Friday, August 27th, 2021
AIOU, PEMRA ink MoU on Radio Broadcast Station
ISLAMABAD, AUG 27 (DNA) – The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has approved the extension of the license of Allama Iqbal Open University’s “Radio Broadcast Station” for the next five years from 2020 to 2025. It is a purely non-commercial and educational FM radio channel. The University will continue its educational broadcasts on FM 91.6 at a distance of about 45 sq. km from this station. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between PEMRA and Allama Iqbal Open University, regarding the extension of license, yesterday. The document wasRead More
Ex-Afghan minister becomes ‘pizza delivery boy’ in Germany
BERLIN, AUG 27: In a surprising development, a former Afghan minister was spotted “delivering pizza” in Germany a year after he left his position in Afghanistan. Ahmad Shah Saadat, a former Afghanistan information minister, could be seen dressed in orange-coloured clothes with a bag hung on his back in Leipzig, India Today reported. The pictures, captured by a German journalist, of Saadat went viral on social media. The journalist claimed that he had spotted Saadat on the streets of Leipzig as he was delivering pizzas on a bicycle. “A few days ago,Read More
Pakistan side of Afghan border is secure: DG ISPR
RAWALPINDI, AUG 27: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar on Friday emphasised that the situation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border was “normal and under control” while Pakistan’s side was “secure”. At the outset of his press conference in Rawalpindi, he said he would talk about the evolving situation in Afghanistan and the implied national security problems that Pakistan could face, along with the measures the armed forces had taken and would continue to take to “ward off any spillover of insecurity and instability into Pakistan”. Prior toRead More
Armenia acknowledges ‘positive signals’ from Turkey
Armenia is seeing “positive signals” from Turkey and will respond in kind, the country’s prime minister said on Friday. At a Cabinet meeting in the capital Yerevan, Premier Nikol Pashinyan acknowledged that there were positive signals coming from Ankara in terms of regional peace. “We will evaluate these gestures and respond to positive signals with positive signals,” he said. Pashinyan’s remarks came days after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Armenia to acknowledge reality and take advantage of the new opportunities created by Azerbaijan’s liberation of Upper Karabakh. “If ArmeniaRead More
Finance minister briefs about significance of long term economic planning
ISLAMABAD, AUG 27 /DNA/ – Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue, Shaukat Tarin, presided over a Press Conference regarding formation of short, medium and long term plans across different sectors of the economy under the umbrella of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC). Federal Minister for National Food Security & Research Fakhar Imam, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Khusro Bakhtiar, Adviser to the PM on Commerce Abdul Razaq Dawood, Adviser to the PM on Institutional reforms Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Mr. Sultan Ali Allana, Mr. Arif Habib, Mr. Salim Raza, M.Read More
Pakistan embassy in Minsk organizes Mango Festival
MINSK, AUG 27 /DNA/ – The Embassy of Pakistan, Minsk in collaboration with Trade Development Authority of Pakistan and Ministry of Commerce organized a Pakistani Mango Festival at one of the largest Shopping Malls in Minsk on 26 August 2021. The event attracted huge response from general public as record number of visitors hovering around 5000 visited the booth during the festival which continued for almost five hours. Several items including Mango cube tasting, Mango Ice Cream and Mango Milk Shake were served the guests. Additionally, Mango samples were alsoRead More