Monday, April 12th, 2021
NAHE awards research grants to 300 IPFP fellows
ISLAMABAD, APR 12 (DNA) – The National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) has awarded 300 eligible Fellows of HEC’s Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs (IPFP) programme, who applied for Start-Up Research Grant Programme (SRGP) from different academic backgrounds ranging from Social Sciences to Life Sciences across all provinces in Pakistan, a grant of up to PKR 1,000,000 each. SRGP is designed to assist the fresh PhD holders who are IPFP Fellows, to establish research facilities upon joining higher education institutions as faculty members. The programme enables the newly appointed PhDRead More
DG PNCA expresses condolence on sad demise of Ibn Abdur Rehman
ISLAMABAD, APR 12 (DNA) – Human rights activist and journalist Ibn Abdur Rehman, or commonly known as IA Rehman, has passed away at the age of 90 at his home in Lahore, his family confirmed Monday. Rehman was a columnist for the daily Dawn and was actively involved with the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP). Rehman was a distinguished journalist and was involved with journalism for more than 65 years.He was close friend of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and and written alot on films in his early year. He contributedRead More
Pakistan’s High End Superfast CV Charging Station inaugurated
ISLAMABAD, APR 12 (DNA) – The electric vehicles have great future in Pakistan as they would bring multiple benefits to the economy that included reducing environment pollution, promoting healthy climate, making significant cut in oil import bill, saving precious forex reserves and providing cost effective transportation to people, therefore, the government should announce more incentives for electric cars to attract maximum investment in this sector in the country. This was said by Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry while inaugurating Pakistan’s high end electric vehicleRead More
FPCCI, BeICCI organize 4th Session of Pakistan-Belarus Joint Business Council
ISLAMABAD, APR 12 (DNA) – Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) in collaboration with the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BelCCI) organized the 4th Session of Pakistan-Belarus Joint Business Council on Zoom. Around 90 businesspersons and enterprises from both the countries participated in the event. President FPCCI Mian Nasser Hyatt Magoo, Chairman BelCCI Mr. Vladimir Ulakhovich gave the welcome remarks and encouraged the participants to benefit from the interactive session. Minister of Energy of the Republic of Belarus H.E. Mr. Viktor Karankevich participated in the eventRead More
Chief Commissioner RTO Rawalpindi visit RCCI
RAWALPINDI, APR 12 (DNA) – Chief Commissioner RTO Rawalpindi Dr. Khalid Mahmood Lodhi along with his team visited Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. President Nasir Mirza welcomed the delegation and had a detailed meeting on the tax subject. Integration of POS for Tier 1 retailers was one of the main points discussed besides many other points relating to routine tax issues including harassment, issuance of undue notices, Jewelry industry etc. CC RTO assured his office utmost cooperation with RCCI for the facilitation of business community and its members.=DNA ================
Chinese association to empower China-Pak irrigation cooperation
BEIJING, April 12 (DNA): A Chinese Association will empower China-Pak irrigation cooperation, China Economic Net (CEN) reported it on Monday. “We have recently established an international cooperation office to facilitate the communication between Chinese and Pakistani companies in irrigation technologies and products.” This was stated by Dr. Gong Shihong, Deputy-Director of Department of Irrigation and Drainage, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), and Director of Agricultural Water-saving Equipment Division of China Agricultural Water-saving and Rural Drinking Water Supply Technology Association, in an interview with CEN. The InternationalRead More