Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
PAS organizes special lecture on “Equality in Education”
DNA ISLAMABAD, FEB 9: Pakistan Academy of Sciences (PAS) organized a special lecture on “Equality in Education” on February 09, 2021, in the PAS Auditorium. Dr. Hazir Ullah, Associate Professor Sociology & Director ORIC, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad was invited as a Guest Speaker. He spotlighted the existing education inequities in Pakistan. He stressed that education is a basic human right and must be equally accessible to all citizens, irrespective of social class, gender, ethnicity, race, or rural and urban divide as a public good. He argued that the government ofRead More
CDA generated revenue of Rs 32.271,015 million in Jan 2021
ISLAMABAD, FEB 9 (DNA) – Capital Development Authority (CDA) generated the revenue of Rs 32.271,015 million during the month of January through the completion certificates of commercial and residential buildings, building plans, and NOCs. According to detail, due to the remarkable policies of the administration of CDA the department of Building Control collected the revenue of more than Rs 32 million during the last month. The BCS department of CDA received total 09 cases of the completion certificates of residential buildings during the month of January. All the cases haveRead More
KP Law Minister resigns over allegations of selling vote
PESHAWAR, FEB 09 (DNA) – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister Sultan Mohammad has resigned from his post over the allegations of selling vote in the 2018 Senate elections. Earlier Prime Minister Imran Khan decided to take resignation from Law Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for selling vote in the 2018 Senate elections. It may be recalled that a video of provincial law minister Sultan Mohammad taking money in exchange for votes in the 2018 Senate elections emerged. Sultan Muhammad was a member of Qaumi Watan Party in 2018. Prime Minister Imran KhanRead More
FM Qureshi phones Chilean counterpart Andrés Allamand
DNA ISLAMABAD, FEB 9: Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a telephonic conversation with his Chilean counterpart Andrés Allamand today regarding the missing Chilean mountaineer Mr. Juan Pablo Mohr who was on the K-2 winter expedition. The Foreign Minister expressed his deep concern over the missing team of mountaineers and apprised the Chilean Foreign Minister of efforts being made by Pakistan to locate them, including a number of search flights by Pakistan Army Aviation helicopters amid challenging weather conditions over a treacherous terrain. He assured the Foreign Minister of ChileRead More
Shehbaz Sharif, Hamza appear before NAB court in Sugar Mills case
LAHORE, FEB 09 (DNA) – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz on Tuesday have appeared before the accountability court in Ramzan Sugar Mills case. During the hearing, the statements of the witnesses were recorded. On the occasion, strict security arrangements were taken to avoid any untoward incident. It is to be mentioned here that accountability court had indicted PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz in Ramzan Sugar Mills reference. Both the accused pleaded not guilty in the reference and their lawyerRead More
Azerbaijan has allowed the joint use of two vaccines to be tested
BAKU – “On February 8, 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan approved the conduct of clinical trials in the Republic of Azerbaijan for the joint use of the vaccine Sputnik V and the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University.” This was reported by the Ministry of Health. It is reported that these studies are expected to begin by the end of February this year. Earlier, the NF Gamaleya Research Center, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), AstraZeneca and the R-Pharm Group of Companies signedRead More