Wednesday, November 24th, 2021
COMSTECH, LRBT Eye Surgeries and Training of Ophthalmologists in Niger begins
ISLAMABAD, NOV 24 /DNA/ – An advanced team of Pakistani doctors reached Niamey, Niger today early morning on a week visit to conduct Eye surgeries and training of local doctors in Niamey, capital of Niger, a west African least developed Muslim country. The objective is to deliver high quality cataract services to improve vision related quality of life and reduce blindness related poverty. The visit has been arranged by COMSTECH with the collaboration of Islamic Development Bank under its Alliances to Fight Avoidable Blindness (AFAB) programme. LRBT Pakistan is partnerRead More
Air University committed to produce world class cyber security experts
ISLAMABAD, NOV 24 /DNA/ – A two day International Conference on Cyber Warfare & Security (ICCSW-2021) concluded successfully on Wednesday at Air University, Islamabad. The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Dr. Arif Alvi graced the occasion as Chief Guest whereas the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, Executive Director HEC Dr. Shaista Sohail, Vice Chancellor Air University Air Marshal Javaid Ahmad (retd.) also addressed the participants, emphasizing the importance of cyber security in today’s digital world. On the occasion, the country’s first-ever NationalRead More
UK PM’s Special Representative for Afghanistan arrives in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, NOV 24 /DNA/ – The UK Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Nigel Casey, is in Pakistan for a three-day visit to Islamabad and Karachi. Nigel Casey held meetings with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf, Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood, and Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Muhammad Sadiq to cover matters related to Afghanistan. He discussed the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, for which the UK has already pledged £50m of funding for 2.5m Afghans, most of them women and girls, drawn fromRead More
35th annual general meeting of PSDE organized
PESHAWAR, NOV 24 /DNA/ – Today was the third day of the four-day 35th AGM and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE), on “Opportunities to Excel: Now & the Future”, hosted by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), in collaboration with the Institute of Management Sciences (IMSciences). The Conference is being sponsored by the World Bank Group, CPEC Center of Excellence, the Bank of Punjab, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited, National Productivity Organization (NPO) Pakistan, HBL, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), Saif Group ofRead More
Pakistan’s response to COVID: A Commendable Framework
ISLAMABAD, NOV 24 /DNA/ – Of all the countries confronted with the pandemic, Pakistan has made some seriously commendable efforts to deal with COVID, mainly through the creation of the National Command Operation Centre (NCOC); an institute which adopted a phased approach to effectively attend to the health emergency, said Professor Gloria Taliani, Expert on infectious diseases at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She was addressing a gathering at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad. Sharing a timeline of the spread and control of Covid-19 in Italy, she emphasisedRead More