Saturday, December 12th, 2020
NAB believes in “Zero Corruption, 100% Development”, says Chairman
DNA ISLAMABAD, DEC 12 – Justice (RTED) Javed Iqbal, Chairman NAB has said that NAB strongly believes in “Zero Corruption, 100% Development”. NAB absolutely committed to root out corruption with iron hands in all its forms and menifestations with an atmosphere of renewed energy and dynamism, where fight against corruption is being taken as national duty. He said that our Father of the Nation Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in his address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan had termed “One of the biggest curses… is corruption and bribery. That really is a poison. We must putRead More
WB approves US$300 mln loan to Ukraine to help protect low-income families
It is the second Additional Financing under this Project, after US$150 million were approved on April 30, 2020 The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan to Ukraine in the amount of US$300 million for the Second Additional Financing for COVID-19 Response under the Social Safety Nets Modernization Project. “This additional financing will help strengthen Ukraine’s Guaranteed Minimum Income Program (GMI) to prevent around 1 million Ukrainians from falling into poverty due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the World Bank said in a press release on DecemberRead More
Iran executes ‘counter-revolutionary’ opposition figure Ruhollah Zam
Iran authorities on Saturday executed Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, days after his sentence was upheld. State television said the “counter-revolutionary” Zam was hanged in the morning after the supreme court upheld his sentence due to “the severity of the crimes” committed against the Islamic republic. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili had on Tuesday said Zam’s sentence was upheld by the supreme court “more than a month ago”. London-based human rights group Amnesty International, in a statementRead More
Shehryar Afridi launches Kashmir Premier League
ISLAMABAD, DEC 12 /DNA/ – Chairman Kashmir Committee Shehryar Khan Afridi on Saturday launched the Kashmir Premier League (KPL) as the first premier cricket tournament of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, vowing to initiate a series of cultural and sports events to raise the voice of the people of Jammu and Kashmir globally. Flanked by President Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan, celebrated cricket icon Shahid Afridi who is also the brand ambassador for KPL, Azhar Mahmood, Chief Coach for KPL, President KPL Arif Malik and Shehzad Akhtar Chaudhry KPLRead More
CDA completes repairing, decoration work of parks
DNA ISLAMABAD, DEC 12 – Capital Development Authority (CDA) has completed work of repairing, restoration, and decoration of more than 50 parks. Portable washrooms have been installed in the parks. Tenders have been issued for uplifting of Srinagar Highway and Landscape of Golra Interchange. The fountains across the city will be restored soon. According to detail, CDA’s work for repairing, restoration, and beautification of all the small and big parks of the city is underway. In the first phase the work in all the big 50 parks including F-9 Park,Read More
Sustainable strategies urged for mountain biodiversity conservation
DNA Islamabad – The subject experts of national webinar on “State of Pakistan’s Mountain Biodiversity” urged the federal and provincial governments to take stern action against the land and timber mafia causing irreparable loss to the mountain biodiversity. The land-use is being changed in violation of the respective legislation and international treaties and conventions while the government authorities remain silent and blind. The mountain biodiversity loss is causing disasters and increasing local impact of climate change. They urged for biodiversity mapping and adequate data management to support the conservation strategiesRead More