Friday, October 15th, 2021
Over 100,000 scholarships worth Rs 5b given to youth: Farrukh
Islamabad : Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib has said that over hundred thousand scholarships worth five billion rupees have been given to the youth across the country under Kamyab Jawan Skills for All Program. Addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant on Youth Affairs Usman Dar in Islamabad on Friday, he said thirty eight thousand scholarships were given in Punjab, twenty thousand in Sindh, ten thousand in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, six thousand in Balochistan, two thousand each in Islamabad and Gilgit Baltistan and thirteen thousand inRead More
FO asks India to stop peddling falsehood, smear campaign against Pakistan
Islamabad : Pakistan has welcomed recent OIC statements demanding an accountability for increasing Islamophobia and systematic and targeted violence against Muslims in India. At his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Friday, Foreign Office Spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said it is encouraging that the human rights situation in India and illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has gained increasing attention of international community. Alluding to Gujarat massacre and Delhi riots as well as recent attacks on Muslims in Assam, the spokesperson stressed that this international scrutiny of India must continue. The ForeignRead More
Marking ‘black day’, Kashmiri body urges world powers to end India’s occupation of Kashmir
WASHINGTON, 15 Oct 2021 : The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKA), an advocacy group, has called on world powers to take steps to end India’s occupation of Kashmir where, it said, the people’s demand for self-determination keeps growing stronger, despite brutal suppression. In a statement released ahead of the 75th anniversary — on Oct 27– of India’s massive invasion and occupation of Kashmir, known as “Black Day,” the forum said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been enduring relentless violations of privacy and human rights at the handsRead More
President stresses need for effective taxation system
Islamabad : President Dr Arif Alvi has stressed the need for an effective taxation system to increase revenue collection for betterment of the country. Addressing a ceremony in Islamabad, he said that an effective tax system would help eliminate corruption from society, which is otherwise gravely affecting the poor people. The President said government is focusing on the empowerment and financial inclusion of youth, women and disabled persons. He regretted that women were unable to take full benefit of the loans being offered by the government due to lack ofRead More
Pakistan Registers 1,086 New Covid-19 Cases, 27 Deaths
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has registered 1,086 new COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, lifting the overall number of the cases to 1,262,771, National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) said on Friday. 27 more people lost their lives during the said period. The nationwide death toll has jumped to 28,228. As many as 53,590 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours out of which 1,086 turned out to be positive. The infection rate was recorded at 2.02 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 2.11%. There are a totalRead More