Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
PARC holds field demonstration of mechanical pruner at NARC
DNA ISLAMABAD, MAR 3 – Conventional agricultural practice is not only a laborious and time consuming process but also cause low yield and post harvest losses. To cope the challenges in mechanization of agriculture, Chairman PARC Dr. Azeem Khan arranged a field demonstration of mechanical pruner in presence of honourable Federal Minister for M/o National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam on March 1, 2021 at Citrus Orchard of NARC. DG NARC, Engr. Shamimul Sibtain Shah and other high officials also joined the field demonstration. This was a singleRead More
AIOU establishes students facilitation desks across the country
ISLAMABAD, MAR 3 (DNA) – Allama Iqbal Open in its final stage of transforming all of its key academic and administrative operations from manual to automation, has taken various key measures to train its students of distant regions of the country in the effective use of latest technology. In this regard, university has recently established students facilitation desks at all of its regional centers on the special directives of Prof Dr Zia Ul -Qayyum, VC, AIOU. The trained staff at the regional centers will facilitate the students in uploading assignmentsRead More
Now China-Pakistan Knowledge Corridor
By Prof Dr Attaullah Shah The academic and research collaboration between China and Pakistan have witnessed impressive growth in last few decades. With huge investment of Chinese government in research and development, more than 100 Chinese Universities are today placed in the global best 500 universities of the world, according to Times Higher Education Ranking (2021), Shanghai Jiao Thong Universities ranking (2020) and US News and World Report (2020). While looking at the significance of intellectual and knowledge connectivity, alongside the physical routes, HEC has timely established a CPEC centreRead More
Australia gifts a Miyawaki forest to Pakistan
The Australian Government has committed $1.5 billion for global climate finance and over $15 billion domestically to make Australia’s natural resources, environment and water infrastructure more resilient to climate disasters Ansar M Bhatti ISLAMABAD: The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Dr Geoffrey Shaw on Wednesday joined the Minister of State for Climate Change, Zartaj Gul to inaugurate a Miyawaki Forest at Fatima Jinnah Park Islamabad. The Australian High Commission gifted the forest to the public park as part of an initiative, organised by the Capital Development Authority to support Pakistan’sRead More
Senate elections: Rasheed says opposition won’t pull off any surprise
ISLAMABAD : With high-stakes polling for the 37 Senate seats underway, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has hoped that the ruling PTI’s candidate on a Senate seat from Islamabad Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh would win the contest. Speaking to the media after casting his vote at the National Assembly, he took a dig at the 11-party alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) saying they band together whenever elections are around. Their so-called allaince won’t last long, he said. “These people won’t pull off any surprise. Political death writ large on theirRead More
Govt releases 91.6% of funds allocated under PSDP for petroleum projects
ISLAMABAD, Mar 3 : The government has so far released around 91.6 percent funds against the total allocation of Rs1,8441.230 million to execute eight petroleum sector projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2020-21). According to the official data as of February 26 that showed a slight readjustment in funds’ allocation and releases, an amount of Rs1686.644 million had been provided for the timely and smooth execution of the projects. As per the PSDP details, the government had earmarked an amount of Rs1,662.684 million for five ongoing projects, outRead More