Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
Zaheer Babar likely to be new air chief
ISLAMABAD: Zaheer Babar is likely to be the new air chief as the incumbent Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan will retire on March 18. The new air chief is therefore likely to lead fly past on March 23. Sources say that a panel of four senior most air marshals shall be sent to the prime minister for his approval. The prime minister then will pick one name for this coveted slot. Nauman Ali, Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Javed Saeed, Haseeb Piracha, Zahid Mahmood and Amir Masood are currently the seniorRead More
Senate Polls: Shehbaz, Khursheed, Asif reach parliament to cast votes
ISLAMABAD : Leader of Opposition in National Assembly reached the parliament to exercise his right to vote in the ongoing Senate election. Talking to newsmen, President Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said that the government’s bad performance will cause its failure. “The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is moving ahead correctly, each member has to cast vote today according to the conscience,” Sharif said. “The election commission should ensure transparency in the election,” he added. Shehbaz Sharif also presiding over the parliamentary party meeting of the PML-N. The Speaker had issued productions ordersRead More
BOI organizing CPEC’s B2B Investment Conference tomorrow
PESHAWAR, Mar 03 : The Board of Investment (BOI), Pakistan would organize a ‘China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Industrial Cooperation Business to Business (B2B) Investment Conference’ tomorrow (March 4) here at a local hotel. According to a spokesman of BOI, the B2B Investment Conference would focus on CPEC priority sectors to facilitate cooperation and linkages between Pakistani and foreign businessmen and entrepreneurs. It will be a platform where the BOI would facilitate matchmaking and handholding of Chinese and foreign companies with their Pakistani counterparts. Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MahmoodRead More
COMSATS and ANSO contributing to South-South Cooperation
Ms. Huma Balouch As the process of developing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development started, the world was increasingly conscious of the need to develop new and innovative cooperation modalities. This brought a new impetus to the developing countries in the South to increase the depth and breadth of their cooperation to address common socio economic and development challenges, such as Global health, climate change, food security, good governance etc. Over the past three decades, the importance of South-South and triangular cooperation has been particularly highlighted by the Commission onRead More
Will Karachi Kings end Peshawar Zalmi’s winning streak?
Karachi, Mar 03 : Defending champions Karachi Kings will lock horns against Peshawar Zalmi, the table-toppers of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season six today in the first match of Wednesday’s double-header. Kings led by Imad Wasim have won two and lost as many while Wahab Riaz’s Zalmi have won their three matches consecutively after losing the opening fixture to Lahore Qalandars. Kings is hoping for consistency from their bowling department as they have allowed teams to chase down targets of 190+. The dew is playing a huge part toRead More
Firdous confident for Hafeez Sheikh’s win in Senate polls
ISLAMABAD, Mar 3 : Special Assistant to Punjab Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s candidate Hafeez Sheikh, who has the support of majority lawmakers, seemed set to win the Senate polls. Talking to a private news channel, she claimed that the ruling party would emerge as the largest party in the upper house of the Parliament after the Senate election. She said that a senator that was elected through money would never serve the people, rather, he would “suck the nation’s blood”.Read More