Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Railways freight income increases remarkably: DS
MULTAN, Feb 24 : Divisional Superintendent (DS) Railways Naveed Mubasher Chaudhary on Wednesday said that railways income being generated through locally increased freight trains as compared to rest of railways divisions. Talking to APP, DS Naveed Mubasher said by pursuing novel strategy of incumbent Railways minister, they had started running freight trains loaded with sugar canes after 30-year long interval. ” Earlier, we had focused on transportation of petroleum products to requisite places,” he stated. He said that 1080 tons sugar canes were taken away to Kaloor Kot here fromRead More
Unemployment, poverty have the most negative impact on young people
BEIJING (DNA) : International conference was held in Tashkent on the role of youth in countering radicalism, extremism, and terrorism. The event was organized by the Uzbekistan Youth Agency, the Ministry of The Interior of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Youth Union of Uzbekistan, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIJ), the OSCE Project Coordinator, UNDP in Uzbekistan and the UNODC Regional Office in Central Asia. Speaking at the opening of the event, the SCO Secretary-General Vladimir Norov noted that the economic and social problems caused by the pandemic, associatedRead More
Social justice issues are constantly in the focus of SCO
Vladimir Norov On 20 February, “World Social Justice Day” is celebrated every year since 2009 in accordance with a special UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/62/10 adopted on 26 November 2007. The aim of The World Solidarity Day is to draw the world’s attention to the need to promote social justice, which includes joint efforts to address issues such as poverty, exclusion, gender inequality, unemployment, non-compliance with human rights and social insecurity. The world summit, held in Copenhagen in March 1995, was the precondition for a new date, 20 February, andRead More
Centre for registration of new voters, correction in electoral lists setup in Bajaur
PESHAWAR, Feb 24 : Election Commission of Pakistan has setup a centre for registration of new voters and correction in electoral lists in Bajaur tribal district to facilitate its residents at their doorsteps. District Election Commissioner Bajaur, Ajmal Hafeez, in a statement here Wednesday said the centre was established on direction of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to facilitate people of Bajaur in registration of new voters, correction, shifting and expulsion of voters from the electoral lists. He said people could also submit their applications for registration of new voters,Read More
PCB calls Board of Governors (BoG) meeting on February 27
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has called a meeting of the Board of Governors (BoG) on Jun 26 under the chairmanship of Ehsan Mani. According to sources, the meeting will review PCB administrative matters, process of formation of interim committees of the Provincial Cricket Association. BoG members will also seek an update on the ongoing Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six and an incident involving Peshawar Zalmi, who reportedly threatened not to leave the hotel on Sunday without Darren Sammy and Wahab Riaz after the two wereRead More
Pakistan, Sri Lanka sign MoUs in various sectors
Colombo : Pakistan and Sri Lanka have signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) in various sectors including commerce, investment, education, science and technology and industrial cooperation. The signing ceremony of MoUs was held in Colombo, in the presence of Prime Ministers of both countries. The agreements were signed by departmental representatives from both countries.