Friday, April 16th, 2021
Munir Akram calls for boosting vaccine production
“We need to find ways to support the weak health systems and infrastructure of the developing countries”s UNITED NATIONS: The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Friday called for ramping up production of vaccines against coronavirus in order to defeat the deadly pandemic that has caused a human, economic and social crisis. “Vaccines offer our best hope in addressing this pandemic and overcoming it,” he said in his opening statement at ECOSOC’s special ministerial meeting on ‘A vaccine for all’.This event is being heldRead More
Rs 446 b package for Sindh: PM
PM Imran says he was pleased to visit the interior Sindh with a good news of development package SUKKUR, APR 16 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday unveiled a historicdevelopment package worth Rs 446 billion to uplift backward areas of opposition-ledSindh province through power supply, irrigation, sports and communication projects. The prime minister, while addressing a ceremony to hand over business loan chequesamong the entitled youths here, said the proposed projects would start getting shapewithin a month as feasibility studies had already been completed.Federal ministers Shah Mahmood Qureshi, DrRead More
Cabinet reshuffle proves PM’s failure: PML-N
ISLAMABAD: Opposition party PML-N has criticised Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision to reshuffle the federal cabinet, saying it proves the premier has “failed at his job.”On Friday, PM Imran Khan once again assigned members of the cabinet different portfolios. Among other prominent changes, the prime minister handed the portfolio of the Finance and Revenue Ministry to prominent banker Shaukat Tareen. “In less than three years, this is the fourth finance minister to take up the portfolio,” said PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif’s spokesperson, Muhammad Zubair said the prime minister has yetRead More
PM reshuffles cabinet Shaukat Tarin new Finance Minister
Chaudhry Fawad Hussain appointed new Minister for Information and Broadcasting; Shibli Faraz given science and technology ministry ISLAMABAD, APR 16 (DNA) – Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday reshuffled his cabinet changing the portfolios of his government’s key ministers and appointing Shaukat Fayaz Tareen as a new Minister for Finance and Revenue The prime minister appointed Chaudhry Fawad Hussain as Minister for Information and Broadcasting, replacing Senator Shibli Faraz who interchanged his portfolio with Fawad as Science and Technology Minister. Hammad Azhar, previously the industries productions minister, will now be holding theRead More
Russia, retaliating against US, says it will ask 10 U.S. diplomats to leave
MOSCOW: The United States on Thursday imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia, including curbs to its sovereign debt market, to punish it for interfering in last year’s U.S. election, cyber hacking, bullying Ukraine and other alleged malign actions. The U.S. government blacklisted Russian companies, expelled Russian diplomats and barred U.S. banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia’s central bank, national wealth fund and Finance Ministry. The United States warned Russia that more penalties were possible but said it did not want to escalate. The Russian Foreign Ministry reactedRead More
NADRA to set up offices in 10 tehsils of AJK
ISLAMABAD: NADRA will set up its offices in 10 tehsils of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to offer its services to people of far flung areas of the state. This was informed by acting chairman NADRA Brig (Retd) Khalid Latif during a meeting with AJK Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider Khan in Islamabad on Friday. He said NADRA will open offices at Balooch, Leepa, Chakar, and other parts of the state. Arrangements for the hiring of the necessary staff and their training at the new offices have been finalized.