ISLAMABAD, JAN 18 (DNA) – The “OICCI Recommendations for Digital Economy” report was launched on January 18th, 2021 highlighting the much-needed shift required to capture the opportunity of Digital transformation happening within and outside Pakistan through New Economy mindset. By digitizing most, if not all, key segments of the economy could boost IT export to US$ 10 B annually, provide significant growth to GDP, attract Billions of Dollars of FDI and create hundreds of thousands new jobs within a short time. Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) membership includesRead More

The Pakistan Democratic Movement announced on Monday its second round of rallies against Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government across Pakistan. The PDM, an alliance of 11 opposition parties, will hold its first rally in Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh on February 5, Maulana Fazlur Rehman told reporters after a meeting of the PDM steering committee in Islamabad. The next rally will be held in Hyderabad on February 9, according to Fazl. It will be followed by a public gathering in Sialkot on February 13. Opposition parties are also going to hold aRead More

SUKKUR, JAN 18 (DNA) – Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari alleged that the housing scheme announced by the Prime Minister is a method to whiten black money. To make laborers unemployed was government’s conspiracy. Under this conspiracy, employees of steel mill were made unemployed. Addressing a function to distribute flats in Sukkur, the PPP chairman said that a hospital and a vocational training institute would be set up in ‘Mazdoor City’. In this difficult time, we will build flats not for the rich but for the poor, saidRead More

ISLAMABAD, JAN 18 (DNA) – Administration of Capital Development Authority (CDA) will complete its work on PWD Underpass at Islamabad Expressway by the end of April. Earth work and Pipe Culverts work for east and west ramp of the said project have also been completed. According to detail, the current administration of CDA is taking remarkable steps for the completion of various delayed projects. Work is continued on PWD underpass at Islamabad Express Way. NIT expense of the project is Rs 515,984, 740 whereas the contract expense of the projectRead More

ISLAMABAD, JAN 18 (DNA) – Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) handed over 40,000 relevant documents and details of donors to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in connection with foreign funding case. Babar Awan, while talking to a private news channel, clarified about the legal and constitutional position of the ECP by saying that the election commission has no power to ban a political party in a foreign funding case. He termed the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) a deceased allianceRead More