Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
DG ISPR pays tributes to martyrs, ghazis, releases fifth video
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 :Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar on Tuesday paid tributes to the martyrs, ghazis and their loved ones for indomitable national spirit, patriotism and valour for rendering sacrifices to safeguard the motherland. The DG took to microblogging website Twitter to share a special tribute video depicting the martyrs and their families showing insurmountable resolve to defend the country at all costs which is the fifth one in the series showing different life accounts of the families of martyrs and ghazis withRead More
ICCI for harnessing power of Artificial Intelligence
ISLAMABAD, AUG 31 /DNA/ – Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) has said that the technology-based solutions are the way forward to spur the economic growth, therefore, the universities should give more focus to artificial intelligence in order to harness its power for achieving shared prosperity and boosting growth. He said this while speaking as chief guest after inaugurating the Artificial Intelligence TechVerse 2021 (AI Ideas Challenge and AI Expo Lab2Market Event), which was organized by the National Centre of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI), PakistanRead More
UNODC Country Office Pakistan hands over Victim Reception and Facilitation Centre to FIA in Taftan
TAFTAN, AUG 31 /DNA/ – UNODC Country Office Pakistan (COPAK) handed over the newly constructed building of a Victim Reception and Facilitation Centre (VRFC) to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Taftan. The facility was handover to Mr. Abdul Hameed Bhutto, Director FIA Balochistan by Mr. Altaf Bajwa on behalf of Dr. Jeremy Milsom, Representative UNODC COPAK. Mr. Bajwa has been supervising this project as the lead engineer since the construction began in 2019. Funded by the Ministry of Justice, Government of Norway, this facility has assisted the FIA inRead More
Pakistan National Pavilion launched in China to boost imports from Pak
URUMQI (China), Aug. 31 (DNA) – A “VR Pakistan National Pavilion” was launched at the ongoing 2021 Online (China) Eurasia Commodity and Trade Expo (EACT EXPO 2021) to showcase Made-in-Pakistan products to the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Gwadar Pro reported on Tuesday. According to its operator UNI International Business Consultancy Co., Ltd., the VR pavilion is a permanent online pavilion which includes 3 theme areas, namely, Theme Area For The 70th Anniversary Of The Establishment Of Diplomatic Relations Between China And Pakistan, Theme Area For Cooperation Between China AndRead More
PDM leaders meet again on Sept 08
Nazir Siyal KARACHI: Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has called another meeting of the anti-government alliance in Islamabad on September 8. Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif will also, according to the sources, attend this meeting via video link. The alliance will consult on speeding up its anti-government movement, the sources said, adding that the long march will also come under discussion. A schedule of public rallies and the road caravan routes will be finalised at the PDM meeting, the sources said. This will be PDM’s second meetingRead More
Taliban celebrate as America’s ‘longest war’ in Afghanistan comes to an end
Kabul: The Taliban celebrated their total return to power on Tuesday with gunfire and diplomacy, after the last US troops flew out of Afghanistan to end two decades of war. The United States’ longest military conflict drew to a close on Monday night when its forces abandoned Kabul’s airport, where it had overseen a frenzied airlift that saw more than 123,000 people flee life under the Taliban. Taliban fighters then quickly swept into the airport and fired weapons into the sky across the city in jubilation — an astonishing returnRead More