Friday, June 3rd, 2022
17 Pak Female University Students Selected for Future of Women in Energy Scholars Program
ISLAMABAD, JUN 3 /DNA/ – U.S. Mission Pakistan is excited to announce the start of the U.S.-Pakistan Women’s Council’s (USPWC) inaugural four-week Future of Women in Energy Scholars Program. Starting June 5, 17 bright Pakistani women university students will participate in this certificate program to learn about working in the energy sector. This program will foster women’s participation and leadership in Pakistan’s energy sector by providing young women the opportunity to study energy issues and energy infrastructure at Texas A&M University’s campus in Qatar. Following their two-week program in Qatar,Read More
FF Steel playing vital role in promoting healthy sports activities
PESHAWAR, JUN 3 /DNA/ – FF Steel encourages healthy sports activities to engage youth ensuring better productivity and physical fitness which alternatively result into minimizing the brain drain from Peshawar to other areas where these types of activities are at peak. FF Steel in collaboration with Bank of Khyber hosted one such event to promote a healthier, active and happier set of employees and hoping a ripple effect in the society stated by Mr. Zarak K. Khattak (CEO FF Steel) at a Friendly Cricket Match held between FF Gladiators andRead More
VCs Urge Government to Protect Higher Education Budget
Ministers Assure No Compromise on Uplift of Higher Education Sector despite Challenges Islamabad, JUN 3 /DNA/ – Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal and Minister for Federal Education and Professional Training Rana Tanvir Hussain have held out assurance to the heads of public sector universities that the Government will not cut the higher education sector’s budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2022-23. The Ministers were addressing the Vice Chancellors Committee meeting held at the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Islamabad. Vice Chancellors of all the public sectorRead More
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon Lit in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, JUN 3 /DNA/ – The UK and Pakistan have come together to light a beacon to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of her reign. The event was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad on Thursday night at 2115, to coincide with beacon lighting ceremonies in every capital city across the Commonwealth. The Acting British High Commissioner in Pakistan, Richard Crowder, and Pakistan’s Additional Secretary (Europe) Dr Israr Hussain simultaneously started the torch beacon as a symbol of friendship and closeness. ThisRead More
UNODC, COPAK celebrate achievements of UNODC’s Country Programme for Pakistan II
Islamabad, JUN 3 /DNA/ – Today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Country Office Pakistan (COPAK) hosted Government officials, Diplomatic Corps, Civil Society and Private Sector partners to celebrate achievements of UNODC’s Country Programme for Pakistan II (2016-2021) and to launch the Third Phase of the Country Programme (2022-2025). The event was held at the Marquee Hall, Marriot Hotel, Islamabad.UNODC COPAK’s results under the previous Country Programme (CP-II) 2016-2021 include support at the policy level, with the development, enactment, and approval of Bills and Acts, and assistanceRead More