Friday, December 18th, 2020
Masood Khan calls for intensifying academic discourse on Kashmir.
ISLAMABAD, DEC 18 (DNA) – Sardar Masood Khan, President Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has said that our future generation studying in higher education institutions should be trained in new technologies and prepared to face the challenges of the evolving job market. “Only then will our youth be able to take Pakistan on the path to success and prosperity”, he said. The AJK President made these remarks while speaking to Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU) Lahore, who called on him in Jammu and Kashmir House. TheRead More
DUET will organize 2-day NMSATAF-2020 Interactive session for Scholars
By Correspondent KARACHI: The Department of Metallurgy and Materials Dawood University of Engineering and Technology Karachi will organize 2 day event titled National Multidisciplinary Symposium on Advanced Technologies and Allied Fields (NMSATAF-2020) here on December 23rd and 24, 2020. Event Host Chairman Dr. Sajid Hussain Siyal of department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering DUET Karachi told this scribe about the event activities, he said in the wake of global pandemic, DUET is going to arrange an exciting two-day an interactive event to provide a platform to the scholars and intellectuals from differentRead More
Pakistan-Azerbaijan Bilateral Political Consultations held
DNA The Second Round of Pakistan-Azerbaijan Bilateral Political Consultations (BPC) was held in a virtual mode today. The Pakistan side was led by Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood; Deputy Foreign Minister Ramiz Hasanov headed the Azerbaijan delegation. The two sides reviewed the full spectrum of bilateral relations, including cooperation in the political, trade and economic, energy, defence, education and culture arenas. Guided by the vision and direction of the respective leaders, Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Ilham Aliyev, there is strong mutual desire to further expand the economic and tradeRead More
Pakistani-American Ali Zaidi named in Biden’s climate team
NEW YORK, DEC 18 (DNA) – US President-elect Joe Biden has announced appointments of key members of his climate team, which includes Pakistan-born Ali Zaidi who will serve as deputy White House Climate Coordinator. Zaidi, 33, currently New York’s deputy secretary for energy and environment, is the is the highest ranking Pakistani-American in the Biden administration. He will work under Gina McCarthy, who ran the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under former President Barack Obama and now leads a major advocacy group, to coordinate the new administration’s domestic climate agenda. “This brilliant,Read More
PM Imran launches Sehat Sahulat Program for AJK
ISLAMABAD, DEC 18 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan launched Sehat Sahulat Program for Azad Jammu and Kashmir at a ceremony in Islamabad on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, he said this program will provide health insurance to 1.2 million families in the territory and they can get medical treatment from three hundred and fifty health facilities across Pakistan. The prime minister said the PTI government had started this project from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where the process has now been started to extend the facility to every household. In Punjab, six millionRead More
Army chief visits PAF operational base
DNA RAWALPINDI – General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) visited an Operational Base of Pakistan Air Force today to witness Pak-China Joint Air Exercise “Shaheen-IX”. Shaheen-IX is 9th in the series of joint exercises between PAF & PLAAF which started in 2011 and are held in Pakistan & China on alternate basis. COAS was received by Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force. Addressing the participants of exercise, Army Chief said, “The Joint Exercise will improve combat capacity of bothRead More