meet soon
ISLAMABAD, NOV 17 (DNA) –Chairman Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz have agreed to meet in near future. In a telephonic conversation on Tuesday, both the leaders condemned alleged rigging in the Gilgit-Baltistan’s general elections. Maryam Nawaz said that masses of GB stand firmly united with the narrative of the opposition parties. Responding to Maryam, Bilawal alleged that despite rigging, PTI failed to bag more votes as compared to the opposition parties and termed it as a sign of PTI’s unpopularity.Read More
Trump to speed up troops withdrawal
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump is pushing to accelerate withdrawals from Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia by the time he leaves office in January, the US media reported on Tuesday. Under a draft order circulating at the Pentagon, the number of US forces in Afghanistan would be halved from the current deployment of 4,500 troops. The report said that in Iraq, the Pentagon would trim force levels slightly below the 3,000 troops that commanders had previously announced and in Somalia, virtually all of the more than 700 troops conducting trainingRead More
Industrial Expo connects Pakistan’s companies to top Chinese firms: Peng Zhengwu
DNA ISLAMABAD, Nov 17 – It is for the first time that Pakistan’s small & medium sized local companies have got in touch with the top high-tech Chinese enterprises which offered them a meticulous opportunity to revamp their business practices, earning standards and future development trajectories. The companies took advantage of Pakistan’s first ever Offline & Online Pakistan Industrial Expo 2020 that ended here on Sunday. Peng Zhengwu, Deputy Consul General, Chinese Consulate Lahore, expressed these views while talking to Gwadar Pro. He said that Pakistan Industrial Expo 2020 gaveRead More
China, Pakistan explore cold chain cooperation: Chen Lin
DNA BEIJING, Nov. 17 – China’s cold chain technology may help Pakistan reduce loss of agricultural products and increase the added value, Chen Lin, vice president of Hefei Lianhui Refrigeration Equipment Co., told China Economic Net (CEN). There is close cooperation between Chinese and Pakistani rice seed companies. To meet the needs of seed storage in Pakistan, Chen Lin started to build an 800-square-meter seed cold storage warehouse with a rice company in Karachi, Pakistan, in 2017. Chen Lin told the CEN that, they deliver the equipment and cold storageRead More
AIOU announces results of various academic programs
Results can be accessed through university website. Result cards are also dispatched to the students DNA ISLAMABAD – Allama Iqbal Open University has announced the results of programs offered in spring 2020 semester including postgraduate and bachelor’s programs as well as diploma in forensic Science. The results have also been uploaded on the university website and result cards are being dispatched to the students. Upon the special directives of the Vice Chancellor, AIOU, Prof Dr Zia Ul-Qayyum, examinations department has expedited the results compilation process for the rest of theRead More
UK encourages more students from Pakistan
Last year, over 5,000 students from Pakistan were granted a UK student visa – a 20% increase on the previous year. In addition, 93% of Pakistani students were successful in receiving a student visa – showing that the vast majority of UK student visa applicants are granted Staff Report/DNA ISLAMABAD: The UK minister responsible for visas and immigration has encouraged even more students from Pakistan to choose the UK as a place to study as we mark International Students Day. Kevin Foster MP, Minister for Future Borders and Immigration, usedRead More