Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
Qatar ready to mediate between regional powers
DOHA – Qatar is ready to play a mediating role between regional powers to achieve peace and stability, according to the country’s foreign ministry. Al-Khater was responding to a question about the possibility of Doha mediating between Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and the US. As regards the possibility of mediating between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, Al-Khater said the matter “was not raised” yet, but noted that Qatar “welcomes” the possibility while stressing the importance of “dialogue” with Iran for “peaceful coexistence in the region that takes into account the concerns of the Gulf and Arab countries”. She also highlighted that the invitation Qatar extendedRead More
APNS, PBA, CPNE, PFUJ, AEMEND rejects proposed PMDA ordinance
ISLAMABAD: A joint meeting of the representative media organizations including All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ, Barna Group), PFUJ (Dastoor Group) and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) have totally rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance and termed the concept as an unconstitutional and draconian law aimed against Freedom of Press and Expression and step towards imposing the state control to regulate the establishment as well as operation of allRead More
APNS, other media houses reject proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance
KARACHI, JUN 1 /DNA/ – “A joint meeting of the representative media organizations including All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ, Barna Group), PFUJ (Dastoor Group) and Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) have totally rejected the proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority Ordinance and termed the concept as an unconstitutional and draconian law aimed against Freedom of Press and Expression and step towards imposing the state control to regulate the establishment as wellRead More
Despite challenges government ensured food security in country: Fakhar Imam
ISLAMABAD, JUN 1 /DNA/ – The Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, Syed Fakhar Imam, despite unprecedented challenges Pakistan has faced during the last two years, the threats to food security were responded with robust actions by the government at every level. During the time of Covid-19, locust attack was another major challenge. However, through collaborative efforts, we reduced the threat to minimum damage and are better prepared for future threats now. He said this while speaking at the webinar‘Ensuring food security amid Covid-19 through ecosystem restoration’ heldRead More
USA, UK, China top three destinations of Pakistani exports in 10 months
ISLAMABAD, JUN 01 (DNA) – United States of America (USA) remained the top export destinations of the Pakistani products during the first ten months of financial year (2020-21), followed by United Kingdom (UK) and China. Total exports to the USA during July-April (2020-21) were recorded at US $ 4019.722 million against the exports of US $ 3368.090 million during July-April (2019-20), showing growth of 19.34 percent, according to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This was followed by UK, wherein Pakistan exported goods worth US $ 1691.314 million against the exportsRead More
COMSTECH advanced training on establishment of halal products testing lab in June
ISLAMABAD, JUN 1 (DNA) – COMSTECH is organizing a 3-day advanced training course on “how to establish halal products testing laboratory”, in collaboration with International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) Karachi, and Pakistan National Accreditation Council (PNAC) during June 8 – 10, 2021, at COMSTECH Secretariat, Islamabad. Federal Minister for Science & Technology, Mr. Shibli Faraz, will grace the occasion as the chief guest and Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT, Secretary General, The Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC), Turkey, will address the inaugural session. According to theRead More