Sunday, July 17th, 2022
India’s passenger plane makes emergency landing
ISLAMABAD, Jul 17 (DNA): A passenger plane of India made an emergency landing at the Jinnah International Airport (JIAP) Karachi, after developing a technical fault in one of its engines, in the wee hours of Sunday. “Indian Airline IndiGo (6E-1406) A320 while overflying from Sharjah to Hyderabad diverted to Karachi due to technical reason (fault in Eng. no. 02). Aircraft landed safely with no assistance at 0214 hrs. As many as 186 passengers disembarked after the pilot’s permission,” the Aviation Division said here. The IndiGo management in a statement said,Read More
Economic and Financial strength vital of country’s sovereignty
President Alvi says meaningful and active role of Pakistani Diaspora was imperative Mahnoor Ansar Islamabad, 17 July 2022: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that economic and financial strength was vital for taking independent economic and financial decisions adding that the country can achieve accelerated economic growth by imparting skills to youth and women through short and extensive training courses in various fields specially in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. He said that meaningful and active role of Pakistani Diaspora was imperative to uplift our business and industrial sectorsRead More
Digital literacy
Muhammad Omar IftikharThe impact of digital media cannot be stressed enough. The corporate sector has been using social media to connect with current and prospective customers. The freelancing industry is relying on social and digital media to connect with customers and to offer their skills. Gone are the days when websites were the focal elements for an individual or a corporation to connect with the world. During the last two decades if the Internet has evolved into a tool we remain connected to at all times, then social media, too,Read More
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Dr. Abdus Sattar Abbasi It was astonishing to notice a thirty-eight years old story in English daily on Monday, August 13, 1984 stating, “Well-to-do families had to go without meals in the posh Defence Society. The whole area resembles an island, with six to eighteen inches of standing water around each house as well as on the approach roads. Children have not gone to school since Tuesday last.”Another surprise was listening to the CM Sindh during a press conference on July 14, 2022, “We all were on the roads includingRead More
Hundreds of people attend Tehreek-e-Kharian rally
The participants demanded the early construction of Kharian service roads, overhead bridge and the end of unannounced load shedding and inflation and criticized the indifference of the politicians Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Tehreek e Kharian “Come out for the sake of your city” was a successful rally and the people of Kharian participated fully and raised their voice for their rights. The peaceful protest rally started in front of the main Eidgah GT Road Kharian and ended at Azadi Chowk. The participants demanded the early construction of Kharian service roads, overheadRead More
Expanding American studies in Pakistan
The Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) and Ball State University (BSU) in the U.S. collaborated on one such partnership DNA ISLAMABAD: Funded by the U.S. Mission in Pakistan and administered by the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan, the University Partnerships Grants Program (UPGP) is envisaged to foster bilateral relationships through partnerships between Pakistani and U.S.universities. This program follows the success of the original University Partnerships Program in which U.S.universities in 20 partnerships with Pakistani universities received grants to establish three-year bilateralRead More